Kareena Kapoor Khan has been an important and credible member of Bollywood for two decades now. The actress, who has an array of masterpieces to her credit, has climbed up the list of top actresses with pure efforts and talent. As Bollywood is infamous for pay parity, several A-listed actresses have brought the issue of a lesser amount of payment than their male contemporaries and some even dropped out films, owing to the same matter. Similarly, Kareena has also been a subject to the same despite being cast in equally important roles as her male co-stars. During her appearance as a panel member at the MAMI Movie Mela With Stars, 2019 held on Sunday, the Heroine star expressed her desire to get an equal paycheque as her male co-stars. She further added that she hasn't walked out of any film because of pay parity.
“There were probably different reasons of walking out of films, but not because of this particular reason. I’d love to get paid as much as my male co-stars though,” Kareena told.
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Upon being quizzed by Karan Johar, with whom she has worked on Good Newwz, about receiving the same amount as her co-star Akshay Kumar, Kareena promptly added, "Please pay me as much as you paid Akshay Kumar I’ll run out of MAMI!"
Good Newwz is directed by Raj Mehta and produced by Karan under his banner Dharma Productions. The film, apart from Kareena and Akshay stars Kiara Advani and Diljit Dosanjh in the lead roles. Good Newwz is said to revolve around two couples, struggling to conceive children. The film is scheduled to release on December 27, 2019.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
