Actress Kriti Sanon, who is celebrating her birthday today was discussing pay disparities in Bollywood, in a recent interview. There she revealed that her male friends believe that an actor such as Tiger Shroff should be paid more because he draws large crowds to the theatres. In ‘Heropanti’, both Kriti and Tiger made their Bollywood debuts.
In a recent interview, Kriti Sanon stated that the main issue isn’t that there is a pay gap between male and female actors, but that the gap is wider than it should be.
She explained to Bollywood Bubble, “I kind of feel that as much as it is unfair, the difference is not the problem, the difference is a lot and that’s the problem. But, having said that, I do believe that your remuneration should be proportional to the amount of audience that you are able to pull into the theatre by yourself. ”
She observed that men are not required to do ‘male-centric’ films to prove their worth, whereas women are sometimes forced to do ‘female-centric’ projects to demonstrate that they can make film work on their own. She continued, “My point is that a man doesn’t have to do it by doing a male-centric film, but sometimes a female has to prove it by doing a female-centric film and say that this is the audience that she has pulled in. So that little difference is always there. It doesn’t matter how many films you’ve done, it doesn’t matter what your role is in the film, how much of an audience you have as an actor should decide your remuneration.”
She added, “But sometimes my male friends and fans feel that if a Tiger Shroff can pull so many audiences then, of course, his remuneration should be more. But the problem is ki humari society itni zyada patriarchal hai ki woh (our society is very patriarchal) level is too much.”
Meanwhile, the actress’ latest film, ‘Mimi’ which was scheduled to release on July 30 was released on July 26 in the evening following the film being leaked.