Mumbai: Slamming the gender pay disparity in Bollywood, Kriti Sanon said that it pinches her.
Speaking at the CNN-News18 event on Thursday, Kriti shared, “Actually, considering all the other industries, I don’t understand why the pay parity is not there. Because for certain kinds of roles, certain kinds of jobs, whether you are a male or a female, it shouldn’t matter, and the pay should be the same. In the films, yes we’ve been having this conversation for a very, very long time and trust me it pinches us more than anyone else.”
“Even if it’s a film led by a woman, I feel it’s not scaled at the same budget as a film that is led by a man would be. But that’s also because producers are scared that they are not going to get as much money back. So, I think it’s a circle where female-led films don’t end up making as much money as the male-led films, and then it’s like ‘oh, that’s why his fees are more or her fees are less’,” the actress added.
Even as Kriti criticised the unequal treatment meted out to male and female actors, she did express optimism about the slow change in the industry’s attitude.
On the work front, Kriti will next be seen opposite Dhanush in Aanand L. Rai’s ‘Tere Ishq Mein’.
She also has Homi Adajania’s ‘Cocktail 2’ coming up, co-starring Shahid Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna.
