Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are one of Bollywood’s most loved couple who has always managed to give fans major couple goals. The duo, who have worked in more than nine films together, will soon be seen sharing screen space once again in Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Gulab Jamun’.
Recently the ‘Manmarziyaan‘ star opened up on the pay disparity in Bollywood and his insights on the issue were truly interesting.
At a recent event, where Abhishek was being interviewed by director Anurag Kashyap, he opened up on the topic of gender equality in Bollywood. His take was that an actor’s seniority and body of work needs to be considered, irrespective of their gender. He also revealed that out of nine films that he has worked in with Ash, he has got paid less in about eight movies than her.
Abhishek said in the press conference, “The two women who are close to me, my mother and my wife have worked in the industry on their own terms. They’ve never been forced to do anything they didn’t want to do. There’s a huge debate on gender parity in the film business and in other industries. I’ve worked in nine films with my wife and in eight of those, she’s got paid more than I have.”
He further added, “The highest-paid actor in Piku was Deepika (Padukone). It’s a business and if you are a saleable actor, you get paid accordingly. You can’t be a new actress and demand to be paid the same as Shah Rukh Khan.”
He also opened up on the #MeToo movement and said that we should not character assassinate, but listen before passing judgment and this movement will truly have people thinking.
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