Kareena Kapoor opens up on Bollywood’s gender pay gap, says, “Pay me as much as Akshay Kumar”

Pay parity is a long-standing issue and since ages, the actresses in Bollywood have been facing it. Off late, a lot of actors and actresses have opened up about their views on pay parity. Recently, Kareena Kapoor Khan shared her thoughts on pay parity. The ‘Jab We Met’ actress hopes to get paid as much as her male co-stars in films.

Kareena was recently present at the Jio MAMI Movie Mela with Star along with actress Alia Bhatt and director Karan Johar. Kareena was asked if she ever walked out of a film because she was paid less than her male co-star, to which she replied, “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.”

At the same event, KJo asked Kareena if she is being paid as much as her co-star Akshay Kumar in ‘Good Newwz’, and she immediately quipped, “Please pay me as much as you paid Akshay Kumar I’ll run out of MAMI!”

Karan also added to the conversation and said that many times, people make sweeping statements about the pay. KJo said that he is the first person who’ll always want to pay what is completely right, justified and valid. “So, it’s very subjective and cannot be just put into one strong slot. While I’m all about equality, when it comes to love and paying people, but there are larger optics to look at where we have to,” added the filmmaker.

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Meanwhile, on the work front, Kareena will be next seen in ‘Good Newwz’ that also stars Akshay Kumar, Diljit Dosanjh and Kiara Advani. Then, she also has ‘Angrezi  Medium’ in which she will be seen alongside Irrfan Khan.

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