Wage disparity is still an ongoing battle in Bollywood….
However, on this Women’s Day 2021, let’s take a look at these 5 Times when Bollywood actresses had a bigger paycheque than their male co-actors:
1) Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone stole the show as the fierce Rajput queen Padmavati in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmaavat’. As per reports, the diva took home a big, fat pay cheque of whopping 13 crores!
Meanwhile, Ranveer Singh who played Alauddin Khilji and Shahid Kapoor who essayed the role of Ratan Singh, respectively got around 10 crores each.
2) Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt’s spy thriller movie ‘Raazi’ was a stupendous success and raked in some decent dough at the box office – around 207 crores.
For her role as Sehmat Khan, Alia reportedly got around 10 crores while Vicky Kaushal who played her husband Iqbal Syed, was apparently given a remuneration of 3 crores.
3) Shraddha Kapoor
Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao starrer horror comedy ‘Stree’ was a total hit at the box office! Their cute chemistry also worked wonders.
If reports are to be believed, then Shraddha was paid more than Rao for Stree – she allegedly was given 7 crores while he got 6 crores for his role.
4) Kareena Kapoor
The women-centric ‘Veere Di Wedding’ boasted a fun, ensemble cast of Kareena Kapoor Khan, Swara Bhasker, Sonam Kapoor and Shikha Talsania.
Bebo walked away with the biggest pay cheque of them all – which was reportedly 7 crores while Sumeet Vyas who played her love interest in the movie allegedly got Rs 80 lakhs.
5) Madhuri Dixit Nene
Back in the 90s, Madhuri Dixit was once paid more than Salman Khan for ‘Hum Aapke Hai Koun’.
Veteran actor Anupam Kher had also backed this fact on Twitter. Madhuri had reportedly charged close to 3 crores for the film!