Kriti Sanon was seen playing a surrogate mother in her recent release ‘Mimi’.
As the movie continues to receive love and appreciation from the audience, the young star has opened up on important issues that are plaguing Bollywood.
In conversation with Bollywood Bubble, the Luka Chuppi star revealed her thoughts on the wage gap in the Hindi film industry. She said one’s pay should be equal to the audience they attract.
Kriti commented – “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 further emphasized how actresses have to pull off successful, female-centric films to prove that they’re worth their salt!
“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.”
Kriti also pointed out how deeply rooted the patriarchy is – “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 that our society is so patriarchal that the level (of difference) is too much.”
Do you agree with Kriti’s statements? On the work front, she is gearing up for movies like ‘Bhediya’, ‘Bachchan Pandey’, ‘Adipurush’, ‘Hum Do Humare Do’ as well as ‘Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo’ remake.