Actress
Deepika
Padukone
says
the
payment
disparity
between
male
and
female
stars
in
Bollywood
is
a
concern
but
it
should
not
become
a
cause
for
conflict.
The
28-year-old
actress
has
had
a
dream
run
at
the
box
office
with
back-to-back
hits
like
'Race
2',
'Yeh
Jawaani
Hai
Deewani',
'Chennai
Express',
'Ram-Leela'
and
the
latest
'Finding
Fanny'
recently.
Deepika
says
actresses
are
trying
hard
to
change
the
irregularity
in
pay
scale
in
the
film
industry.
"If
you
comparing
our
pay
scale
with
the
men,
then
yes
it
is
very
less.
If
you
are
comparing
what
girls
used
to
get
before
and
what
they
are
getting
in
the
last
one
or
two
years
then
I
can
say
that
there
has
been
a
major
shift
and
we
are
hoping
and
trying.
But
this
is
not
a
war," Deepika
said.
The
actress
feels
when
people
give
more
stress
on
monetary
gains,
the
beauty
of
filmmaking
is
compromised
in
the
process.
"At
the
end
of
the
day
we
are
all
making
movies
because
we
all
love
films
and
we
should
not
get
into
the
space
of
negativity
where
we
are
discussing
who
is
getting
what
amount
of
money.
In
that
process
we
are
loosing
the
beauty
of
film
making.
Money
is
the
least
important
to
me,
fans' appreciation
is
the
most
important
thing
to
me,"
she
said.
Several
of
Deepika's
films
are
part
of
the
elite
100
crore
club
but
the
actress
said
she
never
signs
a
film
keeping
in
mind
its
box
office
performance.
"I
don't
choose
films
based
on
Rs
100
crores.
If
one
does
that
then
it
is
a
wrong
reason
to
do
a
film.
For
me
box
office
at
that
level
is
not
so
important
or
rather
I
do
not
sign
films
for
those
kind
of
numbers."
"Like
'Ram
Leela',
we
never
thought
that
the
film
will
make
such
business.
I
have
got
the
Filmfare
award
and
the
film
has
made
100
crores
as
well.
You
have
to
choose
films
from
your
heart.
And
also
awards
are
important
to
me.
It
is
a
sign
of
appreciation
for
your
hard
work," she
said.
Deepika
will
be
next
seen
opposite
superstar
Shahrukh
Khan
in
Farah
Khan's
'Happy
New
Year'.
The
duo
have
previously
worked
in
'Om
Shanti
Om'
and
'Chennai
Express'.
Besides
SRK,
Deepika
has
worked
with
top
stars
of
Bollywood
like
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Akshay
Kumar
but
is
yet
to
work
with
Salman
Khan.
When
asked
whether
they
will
do
a
film
in
future,
the
actress
said,
"Films
are
all
in
destiny.
You
can't
force
a
film
to
happen.
People
do
ask
me
a
lot
why
I
have
not
worked
with
Salman
Khan
yet.
Both
of
us
would
like
to
work
with
each
other
but
every
film
has
a
time."
PTI