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Salman Khan: Female Stars-Male Stars Debate Is BULLS**T
Salman Khan does it again! An out and out, gutsy response to all the gender disparity talk that has been going on in Bollywood.
While the actresses are demanding equal pay and media is turning this discussion into a nationwide debate, here is what Salman Khan has to say, whoever brings more money at BO gets paid more, well we find his logic right. What about you?
Salman said, "The question is, who is pulling those people into a theatre?" asks Khan, adding, "If a female star is getting those many people and the producer is making money, the exhibitor and distributor are all making money, then obviously they (female actors) will get that much money ... but if it's a male star, then he will get it."
He points about all the male actors who are getting paid lesser than many actresses in the industry, he said, "There are so many male stars who get a lot less than many female stars ... there are male stars in the Rs 1 to 3 crore bracket, and there are lots of female stars in the Rs 5 to 7 crore bracket ... that's also there, right?
"Uske bare mein koi kyun nahi bolta? So this whole female stars-male stars debate is bulls**t. Whoever is selling, and as much he or she is selling, will get that much."
Aditi Rao Hydari:
I don't really understand why we are paid less than the male actors because we put equal efforts and recent past has shown that actresses can deliver a hit film. We deserve better pay, equal to what actors get.
Priyanka Chopra
"The
male
actors
do
get
paid
a
lot
more.
There
is
a
tremendous
disparity
in
remuneration
between
male
and
female
actors.
The
remuneration
difference
is
insane
as
the
disparity
is
big.
I
feel
we
have
strong
female
performers,
and
the
day
female-oriented
films
do
well
at
the
box
office
it
will
lead
to
it
(change
in
remuneration
of
female
actors).
"I
think
we
will
be
able
to
command
a
remuneration
that
we
deserve...
It
will
be
a
slow
and
steady
thing
but
it
will
happen,"
Jaya Prada:
Bollywood looks only at the Box Office numbers. If the film earns money, it is usually because of the hero and the director. It is about Salman and Shah Rukh Khan. But things have changed a lot for heroines now, though not completely. An actress can demand a better remuneration. Unlike the bygone era, characters don't matter now. I'm lucky to say that good characters and good films. But yes, compared to actors we didn't get much.
Advaita Kala (Writer Of Kahaani):
Gender inequality isn't specifically about remuneration. However, since it is completely contractual, nobody has access to first-hand information. But from what I have heard, actors do get more. This is industry practise. This comes from the fact that female centric films dont earn enough at the Box office. It is 'the hero who gets Box office numbers. It would be nice to see actresses getting a certain per cent of the money made at the box office too.
Salman Khan
The question is, who is pulling those people into a theatre?" asks Khan, adding, "If a female star is getting those many people and the producer is making money, the exhibitor and distributor are all making money, then obviously they (female actors) will get that much money ... but if it's a male star, then he will get it."
Aamir Khan
"The patriarchal thinking is to blame for the status of women in society. We are all born with it. The feeling that men are superior," he told.
