Sonam Kapoor on Wage Equality: Do the Math, Doesn't Make Sense

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Sonam said that it does not make economic sense for the producer.

PATRICIA ARQUETTE BECAME A MOUTHPIECE OF SORTS FOR WOMEN IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY THE WORLD OVER, WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT WAGE EQUALITY DURING HER OSCAR SPEECH



Actress Sonam Kapoor, however, would like to differ. While she is all for the raise, the Khoobsurat actress claims that it will never be the same unless and until films with a woman in the lead role start attracting the same kind of crowd that hero-based films do. She was speaking at the L'Oreal Femina Awards in Mumbai recently.

"It's mathematics really. There is something called a market price in our industry. It does not make economic sense for the producer to give me the same price as the lead actor of the same category. Say a Ranbir Kapoor film will open to Rs 10 crore on Friday, but my films will open significantly low. So it's important for the producer to earn the money invested. It makes mathematic sense," Sonam said.

And while there have been films like Queen that had Kangana Ranaut in the lead, Mary Kom that starred Priyanka Chopra and Sonam's Khoobsurat, these movies are still few and far between. The number of hits may be an improvement on the past years but not big enough to eat into the figures that the Bollywood heroes enjoy.

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Posted: 10 years ago
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RES will read it later😆
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Originally posted by: PaapiGudia

font size kuch zyada hi bada hai😆

RES will read it later😆

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Originally posted by: --SH7_Sunny--

Pari theek kar diya mene 😆

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gud tpic sunny 👍🏼
and sonam is making really good points 👏
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Originally posted by: RockChicGirl

Why are the fonts huge?

see again Shreya 😆
Fonts are not getting set properly. 😡 😆
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Posted: 10 years ago
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she is right.
Just to maintain equilty we cannot pay equal.
e.g now i think in bewkoofiyaan n DKD sonam would have got more than her heroes.
Same for Kat in Fitoor. Deepika in Fanny.
If DP is working with SRK or RK, She cannot be pais equal to them.
RK's Roy movie has got more opening than Deepika's Fanny.
RK is more eligible to get paid more.
This cannot be made gender discrimination issue.
And when choreographers , make-up artist male female getting smae amount. This settles the issue that its dependent on their market reach.
Like Anu, sona, Alia cannot be paid in category of DP, KAT, Kareena.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Why no one cries when Imran, Shahid, Ranveer... (used to) charge 10-12 cr? Which solo movie of their got a 10 cr. opening?
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Posted: 10 years ago
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It depends who is the actor
If imran khan was paid more than her in IHLS then it is unfair

Also actors like imraan and saif who have zero pull should definitely not be paid more..good saif was shown his place by asking him to cut his fees..high time these flop stars are shown their place and not paid more just coz they are males

But for the khans etc..yeah it makes sense..they even make crap like HNY or Jai Ho sell..so they deserve it
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Originally posted by: NailClipper

Why no one cries when Imran, Shahid, Ranveer... (used to) charge 10-12 cr? Which solo movie of their got a 10 cr. opening?


This the actual case of gender discrimination when Imran got paid more than Katrina for MBKD. Not only was she more senior to him in terms of experience but also more popular.

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