Sonam Kapoor on Wage Equality: Do the Math, Doesn't Make Sense - Page 5

Originally posted by: atominis

No. Check any list. Top female stars whose shows used to run solely on their characters still got paid less than males. Salshi Tanwar and Smriti Irani never got paid as much as Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor even though TV was all about Tulsi-Parvati back then.

Originally posted by: blue-ice

really?? that doesn't make sense...I always thought that the female leads were the superstars in TVLand😆

She is right. There are conflicting articles, but this is from 2013.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/television/small-screen-fat-pay-cheques/article1-1102197.aspx

Originally posted by: blue-ice

exactly...but then in the real world most of the jobs depend on ur skills/education...Its like if someone is more educated/experienced/better skills than me...they will get promoted and a better payscale...right ...and we can't complain about that...In BW...the starpower is what skillset would be in other regular jobs...the more the star power...the more money u make...I hope I made sense😆

Originally posted by: blue-ice

If I am not mistaken...in the Indian TV soaps...most of the times these established female actors are paid more than there male counterparts...I read it somewhere.

@blue-ice : The difference might not be much but why should there be a difference at all in the first place? This is how messed up we are. There is discrimination between the newbies itself, where no body has any star-power. Demand-supply theory or the skills argument doesn't even hold here.

SRK or Salman getting paid more than Deepika or Katrina or Ranbir getting paid more than a Sonam or Anushka is justified

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Then how do you explain wage gap studies that show women with exact same qualifications and job performance reviews making less than their male counterparts? How do you explain situations that show highly qualified, high performing women overlooked for promotions in comparison to their more mediocre male counterparts?

Yes "star power" is qualification and experience in cinema.

That doesn't explain a jarring wage gap where newcomer males make more than established females. They have zero experience and star power.

I'd argue that in Bang Bang Katrina's star power was equivalent to Hrithik because she has a reputation of consistently being in high grossing films while Hrithik's star was waning.

Some movies run on "couples" rather than individual stars. Ranveer-DP, SRK-Kajol. These movies should have equal pay for both stars.

@Blue Ice

See this - http://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2014/top-10-highest-paid-television-actors-india-153639-153640-153643.html

Ram and Ronit get over 1 lakh. Sakshi manages 70K.

Even in lists where Sakshi's pay is mentioned as 1 lakh there also Ram and Ronit earn more - 1.25-1.5 lakh.

Men on TV get paid more and readily. It took many years and many top rated, long running shows for Sakshi to reach close to 1 lakh whereas Mohit Raina already draws 1 lakh with one successful show.

Women don't get paid high this readily as men do even on a female dominated medium like TV.

Working conditions for women are also bad. Apparently Smriti Irani was made to shoot for Kyunki till last month of her pregnancy, and no one was there to take her to hospital when she miscarried, she had to take a cycle rickshaw herself to get to hospital. She narrated this experience on TV in an interview.

Pathetic to say the least.

Originally posted by: atominis

@Blue Ice

See this - http://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2014/top-10-highest-paid-television-actors-india-153639-153640-153643.html

Ram and Ronit get over 1 lakh. Sakshi manages 70K.

Even in lists where Sakshi's pay is mentioned as 1 lakh there also Ram and Ronit earn more - 1.25-1.5 lakh.

Men on TV get paid more and readily. It took many years and many top rated, long running shows for Sakshi to reach close to 1 lakh whereas Mohit Raina already draws 1 lakh with one successful show.

Women don't get paid high this readily as men do even on a female dominated medium like TV.

Working conditions for women are also bad. Apparently Smriti Irani was made to shoot for Kyunki till last month of her pregnancy, and no one was there to take her to hospital when she miscarried, she had to take a cycle rickshaw herself to get to hospital. She narrated this experience on TV in an interview.

Pathetic to say the least.

Originally posted by: BollyFanLuver

Damn right, I catched that gem!🤣

Girls robbed: starring Hwood itself with Jlaw, Amy Adams for American Hustle or Charlize Theron for Snowwhite & The Huntman. There is only one they dare not mess with tho, & that is badass Jolie! 😎

& #IDefKnowWhatUmean😉