Kajol: Pay scale should be according to box office success.

Kajol has been fearless in deciding the
course of her career without bothering
about the consequences of her actions or
taking her gender into consideration before
taking a call. The actress says pay parity is
essential, but should be decided by box
office success more than gender.
"The debate on pay parity is a thought
which has been put out. The pay should
be according to genre, how the box office is
and box office success," Kajol told IANS in an
interview over the phone from Singapore.
"Pay equality is coming up to par. To call it a
'trend' would be a strange (it is) something
that should be a natural fact of life," she
added.
Kajol made her Hindi film debut with Rahul
Rawail's "Bekhudi" in 1992, and was known
as the most natural actress of the 1990s.
She was always clear what type of roles she
wanted to do, genres she wanted to explore
and confident about taking a break to enjoy
family time.
"I keep taking a break. Every year I take a
break. It is very important for my health. I
cannot sum it all up in just one or two
sentences. But it has been a long and fruitful
journey. I am thankful for everything that
God has blessed me with," added the
actress, who got her wax statue at Madame
Tussauds Singapore last month.
She went to do projects like "Yeh Dillagi",
"Karan Arjun", "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge",
"Bambai Ka Babu", "Gupt: The Hidden Truth",
"Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya", "Ishq",
"Dushman", "Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte
Hain", "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai", "Pyaar To Hona
Hi Tha", "Raju Chacha" and "Kabhi Khushi
Kabhie Gham..." -- some bombed and some
worked their magic on the box office.
Looking back at her journey, she said: "I
have done what I thought was right. Some
of it has paid off and some were mistakes.
No, I would not call it a mistake, but a
learning experience. And I don't regret one
bit of it or any aspect of it."
Was it easy to work on her own terms?
"It was not easy or difficult. I didn't think
about it. Only, I did what I thought was
right. I didn't pay attention to what
everybody was saying and what everybody
wanted, which is exactly the way my mother
has brought me up."
Kajol confessed that lessons by her mother
Tanuja helped her sail through all the ups
and downs.
"She was like, 'You have to figure out
whether you are okay with the
consequences of your actions. If you are,
then nothing else matters'. And that is
exactly the way I saw it. If the film flopped
or it didn't work, I was okay with it.
"They were the consequences of my actions.
I have that feeling drilled into me by Tanuja
-- The Great," she said.
Kajol and Ajay Devgn, who got married in
1999, are parents to two children --
daughter Nysa and son Yug.
After the birth of her daughter in 2003, she
did a few films like "Fanaa", "U Me Aur Hum",
"My Name Is Khan", "We Are Family" and
"Toonpur Ka Superhero". And again, after
Yug's birth, Kajol decided she would devote
her time to motherhood.
She came back in 2015 with "Dilwale", and is
busy with "Eela". She has also lent her voice
to the character of Helen Parr a.k.a Elastigirl
, for the Hindi version of Disney Pixar's
"Incredibles 2".
Kajol is thrilled to get her wax statue at
Madame Tussauds in Singapore, and walked
on the red carpet with her daughter Nysa
for the first time to unveil it. She says it was
a very special moment that she wanted to
share with her daughter.
"Actually seeing her all dressed up and
standing next to me...was an 'aww' moment
for me. I was happy that she was there. I
wanted her to be there. It was a moment
which you want to share with one piece of
your life and she was the perfect person to
be there with me for it."
CREDITS: IANS.

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