Bhumi - was paid 5% of my male costar

Bhumi Pednekar Remembers the Time She Was Paid 5% of What Male Co-Star Received

Bhumi Pednekar also expressed how empowering she felt to be a part of women-centric films that have changed Bollywood's gender disparity pay for the better.

UPDATED ON: NOVEMBER 13, 2019, 9:36 AM ISTNews18.com

Pay gap is a real problem which actresses have opened up about time and again, both in Bollywood and Hollywood. Male stars are more often than not paid more than the actresses, depending on their experience and reputation. Bhumi Pednekar recently revealed that she was the victim of one such incident.

Bhumi said she was once paid only 5% of what a male co-star was getting paid. She acknowledged factors like experience and reputation adding that the male co-star had as many hits as her. In an interview with Pinkvilla, she said, "I'm not going to compare my pay to somebody who has been in the industry for so many years. I have been in a situation where I was paid 5% of what my male actor got, even though we had the same number of hits and our career graphs have been similar."

.... Who is she talking about?.... Ayushman or sushant?

Would remain the same when they'd start giving profit share to girls.

That's 5 % more than she deserved

Originally posted by: S_H_Y

That's 5 % more than she deserved

I was about to say that she’s been overpaid 🤣

How sad if it was Kartik or even Ayushmaan. He should get more but the difference of 95% is way too huge.

This could be Toilet Ek Prem Katha.

Akshay Kumar pocketed around 40 crores for Toilet, so that'd make Bhumi's renumeration around 2 crores. More than she deserves defo.

Originally posted by: SaayaOfKaaya

Akshay Kumar pocketed around 40 crores for Toilet, so that'd make Bhumi's renumeration around 2 crores. More than she deserves defo.

It is not Akki though. She specifically said she is mot talking about someone who is senior to her.

"I'm not going to compare my pay to somebody who has been in the industry for so many years. I have been in a situation where I was paid 5% of what my male actor got, even though we had the same number of hits and our career graphs have been similar."

I think Kartik or Sushant

Behan bura mat manna...ur box office pull is not even 5% of any of ur male costars..

She specifically said that it's not a senior.. So it's not akki...

Ayushman, sushant or karthik...

And she is a decent actress... When someone like prateek babbar gets 2 crores for a movie then she definitely deserves more