Disparity between actors and actresses salary?

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desigal90

@desigal90

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Posted: 16 years ago

Its common knowledge that an actor gets paid almost 3 to 4 times the amount of an actress.

Even the highest paid girls like Aish, Kat, adn Kareena reach out ot 3 to 4 crores per film on average , while the highest paid actor (Akshay Kumar) has reached 20 crores per movie.

Why such a vast difference?
Lets list movies where the ladies have outshown the men! ANd infact, have contributed to the movie's sucess, more so than the men!

And leave ur thoughts on the perception that it is the actor who carries the movie on his shoulder and pulls hte crowds in, and an actress will never generate the same with the masses.

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@smilecheese

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Posted: 16 years ago

Aitraaz, just watched it again yesterday and I was BLOWN away by Priyanka and Kareena in the movie. Priyanka was the perfect girl for the cunning, bitchy role that she played while Kareena played the role of a wife fighting for her husband to the T.

Preity Zinta in Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, she went from a role of the prostitute to that of the good girl with such comfort... Kya Kehna- even though it was her first movie, the movie relied completely on her...

There are so many others, will come back and add more for sure. But I agree that its really unfair that men are getting paid so much more than females but to some extent it is true that men draw the crowd more for a simple reason... most of these actors have been working for SO many years that they have a regular fan base. Actresses on the other hand, get married and shy away from the limelight so they don't have such a regular fan base to attract to the movies...

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desigal90

@desigal90

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Posted: 16 years ago

Yet I do think that there have been actresses from time to time who have commanded that kinda fan base, like Sridevi, Madz, Kajol.

When it came to these ladies, I dont think the male lead mattered all that much.

From teh recent lot, I can say Kareena and Rani command a very solid fan base.

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@smilecheese

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Posted: 16 years ago

Really... I don't think Rani has as big of a fan base anymore... For Indian audiences I do think the whole "out of sight is out of mind" idea is true... SADLY. I know people who were huge fans but now they have taken the likes of Kareena or Priyanka more...

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desigal90

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Posted: 16 years ago

Hmm...you know, u have a point.

I was shocked htat Madz comeback movie backfired so horribly. Ofcourse I blame Yash Raj for horrible promotions though, but still.

About Rani...yeah I think so. Its more to do with who's doing well at ht emoment, and rani's coming from a cold stint with LCMD and TPTM.

Kareena's on a high though. For some reason after JWM, ppl have taken to her in a big way, and her movies have had great openings. ANd her name generally sells

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Lee Min Ho

@gujunpyo

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Posted: 16 years ago

hmm..interesting....

but we do have more women as movie-goers....so actors get more preference....

but there r loads of womwn oriented movies which have done well...

see,we have ?(recent ones..)

fashion

chameli

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corporate

dushman

kya kehna

black....and many others...

i think with te actresses its more like who's doing good right now...maybe if priyanka/kareena gets some cont flops..they may too fizzle out,cant trust the audience....

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Sonam

@sonam_s

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Posted: 16 years ago

I think they should be happy with the amount they are getting.

After all, they are earning more than us. 3 crores is alot of money people.

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Anjali

@butterfingers

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Posted: 16 years ago

ya very true!! A-League actresses should atleast be given half the cost of these A-League actors. Btw, actresses are just satisfied with these work pays but Actors like SRK, Aamir demand some % of the whole movies profit!!

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Sonam

@sonam_s

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Posted: 16 years ago

^^ Now that's called, GREED.

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Posted: 16 years ago

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There is a lot of girls screaming "I love you Sharukh". How many guys scream, "I love you Katrina"? I haven't seen that many around. This forum is filled with girls and a lot of girls praise actors more than the actress. In general the people to appreciate the actress for the most part are the guys, and give them Katrina Kaif walking in a short skirt they will be whistling for life. Besides, I also think guys are more interested in cricket, and they will sit glued to the TV screen watching cricket match, rather than watch a movie.

That is my assumption. I think girls support actors more, while guys support actresses, hence actors have more demand.