Deepika Padukone and Samantha Akkineni are making a pitch for equal pay. They are the highest-paid actresses in their respective fields, but their pay is much less than the A-list male lead actors in a movie.
These actresses have been asking for a higher paycheck, even if still less than the heroes. Deepika Padukone has asked for Rs. 12 crore for her role in and as “Sita: The Incarnation,” a multi-lingual film directed by Alaukik Desai that narrates “Ramayana” from Sita’s perspective and is written by K.V. Vijayendra “Bahubali” Prasad, while Samantha Akkineni, after “The Family Man 2,” has been offered Rs. 8 crore by Netflix for the main role in a trilingual web series.
No pay parity yet, but the two actresses sure want to head that way.
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