The debate and discussion about pay disparity in the Indian film industry have gathered momentum in the past few years.
Many actresses have come out and talked openly about how they get paid less than their male co-stars.
However, did you know that Abhishek Bachchan has got paid less than his wife Aishwarya Rai in about eight of the nine films he has worked with her?
Yes, you read that right! At an event in 2018, Abhishek revealed that his mother Jaya Bachchan and his wife Aishwarya have worked in the industry on their own terms.
According to him, they have never been forced to do anything they didn’t want to do.
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Shedding some light on the debate of pay disparity, Abhishek added that he has worked in nine films with his wife and in eight of those, she’s got paid more than I have.
He also pointed out the fact that the highest-paid actor in ‘Piku’ was Deepika Padukone.
According to the ‘Guru’ actor, it is business and if you are a saleable actor, you get paid accordingly.
He added that you can’t be a new actress and demand to be paid the same as Shah Rukh Khan.
Abhishek and Aishwarya have worked together in films like, ‘Kuch Na Kaho’, ‘Guru’, ‘Raavan’, ‘Dhoom 2’, ‘Dhai Akhsar Prem Ke’, ‘Sarkar Raj’, ‘Umrao Jaan’ and ‘Bunty Aur Babli’.
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On the work front, he will next be seen in ‘Bob Biswas’ which is a spin-off the popular character from Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘Kahaani’.
The movie starred Vidya Balan in the lead role.
He also has ‘Dasvi’ in his pipeline which also stars Nimrat Kaur and Yami Gautam in lead roles.
Aishwarya, on the other hand, will be reuniting with Mani Ratnam in ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ where she will be essaying a character with shades of grey.
