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Sonam Kapoor speaks about Bollywood’s gender pay gap

Sonam Kapoor is the latest Bollywood star to speak out against the gender pay gap that exists in the industry.

Speaking at the Creative Industries and Cultural Economy Summit at London’s Nehru Centre on Wednesday, Sonam said while Bollywood is changing, the change isn’t quick enough.

She said, “The gender pay gap is humongous. And I don’t think that will be narrowing very soon, unfortunately, but the roles are getting meatier for sure.”

She also pointed out that fellow stars like Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone have pursued films where they could play the central character.

The Bollywood gender pay gap is something that Priyanka Chopra Jonas also spoke out about recently.

Priyanka said, “I’ve never had pay parity in Bollywood. I would get paid about 10% of the salary of my male co-actor. [The pay gap] is large, substantially large. And so many women still deal with that. I’m sure I will too if I worked with a male co-actor now in Bollywood.”