Kareena Kapoor for the first time reacted to the news that she’d hiked her fee to ₹12 crore to play Sita in a reimagining of the Ramayana, which was met with controversy.
Actor Kareena Kapoor made headlines when unconfirmed reports said that she’d hiked her fee for an upcoming reimagining of the Ramayana from Sita’s perspective. The actor was said to possess asked for ₹12 crore for the large-scale film, which might require a extended time commitment from her.
While Kareena hasn’t spoken about the matter, the subject was mentioned during a recent interview with NDTV, and she or he shook her head when it had been asked. “What next for Kareena Kapoor Khan? you’ve got a movie with Aamir Khan later this year, there was talk that you simply were getting ₹12 crore, you were posing for ₹12 crore, and other actresses came call at support of you, but i feel that was fake news…” the anchor said. Kareena’s response was unintelligible, but she shook her head, and said, “Yeah, yeah…”
A certain section of the general public on Twitter had said that Kareena had hurt the religious sentiments of a community by hiking her fees to play the role of Sita. The actor received support from several members of the industry, including Pooja Hegde, Priyamani, and Taapsee Pannu, who told Bollywood Hungama that it is a sign of ingrained sexism that only women are criticised for hiking their salaries, and were a person to try to to an equivalent thing, it might be viewed as a symbol of his success.
“You’ll always examine this problem issue of hiked salary with women. But why not? She is one among the most important female superstars we’ve within the country. If she commands a particular salary for her time, it’s her job. does one think the other mythological characters that are played by men, does one think they are doing it for free? i do not think so,” she had said.
Bollywood Hungama had previously quoted a source as saying that Kareena Kapoor had hiked her remuneration from around ₹6-8 crore to ₹12 crore for the Sita film. The source also noted that the film would require between eight to 10 months of the actor’s time. Incidentally, her husband Saif Ali Khan is playing Lankesh in another film inspired by the Ramayana, Adipurush.
