Vikrant Massey says his ‘body of work’ does not get him paid like Deepika Padukone: ‘Never made a fuss about it’

Vikrant Massey is breaking his silence on pay disparity within the movie trade. The actor spoke about the truth that most of his feminine co-stars are paid greater than him in Bollywood. Giving the instance of Deepika Padukone, he additionally mentioned that he’s not paid as a lot as her even after working within the trade for thus a few years. (Also learn: Gaslight Twitter assessment: Sara Ali Khan known as ‘irritating’, movie termed ‘boring and gradual, not partaking in any respect’)

Vikrant has labored with Deepika Padukone in Meghna Gulzar’s Chhapaak. The actor not too long ago opened up concerning the field workplace failure of the movie and mentioned that he’s nonetheless happy with the movie despite the fact that it didn’t do properly on the field workplace. He mentioned that there have been political causes that impacted Chhapaak’s efficiency on the field workplace.

Now, whereas selling Crimes Aaj Kal on Etimes, Vikrant opened up concerning the pay disparity in Bollywood and mentioned, “Bahar ke jo so-called ‘A-listers’ he woh bhi platforms pe films kar rahe he. Humare ‘so-called A-listers’ he yaha ke, superstars he, pichle 15-20 saalon se TV pe kaam kar rahe he. (The ‘so-called A-listers’ from outside are releasing their films on streaming platforms, while some of our very own ‘so-called A-listers’ have been working in TV for the last 15-20 years) Most of my female co-stars have been paid more than me, I have never made a fuss about it. My big body of work does not give me as much money as you know, Deepika Padukone, of course.”

Further speaking about his selection of movies and exhibits, Vikrant added, “I am comfortable in doing things I feel about, or strongly about in social media… There have been days when I have taken a few comments about me, my family, my wife… to heart and I haven’t been able to sleep that day.”

Vikrant was final seen in Gaslight which launched on Disney+ Hotstar not too long ago. It additionally starred Sara Ali Khan and Chitrangada Singh. The Hindustan Times assessment mentioned, “If you want to spend two hours of your day solving a murder mystery and take a pat on your back for getting it right in the first go, try watching Gaslight. If you like Sara and Vikrant as actors, you might end up feeling bad for them because this definitely isn’t one of their best performances or at least the narrative doesn’t let them shine.”