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Consumers of low-income group thronged 'Goriber Bazar' (the market of the poor) at Sutrapur in Old Dhaka on Thursday (05 December 2024) to purchase various essential items in small quantities and at lower prices. The number of consumers in the market, seeking some respite amid sharp price hike of essentials, has been gradually rising. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
★ Kajol on pay disparity in Bollywood: No single actress can do Rs 500 cr business like Salman Khan!
September 21, 2018
Actress Kajol, who is busy promoting her forthcoming film “Helicopter Eela”, says not a single actress’ film can generate business worth Rs 500 crore the way a Salman Khan film can at the box office. Kajol was interacting with the media to promote “Helicopter Eela” here on Thursday. While there has been constant talk about pay disparity among male and female actors in the Hindi film industry, many actresses in the recent past have raised their voice against it.
On the issue, Kajol said: “”I think that issue has to do with box office collections to a big extent and there is gender issue for sure, but if you see, not a single actress film can do Rs 500 crore business the way a Salman Khan film does at the box office. Actresses over the years have been integral part in the success of a film, but after all, it’s a business.”
Kajol said nowadays the audience has been more open to accept female-oriented films. “I am very grateful that today’s audience has changed and they are going to theatres to watch films like ‘Kahaani’ and ‘Raazi’. People are making these films because it is now financially okay to make them and it’s all happening because of audience changing perspective.
“It’s a simple logic that if you go in a grocery shop, the owner of that shop will sell those products which have larger sale and you have to take that into consideration while making a film as well. Having said that, I am not saying that there is no gender discrimination in the industry. There is definitely gender discrimination and the pay structure has to change.”
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Sailing boats — once a common sight on the Buriganga River in Dhaka — are now rarely seen. Such boats still ply across the river from Gudara Ghat in Mill Barracks point to Keraniganj's Char Mirerbagh. —FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
Untreated industrial waste spews forth from a sewage pipe into the Buriganga River. The photo was taken from Dhaka's Shyampur area. — FE Photo
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