Anil Kapoor says Kareena Kapoor ‘took a lot of money’ from him as she asks him about pay parity in Bollywood

Kareena Kapoor Khan requested Anil Kapoor a query in regards to the wage hole that persists in Bollywood between female and male actors. However, his response left her speechless.Anil appeared on Kareena’s chat present, What Women Want, and was requested about male actors in Hollywood who take a stand and solely affiliate themselves with initiatives wherein their feminine co-stars obtain equal pay. He was requested if Bollywood actors ought to begin doing the identical.“You toh took a lot of money from me,” Anil instructed Kareena, leaving her momentarily stumped. She mentioned, “We are breaking barriers, we are doing that. But like you said, there are still some people…”Anil narrated an incident when the producers referred to as him when the negotiations with Kareena have been on for Veere Di Wedding: “’Yaar, yeh toh hero se zyada paise maang rahi hai.’ Maine bola, ‘De do (‘She is demanding more money than the hero.’ I said, ‘Give it to her).’ They all called me up also, I said, ‘Done.’ They were calling me when the negotiations were on. I said, ‘Bebo jo maangegi, de do (Give Kareena what she wants).’”Anil additionally revealed that he has no qualms in being paid lesser than his feminine co-star and it has occurred on a number of events. “There are so many films where the leading actress has taken more money and maine khushi khushi kiya (I did the films happily),” he mentioned.Also see | Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma rejoice New Year with Hardik Pandya and Natasa Stankovic. See photographsKareena has starred with Anil in movies resembling Bewafaa and Tashan. They are set to return collectively for Karan Johar’s bold interval drama, Takht, which additionally stars Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Janhvi Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal and Bhumi Pednekar.Takht was supposed to start taking pictures in Europe final March however acquired indefinitely postponed as a result of Covid-19 pandemic. The movie is about within the Mughal period and can revolve across the relationship between emperor Aurangzeb and his brother Dara Shikoh.Follow @htshowbiz for extra