Kareena Kapoor On Not Being Paid As Khans: ‘Koshish Toh Jari Hai…’

Kareena Kapoor has been working for the past 25 years in the Bollywood industry and established as one of the finest actresses. Despite her immense success, she has not been paid as her male counterparts like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. In a recent interview with NDTV, Kareen talked about the pay disparity between male and female actors. She confidently said that she is equally good as her male costars. The actress further added that she is trying to bring good box office numbers like the male superstars. 

Kareena said, “No means no, so now it’s a time when you feel if this is not worthy enough for my character or worthy enough for myself, I’m not going to do it. And I will wait, I will push myself to do better so that they realise I’m equally good as my male counterparts. The ₹1,000 crore club? Koshish toh jari hai (I’ve been trying).” 

“For young girls of today, saying ‘no’ should not make them feel that they’re not confident. No means no, whether it’s something you’re not comfortable doing, something you’re not comfortable wearing, or something you’re not comfortable eating, shape, size, a job you’re looking forward to doing, if you feel if it’s something less for you, one should not take it. One should be so self-assured that one can push oneself to achieve and do something better. So I think no as an answer should be something reassuring, rather than making you feel underconfident,” she added.