Here's looking at the disparity of the male and female actors' fees in Bollywood...

Vikas Bahl's Queen was a game-changer for Kangana Ranaut and with her stint in Tanu Weds Manu Returns, the actress is at the top of her game. After her last release, the actress is said to have become really expensive. In an interview with a leading daily when asked about the same, Kangana laughed and said, "The film (TWMR) has done big numbers worldwide. I did two actress' work and got paid only for one actress' salary." While it is said that the actress has started to throw her wait around demanding changes in scripts and wanting women-centric scripts and more, her remuneration hike, too, is considered as one of her pricey tantrums. But is it? Also Read - Happy Birthday, Kareena Kapoor Khan: Hrithik Roshan Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan – which superstar's pairing with the diva is the BEST? Vote Now

Did you know that Aamir Khan earned more than Rs 150 crore from PK. Instead of a pre-decided fee, Aamir demanded a 33 per cent stake in profits (as informed by trade analyst Akshay Rathi) and was readily given so. Shah Rukh Khan too, demanded a 33 per cent stake in profits for Jab Tak Hai Jaan. And Salman receives his remuneration by taking over the satellite rights of the film. Also Read - Birthday special! Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has some uncanny similarities with US President Donald Trump - check out

For the longest time we've had actors demanding 5 to 7 times more money than any of the leading ladies on the pre-text that they have a larger contribution in the film as the scripts almost always revolve around the male leads. And we totally agree with it. It would be wrong to expect that Sonakshi Sinha be paid as much as Salman Khan for Dabangg, for obvious reasons. But then shouldn’t the same logic apply to scripts that revolve around the female lead, say Priyanka Chopra's Mary Kom, Kangana Ranaut'sQueen, Anushka Sharma's NH 10. Also Read - Ronit Roy on being Aamir Khan’s bodyguard: Started my company because I had no work

Going by the same justification, Kangana should get around Rs 42 crore for Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Deepika Padukone should have received more than Rs 20 crore from the kind of business their films did as both these films were riding on the backs of their female leads. But sadly, they didn't! All Kanagana got was Rs 3 crore.

In a time when we are fighting for women empowerment and struggling to attain gender equality, it is sad to know that the industry does not mind shelling out Rs 150 crore on an actor but tags an actress pricey even if she goes from single digit to double.

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