Zoya Akhtar Says That Women Directors Had A Late Start In Bollywood
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Saturday, 20th June 2015, 4:33 PM IST There are very few women directors in Bollywood and one of them is Zoya Akhtar who is currently riding high with the success of her recently released flick ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’. Talking about women directors in Bollywood, Zoya said that they had a late start in Bollywood. Zoya said, “Given a chance, women can handle the planet. Just that they have had a late start in Bollywood. So, it has been a men’s club. But the influx of women in the Hindi film industry is insane. It means people are getting work, their ideas are getting picked up, they are being accepted, and they are going to do well. It’s going to be different in 10 years.” She also spoke about the difference between the remuneration of male and female actors. The director said, “Talking of remuneration, many actresses feel that they should be paid on par with male actors. It’s a box-office call. Having said that, I think the ratio is heavily skewed towards male actors, and needs to be balanced out. For instance, if you take a big love story, you can’t negate the actress. So, you need to pay the actresses more, for sure.” Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |