Amitabh Bachchan Reveals Deepika Padukone Was Paid More Than Him for Piku!!!

There is no dispute on the fact that Deepika Padukone is the numero uno of Bollywood. The actress was recently in news for featuring in the top ten list of world's highest paid actresses, and now news has it that the actress was paid more that superstar Amitabh Bachchan when they worked together in Piku.

The superstar, in an interview to Bollywood Life, confirmed the news. The actor in all modesty said, "I can tell you one thing, in Piku, Deepika Padukone was paid more than me and that says two things – one that she is obviously more important than me and two I have lost my price tag coz I have been working for so long. Maybe I am not so important.”

Director Shoojit Sircar, who was accompanying Big B for the interview confirmed the news. Sircar is the producer of Bachchan's upcoming film Pink and was the director of Piku. "But I think what’s the harm? If the woman’s character is that then it’s okay," said the director.

The actor is currently busy promoting Pink and has been talking about about women empowerment very publicly, an underlying theme of the film. His letters to his granddaughters, which the actor shared on social media recently, struck a chord with many. In the interview, the actor was all in support of equal wage in the film industry. The actor said he supported actresses demanding equal pay.

Adding to Big B's statement, Sircar said that it was unfair to label any film as women-centric just because it has a woman playing string role. "Everybody asked me if it’s( Piku) is a woman-centric film. I said why? Because a woman has a stronger character that’s why it’s a woman centric film. But there are many films with only heroes but that is not man-centric film. So don’t see a film like because there’s a woman’s pic on the poster it’s a woman-centric film. It’s a cinema, a film a story. She maybe is the hero of the film and that’s how you should see it.”

Padukone's rising stardom is for everyone to see. But that fact that she has been paid more than one of the biggest superstar of Bollywood says a lot about her stardom and position in the film industry.