Overview
- In a Zoom interview, Bhagyashree said actor pay follows supply and demand, and producers choose talent based on the value they think each person brings.
- Contemporary reports from 1989 say she was paid about Rs 1 lakh for Maine Pyar Kiya, while Salman Khan received about Rs 25,000 for the same film.
- She compared pricing to buying a flat, saying people pay more for add‑ons they value and pay less when they do not need those extras.
- She argued pay gaps will persist unless women bargain together for standard rates that they agree to hold.
- Maine Pyar Kiya was the biggest Bollywood hit of 1989 and launched both leads, and recent coverage notes she has returned to films with Raja Shivaji’s Marathi version performing well at the box office.