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Top TV actress Tejasvi Prakash has recently spoken openly on pay parity in the industry. In films, usually the hero gets many times more fees than the heroine. If you look at any big budget film, the heroine’s account is mere chillers. Along with the huge fees, Horo also gets a share in the profits of the film.
Even though there is no pay parity in films. Actresses get much less fees than actors, but this is not the case on the small screen. Women have always dominated the small screen. Even today, serials run on the strength of women and actresses are the highest paid in this industry. (Photo courtesy Instagram tejasswiprakash)
Tejashwi Prakash has recently talked about pay parity and women’s fees in TV. These days, if we talk about serials, Rupali Ganguly, seen in Anupama, is dominating. Anupama has been the number 1 serial of TV for years and Rupali is at number 1 in the list of top actresses. Rupali Ganguly is the highest paid actress these days. (Photo courtesy Instagram tejasswiprakash)
Now if we talk about non-fiction shows, according to media reports, Tejasvi Prakash is the highest paid actress. He received the highest fee for the reality show Celebrity Master Chef. The actress was also the highest paid contestant for Bigg Boss. (Photo courtesy Instagram tejasswiprakash)
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Talking about fees in TV serials, Tejasvi Prakash says that she has never had to face anything like this. She has never received less money because she is a woman. If they feel that they are getting less money just because of their gender, then they raise their voice against it. (Photo courtesy Instagram tejasswiprakash)
The actress further says that till date she has received a good amount of money in her serials and projects. However, she admits that she gets less money for working with senior male actors. Regarding this, Tejashwi Prakash says that she cannot compare her fees with any senior actor because that would be foolish. (Photo courtesy Instagram tejasswiprakash)
Tejashwi told that sometimes he has even rejected good fees for strong characters. She says that many times she turned down good fees just because she wanted to play a strong character. According to her, she neither runs after mere show off, nor does she allow the makers to use her for show off. (Photo courtesy Instagram tejasswiprakash)
She says, ‘I want my roles to be strong, but the female characters in the scripts offered to me are not strong. For this reason I have refused many times. Talking about her choice of roles and projects, the actress further says, ‘A good title, good actors, director, production house and platform looks good in your resume, but you don’t get much to do in it. When it releases, I don’t want my audience to say that I am not doing anything special in it. Many times makers want you just for views. But I don’t want that. I don’t want to be used like this. (Photo courtesy Instagram tejasswiprakash)
Tejasvi Prakash says that the burden of audience’s expectations is on her shoulders. She feels pressure that the audience wants to see more and more of her on screen, but her priority regarding roles is fixed. She says that she had refused a big film and even today she has no regrets about it. (Photo courtesy Instagram tejasswiprakash)