<p>Taapsee Pannu said she can only demand an equal pay if the opening box office numbers of her movies are as big as her male colleagues in the industry.<br /><br />The actor, who recently featured in "Naam Shabana", said films like this and "Queen" and "Mary Kom" are still a rarity in Bollywood.<br /><br />"How many movies like these do you actually come across in a year? Probably one or two maximum. It's unfair to ask for an equal pay when you're not getting an equal amount of opening collection," Taapsee told reporters.<br /><br />"The day the audience walks in the theatre and sees a female protagonist's film, gives us the same amount of bumper opening of Rs 10-15 crores, that day I will say we need to be paid equally," she added.<br /><br />The "Pink" star said male actors get bigger opening number as compared to female actors and that is something which needs to be changed.<br /><br />"Right now it's unfair for producers to give us an equal amount of money because no matter how good the film is, like mine was this year's biggest opener for a female protagonist film, but if you compare it with other male protagonist, they get far higher (opening)."<br /><br />Taapsee, who will be next seen in "Judwaa 2", refuted reports that she has been signed by Anurag Kashyap to star in his next.<br /><br />"Anurag Kashyap has never even approached me with a script, so I don't know what are these talks of a film about. Right now, I haven't signed anything. I'll proudly announce it, you don't have to wait for any rumour," she said.</p>
<p>Taapsee Pannu said she can only demand an equal pay if the opening box office numbers of her movies are as big as her male colleagues in the industry.<br /><br />The actor, who recently featured in "Naam Shabana", said films like this and "Queen" and "Mary Kom" are still a rarity in Bollywood.<br /><br />"How many movies like these do you actually come across in a year? Probably one or two maximum. It's unfair to ask for an equal pay when you're not getting an equal amount of opening collection," Taapsee told reporters.<br /><br />"The day the audience walks in the theatre and sees a female protagonist's film, gives us the same amount of bumper opening of Rs 10-15 crores, that day I will say we need to be paid equally," she added.<br /><br />The "Pink" star said male actors get bigger opening number as compared to female actors and that is something which needs to be changed.<br /><br />"Right now it's unfair for producers to give us an equal amount of money because no matter how good the film is, like mine was this year's biggest opener for a female protagonist film, but if you compare it with other male protagonist, they get far higher (opening)."<br /><br />Taapsee, who will be next seen in "Judwaa 2", refuted reports that she has been signed by Anurag Kashyap to star in his next.<br /><br />"Anurag Kashyap has never even approached me with a script, so I don't know what are these talks of a film about. Right now, I haven't signed anything. I'll proudly announce it, you don't have to wait for any rumour," she said.</p>