The high fees charged by male actors, especially of Hindi cinema have been a point of discussion lately. The discussions came up after the top male stars failed to deliver at the box office in recent times despite taking home fat cheques.  In a director's roundtable conducted by The Hollywood Reporter India, Karan Johar reiterated the need for male stars to reassess their remuneration, before his fellow filmmaker Zoya Akhtar intervened. The roundtable also saw Mahesh Narayan, Vetri Maaran and Pa Ranjith in attendance.

Zoya Akhtar tells Karan Johar to not pay high fees to male stars 

Zoya interrupted Karan as he spoke about the rising cost of male actors' fees and said, "They are not going to know. But Karan, you have to just stop paying. You have to stop paying. That's it".