Actor Taapsee Pannu revealed that she didn’t make much money from movies like Dunki, where she stars alongside Shah Rukh Khan, and Judwaa 2 with Varun Dhawan. In an interview with the Indian Express, she mentioned that in big films, the male lead often has a lot of influence over who plays the female lead. Taapsee added that some male actors prefer casting someone who won’t outshine them.

Taapsee Pannu opens up about low pay in big films like Dunki

Taapsee stated, “Funnily, people think I do films like Judwaa or Dunki for money, that I get paid a lot. But no, it is the opposite – I get paid to do more for films that are headlined by me, like a Haseen Dillruba, and other films don’t really pay me much because they feel they are doing a favour by taking me up in that kind of a film. They feel, ‘There is already a big hero, why do we need anybody else for that?’ I fight these notions on a daily basis.”