“Not Just Actors, But People Working Behind The Camera, Too, Should Be Paid Equally”: Manav Kaul

Actor Manav Kaul feels technicians in the Indian film industry do not get due credit and money.

In an interview to IANS, the “Tumhari Sulu” actor raised concern over wage gap, saying everyone — not just actors and actresses but people working behind the camera, too — should be paid equally.

“In our industry, actors get a lot of money but if we speak of tehnicians or director of photography people, they don’t earn a lot of money. I think the share has to be equal. You can’t just give like that much humongous amount of money to actors and giving 20-30 per cent of that money to the dops, technicians and everyone. They work very hard and are very talented people.

“I guess distribution of money should be equal and if not equal then it should be very close to the equal. This is the one thing which I don’t like about Indian cinema and I feel this thing should be changed. Everyone should be paid equally,” he said.

Apart from expressing dissapointment over the pay parity issue, Manav also hailed the Indian Cinema for bringing the change in the stories and giving importance to stories from small towns.