Kareena Kapoor fight for equal pay for actresses

"I was in Los Angeles sometime back when I got to know that Salt was actually written for Tom Cruise. And Angelina Jolie was actually the second choice, it wasn't Brad Pitt or anyone else. In India, there's no such choice. "It's always between three or four Khans or other male actors. I guess female actors are there for just dancing with them. We have to stand behind Shah Rukh and Salman [Khan] and say, ‘Hey! I'm here too, give me something to do.' And the pay cheques... what Salman gets and what I get... let's not even get there," said Kapoor. She is said to be the highest earning female star in Bollywood, and reportedly demanded Rs80 million (Dh5.71 million) for Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine. But Kapoor still doesn't consider herself a hero among heroines. "I don't think I'm a hero because all the films like 3 Idiots, RA.One and Bodyguard that made Rs1-1.5 billion, their producers and all three Khans took home their money. What am I left with? Chhammak challo? "I don't get a pay cheque as much as them. But I am going to fight for it, and hopefully one day we will get there." About Heroine, she says: "I am giving it my very best. For a change it is fun not standing behind or beside Shah Rukh or Salman."