The Queen Bee of Indian television Ekta Kapoor said, "There is no gender bias and the two actors are paid the same amount." Though Vidya Balan is trying to bring about a change in the world of cinema by making films with women work at the box office, the film industry is still a male dominated space.

Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif may be very popular, but they don't really get credit for their contribution to a successful movie. Scriptwriter Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi, who has been the creative head of a television channel in the late 90s, said, "During my time, the content used to be male dominated but when it came to remuneration, everybody was equal.

Rajendra Gupta and Neena Gupta drew the same salary." Television is all about the popularity of the show and the character one plays in a particular show.

There have been characters like Ammaji, Daya, Tulsi, Prerna, Anandi and Mihir who have become immortal on television. An industry insider said, "When Smriti Irani quit Kyunki Saas.

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, she drew Rs 60,000 an episode, which was probably the highest remuneration at that time." Avika Gor, who played the young Anandi in Balika Vadhu, earns Rs 35,000 a day.

Television actors charge on a per-day basis. A range of top actors like Ram Kapoor, Sakshi Tanwar, Meghna Malik and Mona Singh draw a fee of Rs 60,000-1 lakh per day.

Shweta Tiwari, who shot to fame as Prerna in Kasauti Zindagi Ki, today is one of the most popular faces on television. Tiwari, an A-list actor who shoots 25 days in a month, said, "There is absolutely no gender bias in the television industry.

In fact, I feel that it is a female dominated industry. As far as remuneration is concerned, it depends on the popularity of the actor, whether male or female.

I believe that Ram and Sakshi will get the same remuneration as their characters are equally popular." Television actors have also started endorsing products.

Sakshi Tanwar, Priyal Gor, Ronit Roy, Shweta Tiwari and Ritwik Dhanjani have been getting brand endorsements offers. A marketing strategist said, "It helps the product in a big way.

One gets a popular television face, whose visibility on television is 100 times more than a film star, and the cost works out to one hundredth of the remuneration of film stars ." Sakshi Tanwar, who is estimated to be earning about Rs 75,000 a day and shooting about 15 to 20 days a month for her serial, earns in lakhs through product endorsements.

Tiwari said, "We do almost the same things like film stars. The only difference is that we are paid in lakhs and they earn in crores.

" Newcomers on television start with a salary of Rs 2,500 per day and as per contract are entitled to a 10% hike every year. An industry insider said, "This can vary and it depends on the popularity of the serial.

If both the serial and the character are appreciated, the salaries are doubled. At times, the actor demands a hike and threatens to quit if not given the same.

" The production and direction departments, however, are largely dominated by men. Writer/director Vinta Nanda said, "Men in general don't feel comfortable dealing with women when it comes to financial issues, or making deals.

I have faced that problem often and very recently when a deal I was trying to crack desperately seemed to be falling apart, a dear friend, a woman, actually advised me to get one of my male colleagues to deal with the men at the other end on my behalf, because she said the guys I was trying to crack a deal with may not be comfortable talking money with a woman. When I took her advice and put a male colleague between myself and the business associates, it worked.

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Boman has apparently gone without clothes and that too in front of co-star Farah Khan . Before Boman, John Abraham had done a fully nude scene for Kabir Khan's ""New York"" but the scene was shot in a way that nothing objectionable was shown.

But for Boman this is nothing new as in his debut film ""Let's Talk"" Boman had done a long monologue in the sitting posture with only a towel around his waist and his legs up facing the camera, leaving nothing to the imagination. In ""Shirin Farhad .

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"" too Boman says his modesty is hidden by a towel. Talking about the scene, Boman says, ""The towel scene in ""Let's Talk"" was intense.

This one is a by-the-by scene. It's no big deal.

And we put it on Farah's insistence."" When contacted Farah laughed, ""There's a scene where he half strips.

But it's a funny comic scene. And I certainly didn't put it in.

In fact when he strips I had to scream and run. And I did it most convincingly.

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B.S | Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd | Boman Irani SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet Boman Irani Actor Boman Irani feels that every character shown in a film tells a story and also teaches about the society.

"I have always believed that an actor also tells a story via his character. And I feel that any expression - be it acting, writing a book, making a film, painting or dancing - is an expression.

If people can know and feel something about the society through it, it is very good," the 52-year-old said here at an event. Boman has played a strict medical college dean in " Munnabhai M.

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S .", a deceitful property dealer in "Khosla Ka Ghosla" and a middle-aged man in " Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd " and these characters, more or less, are identifiable with the society.

Boman confesses to be an avid reader, but says he is not interested in penning down anything himself right now. "You need to invest a lot of time in order to write a book and research a lot.

Right now I am an actor and an entertainer. Let me be an actor.

When I start getting bad reviews from people, then I will write a book. Till then let me act," said Boman, who is also a professional photographer.

Boman's recent releases were "Don 2: The King is Back" and "Ek Main aur Ekk Tu". His next film is "Housefull 2" that hits theatres April 5 (less)

Now, the budding director has been signed for Johar's film but his role has not been disclosed yet. "Ok.

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thats Kayoze Irani!!! @kayoze..

boman irani's super talented son who we are introducing in SOTY," filmmaker Karan Johar wrote on Twitter and posted a picture of the newbie on the micro blogging site. The film also marks the debuts of Alia Bhatt, daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, son of director David Dhawan and newcomer Siddharth Malhotra.

Both Siddharth and Varun had previously worked as assistant directors under Johar during the making of his 2010 film, My Name is Khan . As the shooting for the film is underway Johar is all looking forward to a song choreographed by Farah Khan.

"Am off for another outdoor of SOTY..

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am filming my favourite song in the album with Farah!!! On flight with the newbies..

will connect soon!," he said. There is a buzz that the song with the three debutants Varun, Alia and Siddharth would be a high school party gig, ala Shahrukh, Kajol and Rani's Koi Mil Gaya Mera Dil Gaya from Johar's directorial debut movie, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai .

SOTY is said to be a romantic comedy entertainer and is being produced by Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment and Johar's Dharma Productions. Tweet (less)

Now, the budding director has been signed for Johar's film but his role has not been disclosed yet. "Ok.

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thats Kayoze Irani!!! @kayoze..

boman irani's super talented son who we are introducing in SOTY," filmmaker Karan Johar wrote on Twitter and posted a picture of the newbie on the micro blogging site. The film also marks the debuts of Alia Bhatt, daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, son of director David Dhawan and newcomer Siddharth Malhotra.

Both Siddharth and Varun had previously worked as assistant directors under Johar during the making of his 2010 film, My Name is Khan . As the shooting for the film is underway Johar is all looking forward to a song choreographed by Farah Khan.

"Am off for another outdoor of SOTY..

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am filming my favourite song in the album with Farah!!! On flight with the newbies..

will connect soon!," he said. There is a buzz that the song with the three debutants Varun, Alia and Siddharth would be a high school party gig, ala Shahrukh, Kajol and Rani's Koi Mil Gaya Mera Dil Gaya from Johar's directorial debut movie, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai .

SOTY is said to be a romantic comedy entertainer and is being produced by Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment and Johar's Dharma Productions. Tweet (less)

But this daring act of Tusshar Kapoor has made him the butt of several jokes on Twitter. Here are some Funny Tweets- Shrinivas Rao (@imshrinivas): Tusshar Kapoor has finally realized that his face is not selling, now he is trying to find success by showing his ass.

Good Luck ! (sic) aCoolFunnyTweetTypo (@coolfunnytshirt): And its clear from his bare-all-body pic that Tusshar Kapoor has finally come to the terms that his ‘acting’ no more works! Its expose time! Mangal Pardeshi (@MangalPardeshi): Inspired BY Aamir Khan other actors also want to do social service. Tusshar kapoor can do social service by quitting acting.

Pankaj Gokhale (@iPankkaj): Tusshar Kapoor is trending ..

So the Mayan Calender thingy was right ..

End is near (sic) Shri Sree Sreenath (@sree2weets): Tusshar Kapoor is trending in India nw..

What happened?Did he changed his usual expression of (sic) Smriti Singh (@RjSmritii): Do Ekta Kkapoor knows Tusshar Kapoor is trending? No no if she will know thn shayad Tusshar might get a role in Bade Ache Lagte Hai ;P (sic) Posted in (less)

The film will have one more star kid Kayoze , son of Boman Irani. Kayoze's role in the film hasn't been disclosed yet.

"In Bangkok for a sp appearance in SOTY. Might just share screen space with my son @kayoze for the 1st time.

Hope the blighter is nervous! (sic)," Boman wrote on twitter. Kayoze, who started off as an assistant director for the recently released Kareena and Imran Khan starrer 'Ek Main Aur Ek Tu', has been signed for SOTY, which is currently on floors.

"Learning my lines in the car yesterday. May have seemed I was talking to myself.

Overheard a guy on scooter say 'lagta hai mamu ka hat gaya'," Boman said. "My confidence is a result of conquering nervousness everyday! If I am gung ho before I give my 1st shot, then something is wrong!," he said.

'Student Of The Year', produced by Johar and Shah Rukh Khan under the banner of Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment, is slated to release by mid 2012 (less)

I think there are very few people in society who give their life and time to causes such as this. Do you find bankers or hoteliers sitting over here? They are not here.

There are many celebrities who come for a good cause," he said. "Whenever there is a catastrophe or a disaster, the first people who come out and raise funds will be people from the film industry.

So, I think it's a little unfair to knock my community down," he added. The 52-year-old was talking on the sidelines of the launch of the book "Not like Most Young Girls", a compilation of selected short stories about the plight of sex workers.

Meanwhile, Boman, who has done films like "Munnabhai M.B.

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", " 3 Idiots" and "Well Done Abba" with social messages, believes it is important to induce a generous dose of entertainment into a issue-based film to make it appealing to the audience. "Entertainment is important otherwise no one will watch it.

If there is a film like '3 Idiots', the backbone of the film is the topic of education. But if we talk only about education without entertainment then no one will watch it," said Boman.

"The audience is getting the message anyway. It is not possible to portray a book realistically in a film because people watch movies to entertain their families.

If we can give a message combined with entertainment, it's good but then it will never be the same as the book," he added. Boman's next release will be "Housefull 2" and he is also working on "Shirin Farhad Ki Nikal Padi" with Farah Khan, for which he even half-stripped (less)

I want to do every genre and am ready to experiment with my roles. I don't want to let my producers or directors down," said Ajay in a statement.

His last release "Singham" crossed the Rs.100 crore mark at the box-office, but he says this level of popularity and fame frightens him.

"It feels great when you are a part of movie reaching the Rs.100 crore mark.

But at the same time, it frightens me as an actor and makes me feel more responsible with every release." "I am working hard and am happy with the films I do and I expect that every film I am a part of should cross the 100 crore mark," said Ajay, who is looking forward to the release of his film "Tezz".

The film, which also features Boman Irani, Zayed Khan, Anil Kapoor, Sameera Reddy and Kangna Ranaut with southern star Mohanlal in a cameo, will hit the screens Friday (less)

"I think the real fun lies in this gap, whether you do action, comedy, romance, give some gap. Then you also enjoy doing it and the audience also loves watching it," added the 52-year-old.

"Tezz", directed by Priyadarshan, also features Ajay Devgn, Zayed Khan, Boman Irani, Sameera Reddy and Kangna Ranaut. Anil guarantees the film has some action sequences never seen before in Bollywood.

"'Tezz' has been filmed in Britain and we have used Hollywood technicians. The film is huge and a lot of money has been spent on it," he said.

"This may be just my thinking..

. but I believe there are some sequences in the film that you'll see for the first time in an Indian film," said Anil.

The movie will hit screens Friday (less)