Broken News actor Sonali Bendre REVEALS why 90s heroes still play lead roles, but not heroines: 'We never thought about pay gap, never questioned anything'

Broken News actor Sonali Bendre REVEALS why 90s heroes still play lead roles, but not heroines: 'We never thought about pay gap, never questioned anything' - Exclusive

In an exclusive interview with Sonali Bendre prior to the release of Broken News season 2 on ZEE5, the versatile actor opened up on how today's leading ladies don't flinch from questioning the status quo unlike their 90s counterparts

Submitted by Mitul Kansara on Fri, 05/03/2024 - 13:01

MUMBAI: The Broken News released in 2022 which featured Jaideep Ahlawat, Sonali Bendre, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Jay Upadhyay, Indraneil Sengupta, Taaruk Raina, Aakash Khurana and Kiran Kumar. It is an OTT newsroom drama OTT series directed by Vinay Waikul which was released on ZEE5. The series was a remake of the British series ‘Press’.

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Now, the makers are coming back with the second season of the series with the cast of the season one coming back and with an addition of Akshay Oberoi to the cast. The season two of the OTT series will be made available to stream from 3rd May on ZEE5.

When asked – You have 90s co-stars, you have the Khans, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, there’s still doing leading roles but when it comes to female actors that’s not really the case

Sonali Bendre said, “When you’re talking about my male colleagues still working, yes I agree with you, there are a lot of people who have a lot of things to say about it and I think I will leave that space for them. All I will say is that it is patriarchy, and it is what it is but I’m very thankful that when we were working, it didn’t even occur to us that it should be that pay should be equal, or this should not be happening. It was so taken for granted that this was how it was supposed to be that you didn’t even question it but today these girls, or for us for that matter, we would question it and that itself shows the progress that has been made that there are conversations that are happening and I can only hope that I’m part of this conversations going forward and that these conversations keep going forward.”

This was our conversation with Sonali Bendre for his upcoming OTT series The Broken News Season 2.

Also read - Media Wars Heat Up: ZEE5 all ready to welcome The Broken News Season 2 with Suchitra Pillai's entry!

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