Bollywood filmmakers Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar were discussing the high salaries of male stars when Zoya suggested, "You have to stop paying. That's it." She emphasised that it's up to producers to change the trend of male leads consuming 70% of a film's budget.

Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar in a recent director’s roundtable chided Karan Johar for skewing industry trends by giving into stars’ high demands in the past. In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter India,

Karan, in a moment of rare self-awareness, confessed that he has stopped paying such high fees. He revealed that his latest film, Kill, was made with a “rank newcomer” because every established male star had asked for the exact amount that was the entire budget of the movie.

Karan Johar says male actors should reconsider their fees while Zoya Akhtar emphasized that technical crew should be paid more. Read below

Karan Johar declared that he has stopped giving in to star demands, and no longer pays actors what they want because they can't guarantee hits.

To this, Karan gave a long explanation. He said, “What is your last couple of films? How much have you opened to? With what right are you asking me fo

Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar talked about actors demanding high fees in a recent roundtable with directors. There’s been growing concern about how much top male actors in the Hindi film industry are paid, especially since big stars like Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn have had movie openings as low as Rs 3 crore and Rs 4 crore.

Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar were part of a directors roundtable where the latter said that male stars have to reassess their remuneration.

Karan Johar recently opened up about male actors overcharging for films. Zoya Akhtar scolds him, "You have to stop paying. That's it."

Citing his latest production, Kill, he explained how the film’s concept demanded a newcomer because established actors were asking for sums that matched the film’s entire budget.