Pay-scale should be independent of gender: Aamir Khan

Mumbai, Aug 29 (PTI) Superstar Aamir Khan says it is hightime pay disparity in Bollywood was done away with. Time and again, many Bollywood stars have spoken out onthe huge difference between the remuneration of male andfemale actors in the country. Lending his support to such voices, the 51-year-old "PK"star said, "Pay-scale should not depend on a person’s sex. Itshould be equal. Patriarchal mindset should change." Aamir was speaking at a discussion panel, ‘The IndianFuturescape’. The actor was asked if he would like to expand hishorizons and do Hollywood films like actors Irrfan Khan,Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone have done in the recentpast. Aamir said he was not keen on pursuing a career in thewest and also revealed he was offered Hollywood movies in thepast but he did not like the scripts. "Working in the west doesn’t interest me particularly.what interests me is a good film. It should be a film thattouches my heart and I feel I can perform in. Where the filmis made is irrelevant. There have been number of offers to mefrom Hollywood but I did not like the scripts." The "3 Idiots" star also said doing internationalprojects will not give him the same joy, which he gets whenhis work is received well by the Indian audience. "Why i don’t feel like doing that (work in the west) isbecause I feel I have an emotional connection with myaudience, with the people of this country. It is arelationship that we have built over 27 years, something thatI value a lot. I don’t want to leave my audience behind. "I will not be happy doing that. These are my people, webelong to each other. If I go to some other place and strangepeople react to my movie I may not feel the same. Emotionally,I would rather work here, if there is an offer from America,China or Japan which excites me I will do it. PTI PSH SSNPSH