Actor Konkona Sen Sharma is gearing up for the release of Anurag Basu’s Metro… In Dino. In a conversation with Firstpost, she expressed her views on achieving a work-life balance in the film industry and discussed the changes she believes are necessary.
Konkona Sen Sharma speaks out on work-life balance and the ‘motherhood penalty’ in films; says, “It’s becoming more and more difficult to participate in the work life”
In the interview, Konkona pointed out, “I genuinely want to say that in today’s day and age, there is a certain motherhood penalty in any industry, which happens. It’s called the fatherhood premium and the motherhood penalty. Because what happens is that fathers, as they have children and they become more and more senior, they earn more and more. But for women with every child, there is a financial setback because you’re not able to kind of participate in the way society expects you to or for that matter what the office work demands.”
She continued by saying, “Now what’s going to happen ultimately is that women are not incentivized to have children at all because it’s becoming more and more difficult. You know, to participate in the work life, and to be a good mother at the same time is becoming more and more difficult. So, I feel that this is something that eventually the governments will have to kind of change policies for working mothers. Otherwise it’s not going to happen.”
Konkona tied the knot with Ranvir Shorey in 2010. The couple parted ways in 2015 and finalized their divorce in 2020. They share a son named Haroon.
Metro… In Dino also features Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Pankaj Tripathi, Neena Gupta, and Anupam Kher in key roles. The film is set to hit theatres on July 4.
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