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You thought discrimination against women in payment of wages was only a problem in the brick kilns of Haryana. Think again. Gender biases exist even in the film industry where one would have thought the caravan has moved on for female actors playing 'item numbers'. An examination of salaries of top performers in Bollywood show the discrepancy between male and female stars is massive. The thumb-rule is - the lead female actor gets paid approximately one-third her film hero. -- Published on March 5, 2014