Parvathy is furious over fake reports about her remuneration
Parvathy Menon, the go to choice for solid female roles in Malayalam cinema, is furious over fake reports about her remuneration. Recently, there were reports about the actress increasing her remuneration to one crore after a string of successful movies. It was reported that after quoting a pay of Rs 35 lakhs for her last movie Take Off, she soon hiked her pay almost triple fold to one crores.
Parvathy in a note in her social media took the names of Asianet News and online medias Filmibeat and Metromatinee for reporting about her remuneration without cross checking the facts. Her Facebook post reads,
“To the media,
How about we agree to stick to ethics?
I don’t remember ever revealing to any channel/website how much I get paid. I also have not got any message or call from any media agency/journalist asking me the same.
However, websites and news channels such as (filmibeat, asianet news, metromatinee and many more) have gone ahead and decided how much my remuneration is and why I “hiked” my price!
How hard is it really to check facts? Isn’t that the most basic of steps a journalist must take?
Is it any lack of news that prompts you to make up stories backing it up by the most disgusting lie of a phrase “according to sources”?
It’s another matter altogether that how much I get paid is none of anybody’s business except between the producer and I. Also, my talking about wage disparity does not warrant such a move on your behalf either. Wage disparity is a social concern that needs to be discussed. To create fake news of an artists pay is just wrong.
Kindly remove such false and baseless articles and elevate your standards. I still have not given up hope on you.
We, the people, need you to be honest. We, your subjects, deserve your respect.
Deeply disappointed,
P [sic]”
Parvathy is currently busy shooting for her Bollywood debut directed by scriptwriter Tanuja Chandra of Dil toh Pagal Hai fame. She is playing the female lead opposite ace actor Irrfan Khan. The film is said to to be a romantic comedy, and the protagonists apparently fall in love with each other, during a road trip.
