Actor Konkona Sen Sharma is promoting her film Metro In Dino. In an interview, she talked about the difficulties working mothers experience in the industry.
Konkona Calls Out Gender Gap
She said mothers lose out while fathers benefit.
“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 said.
She Urges Government Support
She believes women now avoid having children because of workplace pressure.
“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,” she added.
Konkona Balances Career and Parenting
She married Ranvir Shorey in 2010. They split in 2015 and divorced in 2020. They have a son, Haroon.
Her Film Releases Soon
Metro In Dino hits cinemas on July 4. The film stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Pankaj Tripathi, Neena Gupta, and Anupam Kher.
