Konkana Sen Sharma discusses motherhood penalty, fatherhood premium in Bollywood
"Now what's going to happen ultimately is that women are not incentivised 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," the actor went on."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 went on. The actor herself is a working mother as she co-parents her son Haroon with actor ex-husband Ranvir Shorey. The duo got married in 2019 and divorced in 2020.advertisementKonkona was last seen in Abhishek Chaubey's crime-thriller series 'Killer Soup', co-starring Manoj Bajpayee.She will next be seen in Anurag Basu's 'Metro...In Dino' (2025). She is paired opposite Pankaj Tripathi in the film. The upcoming movie is a spiritual sequel to 'Life...In a Metro (2007)'.'Metro In Dino' also features Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Neena Gupta, and Anupam Kher in prominent roles. The film is scheduled to release on July 4.- Ends
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