India, July 1 -- Actor Konkona Sen Sharma is gearing up for the release of Anurag Basu's Metro In Dino. In an interview with Firstpost, the actor shared her take on maintaining a work-life balance in the industry and what needs to change. (Also read: Sara Ali Khan says mom Amrita Singh reading trolls' comments about her is hurtful: 'If I could block her social media')

During the interview, Konkona said, "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...