New Delhi, May 30 -- Deepika Padukone may be one of the highest-paid actors in the country today, but she has consistently spoken out about gender-based pay disparity in the film industry. Amid speculation surrounding her reported exit from Sandeep Reddy Vanga's upcoming film Spirit, an old interview of the actress has resurfaced, where she openly discusses turning down a film due to unequal pay.

Although Deepika has not officially confirmed or commented on her departure from Spirit, director Sandeep Reddy Vanga appeared to address the matter in a cryptic but strongly worded post on social media platform X. Without naming anyone, he expressed his disappointment at an unnamed actress, accusing her of "putting down a younger actor" and lea...