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Priyanka Chopra recalls being ‘surprised’ when agents made an ask for pay parity: That doesn’t happen in our industry | Bollywood

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Priyanka Chopra made a successful switch from Bollywood to Hollywood, and went on to star as a lead in the show Quantico, and in last year’s Citadel. However, the actor says she did not know she had the ‘power’ to ask for pay parity in the first place. In an interview with India Today during the promotional rounds for WOMB, the actor shared how she was ‘surprised’ when her agents made the call around pay parity. (Also read: Priyanka Chopra says she had pay parity with her male co-star only in Citadel: ‘First time I got equal pay in 22 years’) Priyanka Chopra talked about pay parity in a recent interview. What Priyanka said During the interview, Priyanka recalled the conversation and added, “When my agents told me that we were going to ask for pay parity, even I was surprised. I was like, ‘What? No, that doesn’t happen in our industry.’ And they were like, ‘Let’s just ask the question.’ So, I didn’t even know that I had that power. I did not know …

Priyanka Chopra recalls mom earning more than her father | Bollywood

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Priyanka Chopra recently talked about the issue of pay disparity between men and women. Citing an example from her life, she revealed how her mother Madhu Chopra was once earning more than her late father Ashok Chopra but there was no ego clash regarding it. The actor also asserted that some men in her life are not insecure about her success. Also read: Priyanka Chopra on being trolled for calling RRR Tamil film Priyanka Chopra on pay disparity between men and women. Priyanka Chopra told the news agency ANI, “I have some incredible men in my life who are not insecure of my success but I also have men in my life who are very insecure of my success..So I think that men have enjoyed the freedom and the pride of being the breadwinners or the leaders of the family… it’s threatening to their territory when a woman does that or if a woman is more successful or a man is staying at home and woman is going out to work…” She continued and shared …

Priyanka Chopra reveals she earned just 10% of the hero’s salary in early days | Bollywood

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Priyanka Chopra is one of the only four Indians to make it to the list of BBC’s ‘100 Women’ this year. The actor has now revealed in a corresponding interview how things were not always this golden for her. She spoke about never getting paid equal to the male lead in her early days in Bollywood and also how men earned special privileges on film sets. (Also read: Kangana Ranaut reveals she isn’t ‘underpaid’ when asked about pay parity in film industry: ‘All men have helped me’) “I’ve never had pay parity in Bollywood. I would get paid about 10% of the salary of my male co-actor. It’s (the pay gap) large, substantially large. And so many women still deal with that. I’m sure I will too if I worked with a male co-actor now in Bollywood,” she said. “My generation of female actors have definitely asked (for equal pay). We’ve asked, but we’ve not got it.” Priyanka also spoke about the treatment she would get on sets and how she thought it was something …