Priyanka Chopra told, ‘I have never been paid equally in Bollywood. I used to get only 10% of what my male co-actors used to get. This pay gap is huge. And that’s why many women are still dealing today. I know that I would also struggle with this if I worked with male actors in Bollywood now. Have talked about equal pay for all women of my generation. We always talked but have never met.
body shaming of priyanka chopra
Priyanka Chopra told how she was treated on the sets. She explains, ‘I thought it was perfectly okay to sit on the set for hours and hours, while my male co-actors used to know their timing and made it a point to show up on the set only when they were shooting.’ Along with this, the actress told that when she started her career in Bollywood, she had to face body shaming.
Priyanka Chopra was called ‘black cat’
Priyanka told in the interview that earlier I was called ‘Black Cat’ and ‘Saanwali’. I mean, what does ‘dark’ mean in a country where we’re literally brown? I used to feel that I am not pretty enough. I believed that I would have to work very hard. Not only this, I also felt that I am probably a little more talented than my co-actors who are white. But then I felt that it was okay because it was all normal.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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