'I’d earn 10% of my male co-actor’s salary': Priyanka Chopra | The Conversation | BBC News India

[@summydots]

She said she wasn't able to do lead roles in Hollywood in the beginning, but for me whatever role she had became the lead role. Cheers to her spirit!

[@sabrinakhan8217]

She got a lead role in Quantico because it was financed by affiliates of Red Chilies and Reliance. The show had low ratings and TV channels wanted to remove it by 5th episode but within 8 hours 30,000 Indians file an online petition of " stop racism" and as usual snow flake gorra bended over backward to accommodate and appease dark skin people

[@NileshR12]

Yeah I felt that way when she started in Quantico

[@arifulislamleeton]

yes

[@amirbhat6143]

Agreed!

[@sayan329]

We are proud of you Priyanka . Thank you so much for representing India in such a wonderful way. ♥️ 🇮🇳

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[@varshag.8398]

She wears western outfits, speaks in English, married to American,does bold scenes on the screen. How come she represents India?

[@Versatileabhi]

​@@varshag.8398 With your conservative thinking you will never be accepted in Global culture. .

[@agastafromportugal]

What is her nationality? ​@@varshag.8398

[@desigirl8785]

Priyanka is such an intelligent woman ❤ so well spoken!! Answers the questions so correctly and is so graceful at the same time! 🙏🏽👌🏽

[@urmillavibart7881]

Experience gives wisdom..Priyanka is true to that❤

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[@PranabChattopadhyay-ze6oz]

Priyanka Chopra should be the role model of every oppressed soul

[@shajulsolutions3163]

I can proudly say I belong to the generation of Priyanka Chopra. Always inspirational 🙏❤️

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[@naivesundari]

So proud of u Priyanka! Your thought process and the articulate way you speak makes me so happy that there are women like you with a global platform ❤ you deserve all the love and power for your beautiful, mature way of making the space for south asian people 💖 you are a gem and I feel very lucky to have someone like you represent India 👸

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[@sabrinakhan8217]

She should stop using the dark skin card. Where will white actors go for jobs? She was photoshopped to 30 shades of light and peachy skin in all her Indian movies, magazines Tv appearances etc. She enjoyed money fame for over 10 years in Bollywood. Even today, she uses orangish reddish, yellowish filters on the pics in which she is standing next to whites so they don't look white and she don't look Indian. Recently, At Nota Ambani party NMACC, Indian Indian cameramen used orange filters to make Indian and white guests look similar and from an orange race. . Who gave them the right to temper with the pics of whites? Why doesn't she make it clear that during her school years in the USA, it was her black schoolmates who made fun of her indian accent because she was trying to steal their boyfriends?

[@starbuzzwithmathilde7287]

This woman is such a role model for all women. Beauty,Brain, Personality and so calm and collected. Respect to Priyanka - you rule

[@Hsjswk]

Beautiful. Confident. Intelligent. Hard working. Powerful!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Amazed by this woman!

[@MYT_2024]

She's an inspiration for every woman. ❤

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[@cute_anusha]

So good to see Yogita Limaye reached to this level... I still remember her from MIT days and she was so popular among us juniors

[@world-dn3mv]

OMG....i love pc.. Priyanka is best actress than many Hollywood actress and she deserves Oscar

[@runaroy6902]

Short and sweet. Priyanka is a woman of substance. Very inspirational to many women out there. God bless you and your family and wish you evergreen success to you and your hubby❤️💐💕

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[@shajjadalam853]

Priyanka Chopra Jonas❤❤👑👑

[@ramakumar3232]

She is one of the inspiration for the Indian girls with brown skin who some times get bullied and feel belittled in USA 🇺🇸 schools for their culture , food , dresses etc.

[@vanshikasingh8771]

I am glad that she is finally speaking about these things that other actresses who have faced can’t take the risk to stand for..

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[@NamrataGawai28]

You have shown the true spirit of India. Loved it. India is progressing because women in India refuse to give up and accept their faith. You will find them everywhere.

[@vonieshsoukhee]

Aishwarya, Priyanka, Kangana and Shraddha Kapoor. They are the real queens and self made actresses of Bollywood. ❤❤ God bless, very very dignified ladies..

[@ranza9436]

Not shreddha

[@sabrinakhan8217]

Ashwariya used Salman and then Subhash Ghai to get movies. Kangna is still in bollywood even after giving 11 flops. Which mafia is funding her movies is the question. Kids of Shmai Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand, manoj Kumar, Feroze Khan, Rajinder Kumar, Brothers of Salman Khan, Dilip Kumar and many more were thrown out of bollywoood after giving 2 flops.

[@gayathrim466]

​@Sabrina Khan lol Aish was miss world way before she even knew Salman.. let her get her credits

[@Hwoman1123]

@@gayathrim466 winning a pagent is not really much.. it just opens up the door for men to look at a new thing to feed on

[@angelinapalmer993]

​@@Hwoman1123she was already acting before having an affair with salman

[@norhayatiyati2723]

Wise in giving her conversation , she talks what she think what's appropriate in the way she is . Not more nor less what ever suits her she gave her opinion She 's still down to earth Woman, blessed U Priyangka

[@ishitaroychoudhury1162]

My inspiration!!

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[@PranabChattopadhyay-s4k]

Perhaps the mingling intellect and exceptional beauty is rarely to be found

[@umaseshadri9012]

Priyanka chopra jones very difficult come to that place she is inspiration for every women.

[@michelleluster9723]

I'm very happy to see her success with her film and producing films, as a beautiful female actress that she is I think of her as a meaningful timeless and fearless woman and I hope she is paid fairly with equality, I love her Indian films they're very full of comedy and love and romance and happiness like they came from another world and another time!!!! That's how I see her as a smart timeless happiness!!!!

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[@ritakumari224]

We are proud of you Princka 👍💖

[@tanishshrees.a7386]

You are my role model always . You inspire in terms of communication, strong decisions, show the strongest qualities to the world

[@shidarthagirivlogs5632]

She said the truth❤... Go ahead girl

[@eramsadaf6227]

Inspiration ❤️

[@KhorshedAlam-md2is]

Priyanka C J❤❤👑👑

[@sanjurai5792]

My favorite priyanka and kangna

[@sharathyadav954]

Both are my favorite too 💯👍🏻😊

[@Star1783AA]

Priyanka I love you, and I'm very proud of you whatever comes I'm 💯%, team PCJ

[@elisabettai2053]

If anything, India is the most racist country in which people are still get discriminated on the basis of skin colour, financial status etc. It is the country that still has practical use of UNTOUCHABLE or Caste System, even though art. 15 of Indian Constitution says the opposite. Need to make self self criticism.

[@leelkuepper1479]

Priyanka ! U are really amazing person. So beautiful ,smart ,intelligent and mostly exceptional.U are really special.

[@putlidarwina217]

Mrs Priyanka Chopra Jonas is very hard working.

[@rajath6090]

Priyanka is a great inspiration to all👍

[@anewno6240]

Priyanka should've left her face alone, her original face was so beautiful and so fresh when she was a newcomer in the movies, I always LOVED her.

[@vanshikasingh8771]

People who say that she is making india look bad on an international scale when she talks about basic rights like equal pay and opportunity in Bollywood industry need to watch this interview.. She is legit calling US out for getting their own shit sorted w.r.t abortion laws while applauding India for making great strides in women’s body autonomy.

[@flamingMargarita]

Gosh I can listen to her for hours!

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[@sucvaz5549]

Way to go ...my girl...woman power

[@manjuskripa6199]

Priyanka stay blessed always ❤

[@susancat2]

She should speak about how she was treated in her early days in bollywood.

[@Versatileabhi]

She did many Times.. watch her other interview.

[@joanbissoondyal6412]

Well spoken Priyanka, you are doing an incredible job, hats off to you 🙏🙏🙏👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@reshu7860]

Cool her conversation is just like Indian in Indian style English. No fake. Absolutely real. That I like in her. No fake

[@Ab2024ab]

It's not only Bollywood, pay disparity prevails in all industry

[@premyogini8551]

Very good interview I can resonate to the skin colour complexion , racism & work experiences, I was thinking it’s high time all film industries all over the world an actor or actress needs to be accepted If a Mexican beauty salma Hayek can act In Hollywood or a Japanese so can an Indian actress period. And yes one doesn’t need to please or get validation … mindfulness is important l ❤️

[@pragyaprasad2504]

It is changing, but we all individually have to put effort, small or big..❤ Love you Priyanka 🥰

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[@shilpagadre2226]

Yogita Limaye is an excellent interviewer and a reporter.

[@evilblonde]

Absolutely love Yogita Limaye's diction.

[@priyamahalapriya4882]

Real inspiration

[@bbcnewsindia]

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[@donnamary8479]

I don’t think Alia Bhatt would have the confidence or fluent to speak as Priyanka Chopra and yet the smartest are being cornered. Thank you BBC for hosting PC.

[@deepasinghal4729]

so BBC wanted PC to comment on Modi LOL!!!! She's intelligent, and so are the Indians. Poor BBC

[@gi7305]

So well said Priyanka...the people in india is like " the pot calling the kettle black'" No one in Bollywood has achieve what you have.. keep going ❤❤

[@payalsaxena9458]

Amazing questions!

[@SpicePrincess]

Woohoo! All power to you PC! You smashed the glass ceiling ! Keep on rocking!

[@mairathorn3331]

That was enlightening discussion

[@JyotiKumari-bx1pi]

Priyanka .... you are my all time favorite.... I will meet you soon

[@gloriaglow6706]

Love you PCJ ❤️😘

[@retaparasram5439]

Girl you did some great movies in Bollywood I saw all of them and you miss world you are still showing your title as miss world girl you can dance those classic dances in your movies you are a star also in Hollywood a wonderful family what else you will suprise us with next . Love from Canada 🇨🇦🙏🌺🦚

[@juhitiwari3722]

You are an inspiration Priyanka ma’am 🙏🏻

[@yusrasohail5768]

v insightful how eloquently she speaks

[@thotaramanivlogs]

Nobody like Priyanka Ever in the world 🎉

[@taslimajaby933]

love her

[@philosophyindepth.3696]

video title is half truth the reason is obvious whole film depends upon male actors during the time priyanka work in bollywood ...In india there are male superstars

[@darthvader3910]

This woman is over the top

[@SristeKulkarni]

So much agreed. I feel the same ❤

[@desigirl8785]

Legend ❤

[@gaganwadhwa9535]

Very nice interview 👌👌 Great Conversation 👍👍

[@strawhat9319]

Many people working on film earn not even 1 % of salary that stars get.

[@ryanmilano19]

Such an Inspiration

[@jvgobyjyo9472]

Excellent

[@shwetaprabhu6754]

Superwoman!

[@sangeetabhatt4691]

Priyanka ❤️❤️

[@varshag.8398]

Just see how easily young generation of India gets impressed by glamour and money..

[@amimalimbu942]

I don't know how they decide the actor and actresses payment amount. But if a senior actress gets paid less than new actors regardless of being the lead role is totally absurd to me.

[@medqueen1808]

So basically it’s patriarchal system where women is judged for her body and then given opportunity based on that. There are so many girls who r doing more meaningful things and hard work but this pageant won’t give chance as they are not lustful beauty. It’s not an individualistic opportunity it is given to all the winners and it’s just ur luck and hard work after winning and what u do with it. Priyank chopra’s opportunity is not unique in that sense.

[@rachnasingh6711]

It's like saying India got lots of torture ,poor uneducated society and third world Country bcoz India doesn't have talent and wealth whereas real reason is Colonial loots and cruelty.

[@conservativeyogi]

I don’t understand stand how someone can be in showbiz and than bash showbiz for the very thing they have used to be successful. Sure there are many roads to success but not all with same hype or level of success - financial, intellectual, personal, quality of life, etc.

[@ibnebatuta4868]

İt's us women who'll have to create a new environment ourselves for our daughters for our upcoming generation And even for the girls in this age, like a powerful woman like priyanka and other powerful women can create environments which give opportunities to other women without that patriarchal agenda İt's in the hands of us, in the hands of women only to do that actually Because it won't be changing any other way

[@MLH2023]

Now imagine not needing any validation even without an entourage, or a team, or any friends, and no more than two or three family members. It's important for the new generation to understand that an entire life cannot be lived to please people and get validation for everything 24/7. Social media is very toxic and very harmful. I personally don't find anything fun or attractive about social media.

[@xoxoamirtha]

Love her commentary on the skin whitening !

[@gargikulkarni8764]

So it's not just about pay parity that too in bollywood, girls are expected to be nice and adjustable every now n then whether it is household, jobs, leadership, relationships...

[@shilpagadre2226]

You said it! And if a girl asks questions, takes her own decisions, refuse to take an insult as a joke then they are labelled as "difficult", "oversmart" "airheaded" and some sleazy labels too.

[@gargikulkarni8764]

@@shilpagadre2226 my personal experience if we do that not just we are labeled but those who can't raise their voice and speak for themselves those dependant ladies try to isolate us through various occasions. I mean I just don't understand what they're proud of? Enjoying life on father/husband's/brother/sons money and except the way he is, be obedient to others 24/7?, show off to others as if everything is okay and fine. We are the only one problematic, non adjustable...etc..so many things but only I feel is we have to speak , talk more about this and teach the young generation not just girls but boys too. That what will be actual problem and what might be fruitful towards building a healthy future when it comes to men and women together

[@shilpagadre2226]

@@gargikulkarni8764 I agree.. some women go against other women even if they can clearly see that we are just struggling for our basic rights.

[@desigirl8785]

👑

[@sonalpatel6119]

Yaa Agree

[@sindhugudi7769]

Oh god. Dipti it's exactly the same what every fat(the way people call) girls feel. Everything is so true, everyone wants to be your friend, best friend, close friend but not anything else. Every single thing is so true. Even I always used to feel the same, but slowly somehow I have changed the way I think about myself, but to become like you is something really big. Love ur confidence. Love you for whatever u r❤

[@ibnebatuta4868]

Women should go and watch more female led movies That's the ultimate solution of these issues Women didn't do that, that's became the root cause of these pay gap issues and patriachal approch in movies and objectification of women etc etc Bollywood is kind of based on objectification of women and it's been that way from start because the men were majority audience in theatres, had it been female audience There wouldn't have been so much objectification and there wouldn't have been too much pay gap because women would actually have been watching female led movies So, women, it's better late than never though And same goes for other fields There's one rule for justice and power *Majority has authority*

[@poweralways8876]

Love you ❤️

[@reshu7860]

I like her

[@ashamohabeer1566]

❤❤❤

[@farooqbanday7156]

you are brave friend good heart then why fear.

[@The2010arian]

Kangana and PC are similar in many ways 😎😎

[@itsachar1571]

Glad to see PC having a bang after so long

[@שלומיתשהרבני]

My sweet Priyangka u are the best women and my favorit Actress in bollywood ❤ u always I wish if i can meet u . Frome Israel 🇮🇱😍❤😘

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[@PranabChattopadhyay-s4k]

I'm overwhelmed with wonder seeing her pregnant parts in course of her conversation what a wonderful lady

[@kamalaadhikari8580]

priyanka mam you r such a incrediable women

[@gr6259]

Seems factually incorrect, given that a lot of movies are produced by the male leads/superstars and they don't take salaries but a % of profit, this would not be an apples-to-apples comparison. Movies like Mary Kom, 7 khoon maaf etc. which were based on the female protagonist (PC) would not have had male actors having 10x her salary infact she would have been the highest paid actor in those movies. The salaries that stars quote or the profits they take from producing the film is based on their bankability/ commercial success probability. So, you get paid only what the industry thinks you can bring to the box office accordingly your negotiating power is decided. Nobody wants to lose money. There was a time when Sridevi was paid substantially more than her male leads/ co-stars because she brought the footfalls to the theaters, and ringed in the box office numbers. She was the superstar. If you do flowerpot roles and people don't come to watch you in the movie, you get paid accordingly and that is brutally the same across all movie industries. We are proud of what PC has achieved as an actor but this skewing of information about an industry is uncalled for, seems like playing the underdog/ victim card when you aren't one. Even today certain female actors are paid more than their male counterparts in certain movies because they are the superstar in the movie, people will come to theaters to watch them in the movie.

[@exo5exo539]

❤❤

[@buboy19]

Ladies in the audience should go out and watch more female led movies!

[@ibnebatuta4868]

That's my friend is the ultimate solution I often think that too 💯

[@archanakumaridasgupta5536]

I'm waiting for the salary part in the video. Equity and equality there.

[@thedoctor.a.s1401]

Agree with everything she said, but she wrong on abortion, in the US.

[@conservativeyogi]

“Women being judged by male gaze and beauty standard created by patriarchal normes” - that’s a very unfair statement and allegation. Women are equally responsible for male gaze and creating beauty standards by using make up, under going plastic surgeries and using thier bodies to make a career and selecting the male as a partner. It’s shocking to me that a woman who has used the beauty pagent for a stepping stone for all the sucess and glory of life, playing feminine role is now bashing that very system. It is such a hypocritical statement. If you strongly feel what you say, stop wearing make up or living up to the standard of beauty in public for fame and attention and keep that beauty for your husband in a household.

[@AlexAzzurri]

so what about adult film industry ?? how much a male pornstar earns aainst a female pornstar ??? what about fashion industry ??

[@Shivavishnubrahma]

She contradicted herself the first 1 min

[@salinajoshi665]

Loved the interview.. I still although do wonder why a person as Feminist as her chooses to add her husbands name to her following the patriarchal system there is? Or is there more to adding the surname to your name then just following the traditions?

[@puidemare2337]

Feminism doesn't mean one renounces anything that is male or patriarchal oriented. Modern feminism has bastardized the original essence of it. Today's feminism seems to reject anything that is male. The original idea of feminism was equal pay for equal work done, irregardless of gender. That's what women fought for in the 60s. Now, when a man shows chivalry, some women are so repulsed by it. I enjoy having doors open for me and men being the alpha male who can protect me from danger if needed, etc.

[@ibnebatuta4868]

İt's the situation of that meme"Waisay toh Woh pighalti nhi but yahan Woh pighal gae"😂🥴🥴 I didn't liked it though,her adding husband's name😅🥴🥴 The reason of her melting in my opinion is that some women do some things in love which other times their pride doesn't allow them to Like you sometimes do some things for the people you love because you love them even if you have a big pride which doesn't allow those certain things I think it's that sort of thing in her😂 İt's just my analysis and I'm not myself sure that it is true or not about her

[@sophrosynemind]

She is not a feminist.😅😅😅

[@ibnebatuta4868]

@@sophrosynemind Female, feminine, feminist in my opinion all belong to all the women The women who stand head held high with their pride and self-esteem intact, the one's who protect their pride and power are real females and protect their people too are real feminine or real feminist That's the definition our soul told us since the age we started to comprehend the universe and the definitions you know are one of the many western idiotic controversies which are a bunch of stereotypes based on hurted-ego, repulsion and hate of a group of men felt from the rude behaviour of women, simple Those definitions of femininity and feminism doesn't have any soul, a soul of real woman Those definitions actually have the soul of men whose ego was hurt, who felt hate with being less-powerful and less influential And they aren't to be blamed actually, it's human nature İt's like a student of always come first in class and that student is used to the special treatment and used to the influence that comes with the top place but suddenly there comes other student who takes his top place away from him and becomes his/her biggest competitor Do you think the first student will like that? Obviously not, that'll hurt his/her pride, ego and whatever etc So, that's the actual counter-attack of bunch of men, created by trying to defame feminism and females(like the women memes nowadays) but we know they are hurt poor souls🤦😅😅 Competition of power and pride is like that, it was like that from the beginning of the world, it'll stay like that till the end But the best humans are those who actually live like a team instead of being a competitor, the ones who prefer to stay like partners make greater things together than the ones who always listen to their ego, whether it's men or women And I'm not excusing for writing such a big essay as a reply because it kinds of like notes for me, commenting on KZbin is similar to writing as it's great for thought process

[@skshrest]

Name me one bollywood movies where she was able to pull audience for first few days. In this case she was paid what she deserved.