Kangana reacts to Priyanka Chopra's remarks on pay disparity in Bollywood; says, 'Most A-list women work for free along with offering favours'

Kangana Ranaut took to her Insta stories to pen a long story about pay disparity in Bollywood. She said that she was the first one to fight for it.

By Nikita Thakkar
Published: May 31, 2023 8:43 AM IST

Of late, Priyanka Chopra has been making a lot of claims about Bollywood. From politics in the film industry to pay disparity - she has spoken a lot. Recently, she spoke about how despite doing 60 films, she was not paid on par with the male actors. In the interview, she mentioned that she would get paid 10 percent of what the male stars would get. Now, Kangana Ranaut has reacted to the claims made by Priyanka Chopra. She has penned a long note on her Insta stories stating that pay disparity is for real. Also Read - Chandramukhi 2 on OTT: Rights of Kangana Ranaut, Raghava Lawrence film sold for a whopping sum to this leading platform

Kangana Ranaut shares her views on pay disparity in Bollywood

In the note, Kangana Ranaut mentioned that women before simply submit to these patriarchal norms and she was the first woman in Bollywood to fight for pay disparity. She also said that she has come across situations when her contemporaries offered work for free when she was still in the negotiation stage. Further, she also wrote, "I can say with confidence most A-listers (women) do films for free along with offering other favours because they fear roles will go to the right people… and then shrewdly release articles that they are the highest paid, haha… in the film industry everyone knows that only I get paid like male actors and no one else… and they have no one else to blame at least now." Along with this note, she shared the video of Priyanka Chopra's interview. Also Read - Sky Force teaser: Pakistanis strongly react to Akshay Kumar film based on India's first airstrike against Pakistan

Check out Kangana Ranaut's post below:

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On the work front, Kangana Ranaut is running on a tight schedule. She has a few films in her kitty. She will be next seen in movie titled Emergency. She will be playing the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. She also has films like Tejas, Chandramukhi 2 and more in the pipeline.

Talking about Priyanka Chopra, the diva would be next seen in a movie called Jee Le Zara along with Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif. She was recently seen in Amazon Prime Videos' series Citadel. Her Hollywood movie Love Again. She recently announced her another Hollywood movie that has been titled Head of State. For more updates from Bollywood, stay tuned.

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ByNikita Thakkar
Published: May 31, 2023 8:43 AM IST