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EXCLUSIVE: Dill Mill Gayye's Pankit Thakker Slams Priyanka Chopra’s Take On Pay Parity: It’s Extremely Cheap…
Pankit Thakker, who made his TV debut in 2001 with Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii co-starring Anita Hassanandani and Urvashi Dholakia, has come a long way in his career. Best known for his role in Karan Singh Grover's Dill Mill Gayye, he's currently seen in Dangal TV's Janam Janam Ka Saath.
While the actor is doing well professionally, he recently talked exclusively to Filmibeat about Priyanka Chopra's recent statement on pay parity in Bollywood. International star Priyanka Chopra is currently busy with the promotions of her new show Citadel, co-starring Richard Madden.
In a recent interview, the Fashion star opened up about the pay parity in Bollywood once again and stated that she used to get just 10% of the money in comparison to the hero's salary for films. However, Pankit isn't too happy with her statement and states that it's a 'cheap way' of promotion.
Sharing his thoughts about the same, Pankit said, "Priyanka Chopra is talking about pay parity I think it's an extremely cheap way to promote yourself and your projects. She is forgetting that all the successful films that she has done, right from her debut film Hero to Krissh to Don, people have gone to theatres to watch either Sunny Deol or Hrithik Roshan or SRK, Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan or Ranbir Kapoor. They didn't go to watch those films because Priyanka was the lead in it and the film was mounted on her."
According to Pankit, Priyanka should be grateful for her journey and that she was lucky enough to get those projects in the first place. He also questioned the difference in Priyanka's salary and her co-stars' fees in films like Fashion and Mary Kom.
He stated, "Okay, let's turn the table around where she is asking for pay parity; in all the films that were mounted on her shoulders, like Fashion, Mary Kom, or What's Your Rashee. Ask her if Arjan Bajwa or Darshan kumar or Harman Baweja were paid the same amount as Priyanka Chopra. In Saat khoon maaf she had seven heroes opposite her, were all of them paid the same amount as Priyanka Chopra? Ask Annu Kapoor if he was paid as much as Priyanka in the movie?"
Pankit is proud of Priyanka's achievements so far but he just couldn't agree with her views on pay parity. The actor added, "I am an outsider for Bollywood, as in I work majorly in TV not in films and I am proud of the way Priyanka has made India proud but every film project is mounted as per the saleability and its USP. Major projects in Bollywood in the last 22 years that she has done were mounted on the saleability of male stars and she just happened to be a part of those films."
"Even today an SRK film, Pathan, does business of Rs 500 or 700 crores. Ask Adi (Aditya) Chopra if he is willing to bet Rs 100 crores on a Priyanka Chopra movie with guaranteed returns and see what he has to say," Pankit added.
Pankit concluded by stating that Priyanka is living in a bubble and needs a reality check. He further said, "I was a genuine admirer of Priyanka but these kind of statements made by her makes her look Fake and disgraceful."
