{"id":108124,"date":"2025-10-28T09:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T09:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/108124\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T09:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T09:13:08","slug":"priyamani-says-there-have-been-times-when-she-was-paid-less-than-male-co-star-i-will-charge-what-i-believe-i-deserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/108124\/","title":{"rendered":"Priyamani says there have been times when she was paid less than male co-star: \u2018I will charge what I believe I deserve\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published on: Oct 28, 2025 06:02 am IST <\/p>\n<p>    Priyamani opened up about pay parity in the industry and talked about her own experiences with remuneration in films.     <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/topic\/priyamani\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Priyamani\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Priyamani<\/a> has established herself as a powerhouse with her acclaimed performances in a variety of languages, seamlessly working across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam cinema. In an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/movies\/regional-cinema\/priyamani-feels-south-industry-values-punctuality-more-than-bollywood-heres-why-exclusive-ws-l-9659537.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"backlink\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"News18\">News18<\/a>, the National Award-winning actor opened up about receiving less remuneration than her male co-stars and why that issue no longer bothers her. (Also read: <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/bollywood\/priyamani-weighs-in-on-deepika-padukone-demand-for-8-hour-shift-for-actors-bollywood-spirit-kalki-2-sandeep-reddy-vanga-101760252156578.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Priyamani weighs in on Deepika Padukone&#039;s demand for 8-hour shift for actors: &#039;You&#039;ll have to adjust&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Priyamani weighs in on Deepika Padukone&#8217;s demand for 8-hour shift for actors: &#8216;You&#8217;ll have to adjust&#8217;<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/south_actor_bollywood_1711622739422_1761580592265.jpg\" alt=\"Priyamani works in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films.\" title=\"Priyamani works in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films.\"\/>   Priyamani works in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films.    What Priyamani shared<\/p>\n<p>During the chat, when Priyamani was asked about pay parity, or the lack of it, she said, \u201cIt is true. But that\u2019s okay. I believe that whatever is your market value, you ask for it and you will get paid for it. There have been times when I was paid less than my male co-star. It does not bother me, though. I know my market value and my worth. This is my opinion and my experience. I will charge what I believe I deserve. I won\u2019t ask for an unnecessary hike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also shared how the way actors approach time differs a lot between Northa and South. \u201cThe working style is different in both. In South, they generally start on time. They will start at 7 or 8 am. When we say 8, we actually start at 8 no matter what. Here I have noticed that when you say 8, people arrive at that point of time,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p> Upcoming projects<\/p>\n<p>Priyamani was most recently seen in the Malayalam thriller Officer on Duty, and Revathy&#8217;s adaptation of the American show, The Good Wife. She will seen in Jana Nayagan, Vijay&#8217;s final film before his retirement for politics.<\/p>\n<p>Priyamani will also appear with Manoj Bajpayee in The Family Man&#8217;s third season. The series, created by Raj and DK, also features Sharib Hashmi, Jaideep Ahlawat, Nimrat Kaur, Ashlesha Thakur, and Vedant Sinha. It will soon be out on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/story_trending@2x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/>           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Home_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/\" data-vars-event-cta=\"News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Entertainment_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/entertainment\" data-vars-event-cta=\"Entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/tamil-cinema\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Tamil Cinema_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/entertainment\/tamil-cinema\" data-vars-event-cta=\"Tamil Cinema\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tamil Cinema<\/a> \/ Priyamani says there have been times when she was paid less than male co-star: \u2018I will charge what I believe I deserve\u2019   <\/p>\n<p> See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on: Oct 28, 2025 06:02 am IST Priyamani opened up about pay parity in the industry and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,66067,49831,66066],"class_list":{"0":"post-108124","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-market-value","13":"tag-priyamani","14":"tag-priyamani-pay-parity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}