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Mint
4 days ago
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- Mint
India's highest paid actress, second most followed celebrity investor, yet no Bollywood film in 5 years- Find out who
At a time when equal pay in the film industry is still a hot topic, this actress has broken barriers by out-earning many of her male counterparts with a staggering ₹ 30 crore fee for her upcoming film. She's also emerged as one of the most followed celebrity investors of the year. Yet, despite all this success, she hasn't appeared on the Indian big screen in not one, but five whole years. Can you guess who she is? According to the 2025 Candere Hurun India Women Leaders list, Priyanka Chopra is the second most followed celebrity investor on the list, only slightly behind the topper, Shraddha Kapoor with 94.1 million followers. Priyanka has 92.4 million followers online as per the list; 92.3 million alone on Instagram and 27.2 million on X, formerly Twitter. The list mentioned, 'Priyanka Chopra, 42, with 92.4 million followers, is a global icon and the Co-founder of Purple Pebble Pictures, a production company. She is also the Co-founder of Anomaly Haircare, a brand known for its high-quality, sustainable hair care products. With her entrepreneurial spirit and global reach, Priyanka has expanded her influence beyond acting, making a significant mark in the entertainment and beauty industries.' Reportedly, Priyanka's total net worth is said to be around ₹ 650 crore. She was last seen in the short film, We Are One Family as herself in 2020. However, her last full length role in a Bollywood film was in the movie, The Sky Is Pink, released in 2019. She is set to mark her comeback in Indian cinema with filmmaker SS Rajamouli's next tentatively titled, SSMB29. It also has Mahesh Babu and Prithviraj Sukumaran. According to a report by Bollywood Hungama, Priyanka Chopra has charged a massive ₹ 30 crore for the Rajamouli film, becoming the highest-paid actress in Indian cinema. A source told the portal previously, 'This is why they took so long to announce her participation in the project. She was not willing to budge over her fee, and why should she? Why should only the men actors get double-digit salaries in our films?" Notably, while ₹ 30 crore is a record-breaking paycheck for an Indian actress, Priyanka has earned even more internationally. Now based out of Los Angeles with husband Nick Jonas, she reportedly took home $5 million (over ₹ 41 crore) for her role in Amazon Prime Video's Citadel, as per Hindustan Times. With her recent ₹ 30 crore deal for the pan-India film, Priyanka Chopra has officially surpassed Deepika Padukone to become the highest-paid actress in India. Deepika was the previous highest-earning actress after charging ₹ 20 crore for her role in Kalki 2898 AD.
India.com
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Meet actress who hasn't delivered a single hit in 9 years, yet her salary is Rs 41 crore, net worth is Rs 650 crore; Can you recognise her?
An actress remains a star icon for a specific time when she is delivering back-to-back hits. When she is not, people start forgetting her work. One such actress is Priyanka Chopra, whose last Hindi film was released six years ago in Hindi, 'The Sky is Pink', and delivered her last hit in 2015 with 'Bajirao Mastani '. Still, she is the highest-paid actress in India. Priyanka Chopra entered the film industry after winning the title of Miss World in 2000. She first debuted in the Tamil film 'Thamizhan' released in 2002. After this, she entered Hindi cinema with the Bollywood film 'The Hero: Love Story of a Spy' released in 2003. Her other box office hit was in the same year with Andaaz. The turning point in her acting career was with 2008's ' Fashion' by Madhur Bhandarkar. She even won the Best Actress award for the film. In 2018, Priyanka signed the American thriller series ' Quantico' and there was no looking back from there. She even moved to LA, married American singer and actor Nick Jonas, and starred in an action thriller series, ' Citadel' . Priyanka Chopra on getting equal pay after 23 years Priyanka Chopra, who has always emphasised the definition of feminism, and always beleived in equality in terms of salaries and responsibilities. When the actress locked her spy-thriller series Citadel, she was really happy. She never believed that equal pay was a possibility initially, but after receiving Rs 41 crore for Citadel, she thanked her god as she waited for over 23 years. Chopra said, 'Thank God. 23 years later. But I do think – and I have talked about this a little bit, the head of film and TV for Amazon Prime is Jennifer Salke, whose idea was Citadel. She came in five years ago, and she wanted to build this global universe. I wonder if the head of the studio were not female, would this have been a different conversation? Would it have been a conversation, because with her it wasn't. They [the team] went back and said, 'They're playing co-leads, and should be paid the same.' She was like, yeah, it's only fair.' Priyanka Chopra's net worth is around Rs 583 crores, while Nick Jonas' net worth is around Rs 666 crores, according to Koimoi. Apart from being an actress, she also has a production company, Purple Pebble Pictures, which made the Oscar-nominated film The White Tiger, plus, she has developed a strong investment portfolio, including a stake in the dating app Bumble, which she introduced to India.
