Exclusive: Pragya Jaiswal on how things have changed for female actors in the industry

Publish date: 2024-05-03

Pragya Jaiswal is on a roll as she’s got several big projects in her kitty. Up next for the pretty lady is Akhanda that stars Nandamuri Balakrishna and Srikanth, after which she starts shooting for her big  Bollywood launch, Antim with Salman Khan. 


Pragya Jaiswal

Talking about how lucky she feels to have joined the industry at this time, she says, “I think in our time and age, things have truly revolutionised. If you talk about male or female and pay packages, everything is improving. Yes, men have had a longer shelf-life but look at the women today. Look at Kareena Kapoor Khan, she’s married but she’s killing it. Earlier you wouldn’t even think about it. An actress has got married, she’s probably not going to work anymore. Now it’s not like that at all. Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone, Kareena, you name it and they are just doing the best kind of work. So things have got better and we are lucky to be in a time when we can do whatever we want and however we want.” 


Pragya Jaiswal

She further added that she’s excited to be working on her next biggie, Akhanda and revealed that she had about fifteen to twenty days of shoot left before the lockdown happened. She shared, “This year is very exciting. Akhanda is my next Telugu film and it’s an action entertainer. I’ve been shooting for the film for six-seven months now and we are in the last leg of the schedule. Another ten to twenty day and we would have finished the film. I think it’s destiny. We have to wait it out a little longer.” 

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