Nidhi Razdan comments on Priyanka Chopra: Driven out, no godfather in Bollywood

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00:00So, I decided to take a break from writing a political column this week to writing about

00:09another issue that's made huge headlines in India. And that is superstar Priyanka Chopra's

00:14sensational interview to an American podcast. She's talked about how she was pretty much

00:18driven out of Bollywood by a powerful clique that she had a beef with, as she put it. She

00:24had stopped getting film roles. And she also talks about the fact that she had no godfather

00:28in the industry. She didn't have an uncle who would make the next movie for her if she had

00:32a string of flops. Now, this is significant because Priyanka's interview exposes the toxic

00:39culture that exists in Bollywood, the way that women actors in particular are treated,

00:44as well as the whole nepotism debate that has been on for some years now. It's very rare for

00:49a successful mainstream actor like Priyanka Chopra to come out and speak out about these things in

00:54such an open and blunt way. And hopefully, this will give Bollywood an opportunity to

00:59take stock of where it's at and how it can change things.