really long time for me to be able to get to a part where i am doing leading roles, and then to be able to command that kind of parity. but, yeah, i've seen that there, ijust don't know, going forward, if it will continue or not. i'll keep you posted on that one too! you know, one of the things i've heard — and it was said by a man — is that women don't get paid as much as men because women don't ask. no, that's not true. we've asked. we've asked many, many times. my generation of female actors have definitely asked. it's been in conversations, and i know that because a lot of my colleagues are my friends and we've talked about it. that, you know, their representation, because girls are a little bit afraid that they lose work if they are troublesome. that's something — that's another thought process that exists in, i think, notjust bollywood, but, you know, in any patriarchal culture that, you know, girls should just be easy to work with, always be smiling, pleasant, they should