India, July 28 -- Actor Jaya Bhattacharya, who was part of the original Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi alongside Smriti Irani for over seven years, has claimed that she was the most underpaid actor on the set.

The actor recently joined Siddharth Kannan for a conversation on his podcast on YouTube. During the conversation, she looked back at her experience of working on Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. The actor was seen in the role of Payal Parikh in the show. It is not confirmed whether she will be returning for the upcoming reboot of the show.

Looking back, Jaya said, "I was the most underpaid actor. I never got a raise. Only once I asked for a raise, and while everyone got a raise of 2 thousand rupees, I got only 1 thousand. That hit ...