Priyanka Chopra shared this photo. (Image courtesy: priyankachopra)
Selection from the highest events
- Priyanka recently interviewed Oprah Winfrey
- She talked about being mistreated by a filmmaker
- “The only way I knew how to deal with it was just a step away,” she said
New Delhi:
Priyanka Chopra, in a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, revealed that she was once mistreated by a filmmaker on early day film sets in Bollywood. The actress, who is now a global icon and has also worked on many projects in Hollywood, said her “regret” so far was that she did not “stand up” to the film. filmmaker because she was “scared” at the time. Priyanka Chopra was asked to “dance sultry and strip down to her underwear” with the filmmaker on film sets, a name she did not reveal in the interview. She stopped the film the next day and when Oprah Winfrey asked her where she found the strength to stand up for herself, Priyanka Chopra said: “I have to say that comes from my upbringing. my parents always have that for me. “
“My mother told me when I was nine years old, ‘Whatever you do in your life, you will be financially independent.’ I was told that I had an idea in a room that did not agree with me, I was always encouraged to have a voice, and I regret that I never said anything. to that filmmaker. I was so scared. I was new to the entertainment. Business and girls are always told ‘you don’t want to be famous to be hard to work with.’ So I was working inside the system, and that ‘s my regret that I never stood by it and said,’ What you did was wrong ‘because I was scared but the one way, I knew how to deal with it but just take a step away from it and let grace be on fire. And that ‘s what I did, “she said.
Priyanka Chopra was crowned Miss India and Miss World in 2000. Three years after winning Miss World, she made her acting debut with The Hero: A love story about a spy, in which she played with Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta. She went on to deliver box office bells like Andaaz and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi but her role played a significant role in the 2004 thrush Aitraaz.
Priyanka Chopra has appeared in several Hindi films like Dostana, Barfi !, Mary Kom, Fasan, Kaminey, 7 Khoon Maaf, Bajirao Mastani, The Sky Is Pink and Don.
Priyanka Chopra broke into American TV with Quantico, which she announced. She then made her debut opposite Dwayne The Rock Johnson in the film version of Baywatch. She is now preparing for the Amazon Prime multi-series Citadel (directed by the Russo Brothers), Keanu Reeves’ Matrix 4 and a project with Late Night actress Mindy Kaling.
In the interview with Oprah Winfrey, Priyanka Chopra also talked about being a victim of racial bullying at the age of 16 at her school, about her husband Nick Jonas, her wedding and her father afterward.