Priyanka Chopra shared this photo. (Image courtesy: priyankachopra)
Highlights
- Priyanka recently gave an interview to Oprah Winfrey
- She talked about being mistreated by a filmmaker
- “The only way I knew how to handle this was to just walk away,” she said.
New Delhi:
Priyanka Chopra, in a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, revealed that she was once mistreated by a filmmaker on the sets of a film in her early days in Bollywood. The actress, who is now a global icon and has worked on many Hollywood projects as well, said her “regret” so far is that she did not “face” the filmmaker because she was “scared” at the time. . Priyanka Chopra was invited to perform “a sensual dance and just be in her underwear” by the filmmaker on the sets of a film, whose name she did not reveal in the interview. She gave up on the film the next day and when Oprah Winfrey asked where she found the strength to defend herself, Priyanka Chopra said, “I must say it comes from my education. My parents always gave it to me.”
“My mother said to me when I was nine, ‘Whatever you do in your life, you will be financially independent.’ I was told to have an opinion in a room that disagreed with me. I have always been encouraged to have a voice. My regret about this incident is that I never said anything to that filmmaker. I was so scared. I was new to entertainment Business and girls are often told that ‘you don’t want to have a reputation for being hard to work with’. So, I worked within the system. And I’m sorry I never faced him and said, ‘What you did was wrong’ because I was scared, but the only way, I knew how to deal with it, was to just step away from him and have grace under fire. And that is what I did, “she added.
Priyanka Chopra was crowned Miss India and Miss World in 2000. Three years after her victory at Miss World, she made her debut as an actress with The hero: a spy’s love story, in which she co-starred with Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta. She then launched box office hits like Andaaz and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi but his prominent role was in the 2004 thriller Aitraaz.
Priyanka Chopra appeared in several Hindi films, such as Dostana, Barfi !, Mary Kom, Fashion, Kaminey, 7 Khoon Maaf, Bajirao Mastani, The Sky Is Pink and wear.
Priyanka Chopra invaded American TV with Quantico, which she headed. She then made her debut alongside Dwayne The Rock Johnson in the film version of Baywatch. She is now preparing for the various Amazon Prime series Citadel (directed by the Russian Brothers), Keanu Reeves’ Matrix 4 and a project with Late Night actress Mindy Kaling.
In the interview with Oprah Winfrey, Priyanka Chopra also spoke about tackling racial bullying at age 16 at her school, about her husband Nick Jonas, their marriage and their late father.