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Priyanka says she can’t be at people’s house to stop them from talking about her | Bollywood

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Priyanka Chopra, who is gearing up for the release of her Prime Video series Citadel, was in Mumbai a few weeks ago. Recently, she had talked about her experience in Bollywood, and said in an interview that she was being ‘pushed into the corner’ and was ‘tired of the politics’ in the film industry. Now, in a recent conversation the actor opened up about the ways in which she has prepared herself to deal with the comments and the trolls. (Also read: Priyanka Chopra recalls mom earning more than her father: ‘There was no ego, ghar pe hi toh aa raha hai’) Priyanka Chopra talked about the ways in which she deals with comments and trolling in a recent interview. A few weeks ago, Priyanka said to Dax Shepherd on his podcast Armchair Expert, that she wasn’t getting good roles, and was struggling amid industry politics in Bollywood when her current manager and friend Anjula Acharia offered her to try her luck in music in the west. She then ventured into acting offers from Hollywood …

Priyanka Chopra lost many films as she refused to do some scenes: Madhu Chopra | Bollywood

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Priyanka Chopra is in India with daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas and mother Madhu Chopra. The actor is busy with the promotions of her upcoming series Citadel, which had its Mumbai premiere on Tuesday. In a recent interview, Madhu spoke about Priyanka’s career and how she lost out on films after she refused to do certain scenes. Also read: Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas bring Malti Marie to India for the first time, share a kiss at airport. Watch Priyanka Chopra with her mom Madhu Chopra. (File Photo) After Priyanka Chopra was crowned Miss World 2000, she joined films and made her acting debut in the Tamil movie Thamizhan (2002), followed by her first Bollywood film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003). Madhu said that it was nothing but ‘blind leading the blind’ in the start of Priyanka’s film career as both her and the actor were new to Mumbai and they had no idea about how the film industry worked. Madhu recalled joining Priyanka for all her narrations and meetings. She also spoke …

When Aishwarya Rai was ‘hurt’ about being removed from five films | Bollywood

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After Priyanka Chopra opened up about ‘being pushed into a corner in the industry (Bollywood)’, an old video of Aishwarya Rai talking about being removed from five films surfaced online. Aishwarya said she was taken aback and hurt when these films were taken away from her without an explanation. She talked about it with Simi Garewal on her show. Also read: Aishwarya Rai and Aamir Khan dance to Shah Rukh Khan’s DDLJ song Tujhe Dekha To in old video Aishwarya Rai on being removed from Bollywood films. In the video, Simi is seen referring to Shah Rukh Khan as she said, “You were working together in five films, weren’t you? Aish. Veer Zara was written for you.” Aishwarya chuckled a little and replied, “There were a couple of films that were supposed to happen with me. But suddenly they weren’t happening, without any reason whatsoever. I have never had the answer to why.” When Simi asked if her exit from the films was her decision, the actor said, “No, it wasn’t my decision.” “You obviously …

Priyanka Chopra on ‘biggest obstacle’ she faced in Hollywood | Bollywood

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In a new interview, Priyanka Chopra opened up about the ‘biggest obstacle’ she faced as an Indian actor in Hollywood. She said there was this perception that she would ‘cater to just a South Asian audience’ and that people outside of the diaspora ‘may not be interested in her’ if she led a TV show in America. Also read: Priyanka Chopra reacts to Shah Rukh Khan’s not shifting to Hollywood remark Priyanka Chopra spoke about facing challenges as an Indian actor in Hollywood. (File Photo) Priyanka, who has worked in Hollywood films such as Baywatch and The Matrix Resurrections, and will soon be seen on Prime Video’s spy-thriller Citadel, said she has seen a ‘massive change’ in the last decade, since she began focusing on her Hollywood career. The actor said that since streaming came in, the need for globalisation in entertainment became important. “I think what really changed is streaming. When streaming came in, the need for globalisation became just important. The biggest obstacle that I think I faced as an Indian actor was …

When Priyanka Chopra spoke about feeling ‘utterly insignificant’ | Bollywood

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Priyanka Chopra has been photographed at various high profile events in the past few days – from attending a star-studded party in Los Angeles with Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez and other Hollywood celebs to watching husband-singer Nick Jonas‘ band Jonas Brothers get star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. Recently, Priyanka also made headlines after she spoke about daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas’ birth in a new interview. Today, Priyanka is one of the most famous Indian actors, who is known the world over. However, in an old interview, the actor had spoken about feeling ‘utterly insignificant’. Also read: Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas’ daughter Malti is adorable, fans are overjoyed to see her face for the first time. See pics After Priyanka was crowned Miss World 2000, she joined films and made her acting debut in the Tamil movie Thamizhan (2002), followed by her first Bollywood film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003). In a 2004 interview, Priyanka Chopra had spoken about a film’s shoot near Manali in ‘freezing 3 degree Celsius’, where …

Nick shares video of Priyanka, Malti; fans notice Bollywood song in background | Bollywood

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Before he rang in the new year, Nick Jonas took to Instagram Reels to share some unseen videos and photos of 2022 featuring Priyanka Chopra, daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas, and his parents Denise Jonas and Paul Kevin Jonas Sr. The video montage had a clip of Priyanka and Nick’s Holi celebrations at their lavish Los Angeles mansion, a video of Priyanka dancing on the beach during her 40th birthday celebrations in Mexico, an unseen photo of Nick carrying Malti in his arms, and much more. Also read: Priyanka Chopra spends quality time with daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas on Christmas, calls it ‘magical’ The text ‘and with that 2022 season comes to an end’ was seen at the start of the Instagram Reels as a video of Nick playing golf played. It was followed by a picture of Malti’s footprint and date of birth, and an unseen picture of Malti’s tiny hand on Priyanka Chopra‘s face. There were also some holiday pictures featuring Nick with his parents, in which all three posed wearing matching …

Priyanka Chopra reveals she earned just 10% of the hero’s salary in early days | Bollywood

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Priyanka Chopra is one of the only four Indians to make it to the list of BBC’s ‘100 Women’ this year. The actor has now revealed in a corresponding interview how things were not always this golden for her. She spoke about never getting paid equal to the male lead in her early days in Bollywood and also how men earned special privileges on film sets. (Also read: Kangana Ranaut reveals she isn’t ‘underpaid’ when asked about pay parity in film industry: ‘All men have helped me’) “I’ve never had pay parity in Bollywood. I would get paid about 10% of the salary of my male co-actor. It’s (the pay gap) large, substantially large. And so many women still deal with that. I’m sure I will too if I worked with a male co-actor now in Bollywood,” she said. “My generation of female actors have definitely asked (for equal pay). We’ve asked, but we’ve not got it.” Priyanka also spoke about the treatment she would get on sets and how she thought it was something …