Priyanka Chopra was recently in India to promote her hair care brand. This was Priyanka’s first trip back ‘home’ in almost years. And a lot happened during that time. Priyanka’s career has reached new heights and she has also become a mother. She and her singer husband Nick Jonas welcomed their first daughter, named Malti Marie, earlier this year.
Priyanka talked about her life and career with YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia on his Beerbiceps podcast, where she surprised him when he told her a conspiracy theory about her. “Your future is so bright that there are conspiracy theories about you that you have made deals with the devil to achieve this level of success, that you are a Satan worshipper,” he said.
Priyanka couldn’t stop laughing. She humorously replied, “Horrible! Ha, Shiv Ji will be very upset with me.’
However, he was asked how he defines “success,” which he admitted was a complicated concept. “When I won my first pageant, which was Miss India, I was like, ‘Wow, I’ve won the world.’ I thought I was really successful. Then I won Miss World and I thought, “How did that happen?” I didn’t understand, but what I did understand was the opportunity he gave me. Suddenly, people knew me, wanted to know me. Movies were coming, I didn’t know anything about how you sign a movie. My poor father was a doctor, he didn’t know more yet and he was very protective…”
She credited her parents with prioritizing her career and giving up their thriving practice in order to support her dreams and aspirations. He recognized that this is a privilege that not everyone has.
Priyanka burst onto the scene after winning the Miss World crown in 2000. It opened the door for her to Bollywood, where she began a very successful career, quickly rising through the ranks before making the decision in the mid-2010s to base shift to the US. She made her American acting debut in the now-cancelled series Quantico and has since appeared in major films such as Baywatch and The Matrix Resurrections.
She will next star in the romantic drama Love Again and the sci-fi film Ending Things. Priyanka will make her Bollywood comeback with Farhan Akhtar’s Jee Le Zaraa in which he will star opposite her. Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif.
