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Bollywood's Desi Girl Priyanka Chopra has turned 42 today on 16th July. Born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Chopra faced racism in her childhood and sometimes ate food hiding in the bathroom to avoid taunts. Despite all this, at the age of just 18, she won the title of Miss World in 2000 by defeating beautiful contestants from 90 countries. After winning Miss World, Priyanka first entered Tamil cinema and then Bollywood. Priyanka continuously worked in excellent films like Aitraaz, Krish, Fashion, Don 2, Agneepath and placed herself among the top actresses of Bollywood, but then after 2015, she suddenly left the industry.
Years later, Priyanka told in a podcast that she did not distance herself from the Bollywood industry on her own will, but she was cornered. She was not being given work as per her wish and she was tired of the constant politics.
When she stopped getting films, Priyanka's mother told her that she should find another way to earn money. Then Priyanka started the second innings of her career as a singer. This change proved to be important for Priyanka, who made a place in Hollywood with English songs.
While the gender pay gap is a major issue of debate in India, Priyanka created history by charging the same fees as Hollywood actors. She is the longest working Indian actress in Hollywood.
Today she is at the top of the list of India's most successful women. On Instagram, she has more followers than India's PM Narendra Modi.
Today, on the special occasion of her birthday, know the story of Priyanka Chopra becoming a film star, taking a break, comeback and becoming a Hollywood star-
After winning Miss World, Priyanka was cast in Abbas Mustan's film Humraaz. However, due to other work commitments, Amisha Patel was later cast in place of Priyanka.
After this, Priyanka made her acting debut with the 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan.
A year later, Priyanka made her Bollywood debut with Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta in the film The Hero: Love Story of a Spy. She next worked in the hit film Andaaz starring Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
A year later, Priyanka Chopra's back-to-back 3 films released in 2004 – Plan, Kismat, Asambhav – flopped badly at the box office. However, her film Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, released in the same year, was a huge hit. It was the third highest grossing film of that year, which brought Priyanka Chopra stardom.
In the year 2007, she worked in two flop films Salaam-e-Ishq and Big Brother. Next year in 2008, her back-to-back four films like Drona, God Tussi Great Ho, Chamku, Love Story 2050 flopped badly at the box office. In the same year, she broke many box office records by playing the role of model Meghna in Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion. Priyanka Chopra received her first National Award (Best Actress) for the film Fashion released in the year 2008.
Priyanka's career has been going through ups and downs since 2008. In a year, one of her films would be a hit while many would be flops. Between 2008 and 2013, Priyanka was a part of films like Don 2, Barfi, Agneepath, Teri Meri Kahaani, Zanjeer, Krish 3.
Priyanka Chopra was to play the lead role of Leela in the film Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela. In July 2012, Sanjay Leela Bhansali cast Priyanka Chopra in the role of Leela, who was to start shooting in August 2012. But before the shooting began, Sanjay cast Deepika instead of Priyanka. Angered by this, Priyanka stopped talking to Sanjay. However, later she was cast in the song Ram Chahe Leela Chahe of the film. Later, Priyanka became a part of films like Gunday, Mary Kom, Dil Dhadakne Do. In the year 2015, Priyanka Chopra was seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Bajirao Mastani, although she had a supporting role in the film.
Priyanka Chopra almost stopped getting big budget films after 2013. She did get a few films, but they neither had a big star cast nor a role of her choice.
When she started not getting any films, one day Priyanka's mother saw her upset and said, you should find some other way to earn money. Priyanka took her mother's words seriously and contacted the foreign music company CAA (Creative Artist Agency). She started a new phase of her career as a singer with the 2012 song In My City.
Priyanka was the first Bollywood actress to sign a contract with a Los Angeles music company. Later, she gave voice to the song Exotic, in which Pitbull was seen with her. In this way, Priyanka started making her mark in Hollywood as well.
After years there was talk about leaving Bollywood
In the year 2023, Priyanka Chopra talked about leaving the Bollywood industry in the Armchair Expert podcast. She said, I was cornered in the Bollywood industry. I had differences with some people, due to which people were not casting me. I could not play the game. I was tired of the politics of the industry. I needed a break, so I chose music. I got a chance to go to another part of the world.
At the same time, she signed a contract with American talent agency ABC Studios, through which she got the role of Alex Parrish in the 2015 American thriller series Quantico.
Priyanka became popular in Hollywood after Quantico. Later she was a part of Hollywood films like Baywatch, Is It Intent Romantic, A Kid Like Jake, We Can Be Heroes.
After marrying Nick Jonas, Priyanka shifted to Los Angeles. During this time, she worked in many Hollywood TV shows, series and films. Shortly after marriage, in 2019, Priyanka made a Bollywood comeback with the film The Sky Is Pink. Apart from playing the lead role in the film, she also co-produced it. However, the film could not do anything special.
After the disappointment from Bollywood, Priyanka Chopra signed a multimillion dollar first look TV deal with Amazon Prime Video in the year 2020. After this, the actress was seen in We Can Be Heroes. In the year 2021, Priyanka was seen in Netflix's bilingual film The White Tiger. Priyanka was also the executive producer of this film. Priyanka further became a part of Hollywood films like Love Again and The Matrix Resurrections.
In the year 2023, Priyanka Chopra appeared in Citadel, which is considered to be the most expensive TV show till date. Priyanka made history through this show. For this show, Priyanka was paid 250 crores, equal to Hollywood star Richard Madden. Priyanka is the first Indian actress to get the same fee as a Hollywood actor.
Priyanka has 2 big Hollywood films to her credit
Soon Priyanka Chopra will be seen in the Hollywood action film Heads of State with John Cena and Idris Elba. She also has the film The Bluff with Karl Urban. These days Priyanka is shooting for The Bluff.
Priyanka Chopra may return to Bollywood
There are reports from the year 2021 that Priyanka Chopra will be seen in the film Jee Le Zaraa directed by Farhan Akhtar. Along with the announcement of the film, it was also announced that Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt and Priyanka Chopra are in the lead roles in the film. However, there are constant reports that the film is on the verge of being shelved. There were also reports that Priyanka has left the film due to creative differences.
