Priyanka Chopra in America!
Time magazine’s ‘100 most influential’ cover, one among 14 presenters at the Oscars, presenter at Emmy, winner at People’s choice awards, guest at practically all top American chat shows… All of this in one frickin’ year.
This is the astounding rise of Priyanka Chopra, who after winning Miss World, slowly but steadily moved up in Bollywood, from second-billing roles (The Hero, Andaaz etc.), to female leads (Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Aitraaz), to main lead (Fashion), to releasing singles in the US, to playing central character in a US network show (Quantico). And now the villain in Baywatch.
Surveying the much-loved heroes in Bollywood, she says, it’s about time they stepped out of their comfort zone. Couldn’t agree more. Guess who’s showing the way: a Hindi female film star!