Priyanka Chopra’s mother on her early days in Bollywood

Recently, during a new interaction, Priyanka Chopra’s mother, Madhu Chopra, reflected on her daughter’s early days in Bollywood, and the impact of media intrusion on their lives.

Madhu Chopra said that, coming from a non-film background, they didn’t understand how media attention would affect them. However, as negative things were said about Priyanka Chopra in the media, it took a toll on them. Despite this, Madhu Chopra said that her confidence in Priyanka Chopra’s abilities helped navigate through challenging times.

In an interaction on the YouTube channel Breaking Stereotypes, Madhu Chopra said, “We were very new, and we came from another industry. We were both doctors and the film industry was absolutely new to us. We had stars in our eyes and we didn’t think of it as a hell hole. Such negative things didn’t even come to our mind when we came here.”

However, when Priyanka Chopra began working in Bollywood, they started to see cracks in this glamorous world, but decided to put their trust in her talent. Madhu Chopra added, “Then we saw the dirt in it and we would feel the pain during the beginning but Priyanka sat us down and told us, ‘Mom you know me best. So why believe all that rubbish.’ After that everything became alright.”

Meanwhile, Priyanka Chopra began her career in 2002 with the Tamil film  After starring in acclaimed Hindi films like KamineyFashion7 Khoon Maaf, andBarfi, she ventured into Hollywood as a singer, with tracks like In My City andExotic. She later appeared in films such as , A Kid Like Jake,The Matrix Resurrections, andLove Again. In the future, she will soon star in Head of State alongside Idris Elba and John Cena, and in Frank E. Flowers’The Bluf.