Priyanka Chopra, the talented actress from Jamshedpur (Bihar) in India,
is an upcoming heroine in the Hindi film industry. She was born to Capt.
Dr. Ashok Chopra, commissioned officer and surgeon in the Indian army
Medical Corps, and Dr. Madhu Chopra. Her childhood was laden with happiness and she grew
up in the care and love of her relatives in a large extended family. Her upbringing in
a family belonging to the army made her travel widely all over the
country and exposed her to the multi cultural Indian society. Priyanka
was a resident student of La Martiniere Girls school in Lucknow and
also studied for a short while at Maria Goretti College in Bareilly. She
completed 10th grade from Boston USA and her ambition was to become a software
Engineer or a Criminal Psychologist. She considers her selection at
the state level for the National Opus Honor Choir as her major achievement
in the US.
After returning from Boston, she participated in the Femina Miss India
contest and went on to win the title of Femina- Miss India World. She
further shot into fame when she won the coveted Miss World 2000 title.
Then Priyanka
moved on to films.
She debuted in a Tamil movie titled 'Thamizhan' (2002), opposite Tamil
superstar Vijay. Her next movie was in Bollywood, 'The
Hero: Love Story of a Spy' (2003), directed by Anil Sharma,
in which she played second fiddle to Preity Zinta. The film didn't fare
well and then she held her hopes on Suneel Darshan's 'Andaaz' (2003).
Though the film fetched horrid reviews, it worked at the box-office
and she got many offers, especially glamorous roles.
Along with success, she was faced with controversies as well. Her father,
Capt. Ashok Chopra, was involved in a scandal and at that time, she walked out of two films such
as Maan Singh Deep's film 'Raja Bhaiya' and Shakeel Noorani's 'Jaan
Ki Baazi' and the producers also spread rumors about her. Her two successive
movies such as Sanjay Gupta's 'Plan'(2004) and Guddu Dhanoa's 'Kismat'
(2004) bombed at the box-office. After the release of 'Plan', she had a spat
with the producers over financial issues. Her next movie was 'Asambhav'
(2004) in which she was reduced to being a mere prop and her role was only to
add glamour to the proceedings. But Priyanka never allowed herself to
get bogged down by these unpleasantness.
She came back with a super hit movie, 'Mujhse
Shaadi Karogi' (2004), in which her performance was noticed.
Though the role didn't really demand histrionics, the pretty lass did her part
with a certain charm. Also, she paired off very well with both Salman
and Akshay. This was followed by, 'Aitraaz'(2004), which completely
belonged to Priyanka. She acted pretty well and her performance won
her the Filmfare Best Villain Award as well as the Star Screen Best
Villain Award. The year 2005 was good for her and the list of sterling
performances include Blackmail, Karam,
Waqt, Yakeen,
Barsaat and Bluffmaster.
After the success of the blockbuster Krrish
(2006), she became the most successful box office actress in Bollywood. She has a number of films in hand including Farhan Akhtar's 'Don',
Farah Khan's 'Happy New Year', Nikhil Advani's 'Salaam E Ishq' and many
more.
Priyanka with her large twinkling eyes and captivating smile is genuine
and has no airs or hassles. She has worked for several social welfare
programmes. The strongest personality traits of this beauty is the courage
of conviction and her power with words. Her brilliant performance in
recent movies has established her as one of Bollywood's top actresses
at the moment.
