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Bollywood babe Priyanka Chopra wants the masala, all right. But that doesn’t mean that the former Miss World isn’t breaking out of the mould. The ‘Lara Croft of Bollywood’ on her first film and the thrills of action

Her first film Big Brother released last week, long after Priyanka Chopra outgrew the jitters of her first take. One of Bollywood’s most successful and dependable actresses today, Priyanka isn’t apologetic about the film that critics have ripped apart. Nor does she have any hang-ups about admitting that she would rather consolidate her status as a commercial actress than dabble in “serious cinema.” In a tete-a-tete she talks about the experience of re-doing Big Brother, her reputation as an actress who does her own stunts and her forthcoming projects, including the one where she plays Abhishek Bachchan’s bodyguard.
There was a rumour that you didn’t want to be associated with Big Brother after the release.
Big Brother was the film for which I gave the first shot of my career, so it’s a special film. I still remember that shot. I was 18 then and terribly nervous. I cried because I was afraid I might not have done it well. But we re-shot almost the entire movie over the last six months before its release last week. And now, even that scene has been re-done.
How was it reinterpreting the same character after a gap of three years?
I understood my character a lot better when we re-shot the film. It’s a very real character, unlike many of my other roles. This is a girl from a simple middle-class family, grounded, but strong, and one who tries to hold on to her family through tough situations.

Big Brother’s director Guddu Dhanoa has said that after three years, he found you have become a ‘one-take’ actress. Do you take that as a compliment? Or would you rather be a perfectionist, who insists on multiple takes?
I was doing the film a second time. I knew the story and character well and so I could bring an intensity to my characterisation. I take the director’s observation as a compliment because you cannot be a one-take actor if you are not a perfectionist.

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Jaju, who is suspected to be based in Indore, was arrested in 2004 following a complaint by Chopra alleging that a Chhota Shakeel gang member had threatened her on his instance.

“We have registered the complaint today and cannot say the exact details of the three threatening SMSs sent by Jaju to Priyanka on Monday night,” a senior police official attached to the Oshiwara police station in North West Mumbai said.

Jaju who was out on bail in the 2004 case, claims that the actor owes him Rs 1 crore according to the contract signed between the two when Chopra was new to the film industry.

The police are in touch with mobile service providers to verify the veracity of the case and the officer did not rule out action against Jaju either.

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He is truly a superhero in every which way… He’s had the most rocking year in the business… He can dance.. he can fly and boy… he can Dhoom… This Sunday meet the mega star Hrithik Roshan, who from being termed as a ‘superb actor’ to now being termed as a ‘sex symbol’ has managed to replace every pin-up boy in the business and has emerged the hottest hunk, only on Koffee with Karan. The second guest is the super hot, very happening and truly the reigning queen of Bollywood, who’s had the biggest blockbusters in her kitty. The charismatic Priyanka Chopra and her Krissh co-star Hrithik chat up with Karan this Sunday, February 18th at 9 p.m. on Star One and Star World! (more…)

Jet setting Priyanka Chopra has finally come down to Mumbai for a while. And though she’s back home, most of her waking moments are spent either shooting or dubbing. This self-confessed workaholic hates staying home too long…which is two days at a stretch!

She says, “I am so used to working now that if you ask me to take a holiday, I get the jitters. My fervent prayer to God is not to give me any holidays. I absolutely love being in films and not many are lucky enough to be doing what they love. I see no reason to crib.”

Though fiercely ambitious, she is not the kind to plot and plan her career. ‘I go purely by instinct,” says Priyanka. Perhaps that’s why you see her only in commercial masala movies, while some of her contemporaries are aiming for serious, new age cinema.

“Let me first establish myself as a mainstream actor who can shoulder a film on her own. I have a long way to go; I have so much more to learn. And honestly, I don’t think one needs to resort to arty films just to showcase their performance. Even a commercial film can be a platform for good performance,” she reasons.

Priyanka says for her working in a film matters the most. “I am so into the movies that I act in that I lose objectivity. I just can’t be critical about them. I hope that I am involved with successful products.”

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It has been almost 4 years since Priyanka Chopra was seen in her first released film THE HERO. Playing second lead to Priety Zinta in the film, she was seen as a full fledged heroine in ANDAAZ just a month later.

Since then there has been no looking back for Priyanka who enjoys number of hits under her belt and is now looking at the good run to continue with SALAAM E ISHQ. But are you aware that the first film for which she shot never made it to the screens and is now finally looking set for release?

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