Priyanka Chopra : Miss World From India :

Priyanka Chopra Jonas (born 18 July 1982) is an Indian Bollywood actress, singer,Model, film producer, and the winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant. One of India’s highest-paid and most popular celebrities, Priyanka has received numerous awards, including one National Film Award and five Filmfare Awards. In 2016, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2017 and 2018, Forbes listed her among the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.

Priyanka initially aspired to study aeronautical engineering, she accepted offers to join the Indian film industry, which came as a result of her Miss world wins, making her Acting career in with Telugu film Thamizhan with co-star Vijay and Firs Hindi Bollywood debut in The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003). She played the leading lady in the box-office hits Andaaz (2003) and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) and received critical acclaim for her breakout role in the 2004 thriller Aitraaz. Priyanka established herself with starring roles in the top-grossing productions Krrish and Don (both 2006), and she later reprised her role in their sequels.

After Few continuous flop, she gained success in 2008 for playing a troubled model in the drama Fashion, which won her the National Film Award for Best Actress, and a glamorous journalist in Dostana. Priyanka gained wider recognition for portraying a range of characters in the films Kaminey (2009), 7 Khoon Maaf (2011), Barfi! (2012), Mary Kom (2014), and Bajirao Mastani (2015). From 2015 to 2018, she starred as Alex Parrish in the ABC thriller series Quantico. Priyanka has since played supporting roles in the Hollywood comedies Baywatch (2017) and isn’t It Romantic (2019), and returned to Hindi cinema with a leading role in the biopic The Sky Is Pink (2019).

Priyanka also promotes social causes such as environment and women’s rights, and is vocal about gender equality, gender pay gap, and feminism. She has worked with UNICEF since 2006 and was appointed as the national and global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for child rights in 2010 and 2016, respectively. Her namesake foundation for health and education works towards providing support to unprivileged Indian children.

As a singer artist, Priyanka has released three singles and provided vocals for a number of her film songs. She is also the founder of the production company Purple Pebble Pictures, under which she has produced several regional Indians films, including the acclaimed Marathi film Ventilator (2016). Despite maintaining privacy, Priyanka’s off-screen life, including her marriage to the American singer and actor Nick Jonas, is the subject of substantial media coverage.

Early School / College Life :

Priyanka Chopra was born on 18 July 1982 in Jamshedpur, Bihar (Jharkhand), to Ashok and Madhu Chopra, both physicians in the Indian Army.

Her father was a Punjabi Hindu from Ambala. Her mother Madhu Chopra from Jharkhand, is the eldest daughter of Dr. Manohar Kishan Akhouri, a former Congress veteran and Madhu Jyotsna Akhouri , a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Her late maternal grandmother, Mrs. Akhouri was a Jacobite Syrian Christian originally named Mary John, belonging to the Kavalappara family of Kumarakom, Kottayam district, Kerala. Priyanka has a brother, Siddharth, who is seven years her junior. Bollywood actresses Parineeti Chopra, Meera Chopra and Mannara Chopra are cousins.

Due to her parents’ professions as military physicians, the family was posted in a number of places in India, including Delhi, Chandigarh, Ambala, Ladakh, Lucknow, Bareilly, and Pune. Among the schools she attended were La Martiniere Girls’ School in Lucknow and St. Maria Goretti College in Bareilly. In an interview published in Daily News and Analysis, Priyanka Chopra said that she did not mind travelling regularly and changing schools; she welcomed it as a new experience and a way to discover India’s multicultural society. Among the many places that she lived, Priyanka has fond memories as a child of playing in the valleys of Leh, in the cold northwestern Indian desert region of Jammu and Kashmir. She has said, “I think I was in Class 4 when I was in Leh.

My brother was just born. My dad was in the army and was posted there. I stayed in Leh for a year and my memories of that place are tremendous. We were all army kids there. We weren’t living in houses, we were in bunkers in the valley and there was a stupa right on top of a hill which used to overlook our valley. We used to race up to the top of the stupa”.She now considers Bareilly her home town, and maintains strong connections there.

At 13, Priyanka moved to the United States to study, living with her aunt, and attending schools in Newton, Massachusetts, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after a stop in Queens, New York, as her aunt’s family also moved frequently. While in Massachusetts, she participated in several theatre productions, and studied Western classical music, and choral singing. During her teenage years in the United States,Priyanka sometimes faced racial issues and was bullied for being Indian by an African-American classmate. She has said, “I was a gawky kid, had low self-esteem, came from a modest middle-class background, had white marks on my legs. But I was damn hard working. Today, my legs sell 12 brands.” After three years, Priyanka returned to India, finishing the senior year of her high-school education at the Army Public School in Bareilly.

During this period, she won the local May Queen beauty pageant, after which she was pursued by admirers; her family equipped their home with bars for her protection. Her mother entered her in the Femina Miss India contest of 2000; she finished second, winning the Femina Miss India World title. Priyanka next won the Miss World pageant, where she was crowned Miss World 2000 and Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty : Asia & Oceania at the Millennium Dome in London on 30 November 2000. Priyanka was the fifth Indian contestant to win Miss World, and the fourth to do so within seven years. She had enrolled in college, but left after winning the Miss World pageant. Priyanka said that the Miss India and Miss World titles brought her recognition, and she began receiving offers for film roles.

Acting career in Bollywood / Hollywood :

After winning Miss India World, Priyanka was cast as the female lead in Abbas-Mustan’s romantic thriller Humraaz (2002), in which she was to make her film debut. However, this fell through for various reasons: she stated the production conflicted with her schedule, while the producers said they recast because Priyanka took on various other commitments. Her screen debut occurred in the 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan as the love interest of the protagonist, played by Vijay. A review published in The Hindu was appreciative of the film for its wit and dialogue; however it felt that Priyanka’s role was limited from an acting viewpoint.

In 2003, Priyanka made her Bollywood film debut as the second female lead opposite Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta in Anil Sharma’s The Hero: Love Story of a Spy. Set against the backdrop of the Indian Army in Kashmir, the film tells the story of an agent and his fight against terrorism. The Hero was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films that year, but it received mixed reviews from critics. Derek Elley from Variety said that “mega-looker Priyanka makes a solid screen debut.” Later that year she appeared in Raj Kanwar’s box-office success Andaaz with Akshay Kumar, with the debuting Lara Dutta.

Priyanka Chopra played a vivacious young girl who falls in love with Akshay Kumar’s character. The Hindustan Times noted the glamour that she brought to the role; Kunal Shah of Sify praised her performance and stated she had “all the qualities to be a star.” Her performance earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut (with Dutta) and a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Priyanka’s first three releases in 2004 is Plan film , Kismat, and Asambhav which is the box office failures. Priyanka was typically cast during this earlier period as a “glamour quotient”, in roles that were considered “forgettable” by film critic Joginder Tuteja. Later that year she starred with Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar in David Dhawan’s romantic comedy Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, which became the third-highest-grossing film of the year in India and emerged as a commercial success.

In late 2004, she starred with Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor in Abbas-Mustan’s thriller Aitraaz. Priyanka Chopra considers her first role as an antagonist, portraying Soniya Roy, an ambitious woman who accuses her employee of sexual harassment, as the “biggest learning experience of her career.” The film was a critical and commercial success, and Priyanka’s performance received critical acclaim. Author Rini Bhattacharya credited her with bringing back the seductress to the silver screen. The Hindustan Times noted it as the film that changed her career significantly. A reviewer writing for the BBC said, “Aitraaz is Priyanka Chopra’s film. As the deliciously wicked, gold digging, scheming seductress, she chews up every scene she is in with her magnetic screen presence.” She won a Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role, becoming the second and final actress to win the award after Kajol. Priyanka Chopra also received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

In 2005, Priyanka appeared in six films. Her first two releases, the action thrillers Blackmail and Karam, were commercially flop film. Shilpa Bharatan-Iyer of Rediff.com considered Blackmail to be a very predictable film and believed that her role as a police commissioner’s wife was very limited from an acting point of view. Her performance in Karam was better received, Subhash K. Jha wrote that Priyanka “with her poised interpretation of high drama, flies high creating a character whose vulnerability and beauty are endorsed by both the inner and outer worlds created for her character.”

Priyanka’s Next is – played the wife of Akshay Kumar in Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s family drama Waqt: The Race Against Time, the story of a small businessman (played by Amitabh Bachchan) who, hiding his illness, wants to teach his irresponsible son some lessons before he dies. During production, Priyanka revisited Leh, a favourite childhood haunt, for the shooting of the song “Subah Hogi”. She suffered an accident during the film shooting for the song “Do Me A Favour Let’s Play Holi” when she electrocuted herself, spending a day recovering in hospital. The film was positive reviews by critics, and also Box office Hit film.

She next film is starred opposite Arjun Rampal in the romantic mystery thriller Yakeen, portraying the role of a possessive lover. Critical reaction towards the film was mixed, but her performance received praise. Taran Adarsh wrote that Priyanka “is bound to win laurels yet again the actor is emerging as one of the finest talents in these fast-changing times”. Her next release was Suneel Darshan’s romance Barsaat, co-starring Bobby Deol and Bipasha Basu. The film was a critical and commercial failure in India but fared better in the overseas market.Priyanka’s performance received mixed reviews, with Bollywood Hungama describing it as “mechanical”. However, Rediff.com considered Priyanka to be an “epitome of calm intelligence, who underplayed her role to perfection”. Later that year, Rohan Sippy cast her with Abhishek Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh and Nana Patekar in the comedy Bluffmaster! Priyanka played independent working woman Simran Saxena, Bachchan’s love interest. The film proved to be a box-office success.

After starting 2006 with guest appear in three films, Priyanka starred in Rakesh Roshan’s superhero film Krrish (a sequel to the 2003 science-fiction film Koi… Mil Gaya). Co-star is Hrithik Roshan, Rekha and Naseeruddin Shah, Priyanka played a young television journalist who schemes to take advantage of an innocent young man with remarkable physical abilities, but eventually falls in love with him. The film was the second-highest-grossing film of the year in India and grossed over rs. 1.17 billion worldwide attaining a blockbuster status. Her next film was Dharmesh Darshan’s romantic comedy Aap Ki Khatir, co-starring Akshaye Khanna, Ameesha Patel and Dino Morea. Neither the film nor Priyanka’s performance were well received. Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com stated that Priyanka’s portrayal of Anu was “erratically sketched” and that her character was never consistent: “first flaky, then cool, and later, sensitive”.

Priyanka’s final release of 2006 was Farhan Akhtar’s action-thriller Don (a remake of the 1978 film), with Shah Rukh Khan. Priyanka portrayed Roma, who joins the underworld to avenge Don for killing her brother.Priyanka received martial-arts training for her role in the movie, and performed her own stunts. The film was declared a box-office success in India and overseas, with revenues of rs. 1.05 billion .Raja Sen of woman of action” and wrote “This is an actress willing to push herself, and has definite potential for screen magic. Not to mention a great smile.”

Priyanka Chopra had two leading roles in 2007 . Her first film was Nikhil Advani’s Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love, a romantic comedy in six chapters with an ensemble cast. She was star with Salman Khan in the first chapter as Kamini, an item girl and aspiring actress who tries to land the lead role in a Karan Johar film with a publicity gimmick. Film critic Sukanya Verma praised her flair for comedy, especially her impressions of Meena Kumari, Nargis and Madhubala. Both Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love and her next film, Big Brother, Box office flop film.

Priyanka starred opposite Harman Baweja in his father’s Love Story 2050 in 2008. Priyanka played a double role, so she coloured her hair twice; once red to portray the girl from the future and then black for the girl of the past. Her performance was poorly received; Rajeev Masand was unimpressed with Priyanka’s chemistry with her co-star, remarking that her character “fails to inspire either affection or sympathy”. She next appeared in the comedy God Tussi Great Ho, portraying a TV anchor with Salman Khan, Sohail Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.

Priyanka next starred as a kindergarten teacher in Chamku with Bobby Deol and Irrfan Khan, and played the role of Sonia in Goldie Behl’s fantasy superhero film Drona with Abhishek Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. Drona, widely criticised for its extensive use of special effects, marked Priyanka’s sixth film in succession which had failed at both the box-office and critically, although Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com stated that Priyanka displayed convincing action heroine skills. Critics generally perceived at this time that her career was over.

The string of poorly received films ended when Priyanka starred in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion, a drama about the Indian fashion industry which followed the lives and careers of several fashion models. She portrayed the ambitious supermodel Meghna Mathur, a role which she initially thought was out of her depth, but after six months’ consideration she accepted the role, inspired by Bhandarkar’s confidence in her. For the role, Priyanka had to gain 6 kilograms (13 lb) and steadily shed the weight during the production as the character progressed in the film. Both the film and her performance received critical acclaim, becoming a major turning point in her career. Rajeev Masand felt that she “turns in a respectable performance, one that will inevitably go down as her best.” For her performance, she won several awards, including the National Film Award for Best Actress, the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, the IIFA Award for Best Actress, the Screen Award for Best Actress, and the Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. With a worldwide revenue of rs. 600 million, Fashion emerged as a commercial success, and was listed by Subhash K. Jha as one of the best films of the decade with women protagonists. It was noted for being commercially successful despite being a women-centric film with no male lead. Priyanka said in retrospect, “I think actually Fashion kick started the process of female dominated films. Today you have so many other films which have done well with female leads.”

Priyanka’s final film of the year was Tarun Mansukhani’s romantic comedy Dostana, Co-stars are Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham. Set in Miami, the film tells the story of a friendship between her character and two men who pretend to be gay to share an apartment with her.
Priyanka played a stylish young fashion-magazine editor Neha, who is trying to deal with professional pressures in her life. Produced by Dharma Productions, the film was a financial success with worldwide revenues of over rs.860 million.Priyanka’s performance and look in the film were praised.

Priyanka played a feisty Marathi woman named Sweety in Vishal Bhardwaj’s caper thriller Kaminey (with Shahid Kapoor) in 2009 , about twin brothers and the journey in their life linked with the underworld. The film received critical acclaim and became successful at the box-office with the worldwide gross earnings of rs. 710 million. Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India thought that Priyanka’s role completely reinvented her, and Rajeev Masand wrote: “Springing a delightful surprise in a smaller part is, who sprinkles her lines with a smattering of fluent Marathi and emerges one of the film’s most lovable characters.” Raja Sen of Rediff.com named Priyanka’s performance as the best by an actress that year. Her role earned her several awards and nominations, including a second consecutive Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role after Fashion and Best Actress nominations at the Filmfare, Screen and IIFA awards.

Priyanka subsequently appeared in Ashutosh Gowariker’s romantic comedy What’s Your Raashee?, based on the novel Kimball Ravenswood by Madhu Rye. The film depicts the story of a US-based Gujrati NRI in search of his soulmate among 12 girls (all played by Priyanka) associated with the 12 zodiac signs. She received the Screen Best Actress Award nomination for her performance in the film. She was also considered for inclusion in the Guinness World Records book for being the first film actress to portray 12 distinct characters in one film. Priyanka’s heavy workload, Doing film shooting for several productions, travelling for endorsements and performing at live shows (including the Miss India pageant) took its toll; she fainted during film shooting, and was admitted to hospital.

Priyanka Chopra starred with Uday Chopra in Jugal Hansraj’s romantic comedy Pyaar Impossible! as Alisha, a beautiful college girl (also working mother) who falls in love with a nerdy boy releasing in 2010. Next film in this year is Siddharth Anand’s romantic comedy Anjaana Anjaani, in which she co-starred with Ranbir Kapoor. The film, set in New York and Las Vegas, follows the story of two strangers, both trying to commit suicide, who eventually fall in love with each other. The film was a moderate commercial success, and received mixed reviews from critics.

In 2011 She starred as a femme fatale in her first film, Vishal Bhardwaj’s black comedy 7 Khoon Maaf. Based on the short story “Susanna’s Seven Husbands” by Ruskin Bond, 7 Khoon Maaf centers on Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, an Anglo-Indian woman (played by Priyanka) who murders her seven husbands in an unending quest for love. The film and her performance received acclaim from critics. Nikhat Kazmi remarked, “7 Khoon Maaf would undoubtedly end up as a milestone in Priyanka Chopra’s career graph. The actor displays exquisite command over a complex character that is definitely a first in Indian cinema.” Aniruddha Guha of Daily News and Analysis wrote: “Priyanka Chopra takes on a character that most of her contemporaries would shy away from and enacts it in a way that only she possibly can. For a woman with as many shades as Susanna, Priyanka gets a crack at the role of a lifetime and she sparkles like never before.” Priyanka’s performance earned her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress and a nomination for the Filmfare Award, IIFA Award, Producers Guild Film Award, and Screen Award for Best Actress.

Priyanka’s last release of the year saw her reprising her role as Roma in the second installment of the Don franchise, Don 2. Although the film received mixed reviews,Priyanka’s performance earned positive feedback from critics. According to The Express Tribune, “Priyanka seems to be the perfect choice for an action heroine. As you watch her effortlessly beat up some thugs in the movie, you come to the realisation that she may be the first proper female action hero in Bollywood.” Don 2 was a major success in India and overseas, earning over rs.2.06 billion worldwide.

Priyanka’s first film of 2012 was Karan Malhotra’s action drama Agneepath, in which she co-star is Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt and Rishi Kapoor. Producer is Karan Johar, the film is a remake of his father’s 1990 production of the same name. In one of several accidents to happen during production, Priyanka’s’s lehenga (a traditional skirt) caught fire while film shooting a sequence for an elaborate Ganpati festival song. She featured as Kaali Gawde, Roshan’s loquacious love interest in the film. Mayank Shekhar noted how much Priyanka’s stood out in the male-dominated film. Agneepath broke Bollywood’s highest opening-day earnings record, and had a worldwide gross of rs. 1.93 billion. Priyanka’s next co-starred with Shahid Kapoor in Kunal Kohli’s romance, Teri Meri Kahaani. The film relates the stories of three unconnected couples, born in different eras.

Last release of 2012 is Anurag Basu’s Barfi!, with Ranbir Kapoor and Ileana D’Cruz . Set in the 1970s, the film tells the story of three people, two of whom are physically disabled.Priyanka played Jhilmil Chatterjee, an autistic woman who falls in love with a deaf, mute man (Kapoor). Rituparno Ghosh, an acclaimed director, considered it a “very, very brave” role to accept given how demanding it is for an actor to convincingly portray a woman with autism. To prepare for the role, Priyanka visited several mental institutions and spent time with autistic people. The film received critical acclaim and was a major commercial success, earning rs.1.75 billion worldwide. Rachit Gupta of Filmfare found Priyanka to be the film’s “surprise package” and found her performance to be “the best representation of on Indian celluloid”. Pratim D. Gupta of The Telegraph noted that Kapoor and Priyanka turn in two of the finest performances seen on the Indian screen, although he found her to be a “tad showy” in her part. Priyanka received Best Actress nominations at the Filmfare, Screen, IIFA and Producers Guild Film Awards. The film was chosen as India’s entry for the 85th Academy Awards. Don 2, Agneepath and Barfi! ranked among the highest grossing Bollywood films to that point.

In 2013, she lent her voice to the character of Ishani, the reigning Pan-Asian champion from India and the love interest of the main protagonist in the Disney Animation Studios’s film Planes, a spinoff of Pixar’s Cars franchise. Priyanka, a fan of Disney films, had fun voicing the character saying “The closest I could come to being a Disney princess, I think, was Ishani”. The film was a commercial success, grossing approximately US$240 million worldwide. She played an NRI girl in the Apoorva Lakhia’s bilingual action drama Zanjeer (Thoofan in Telugu), a remake of the 1973 Hindi film of the same name, which met with poor reactions from critics and was failure at the box office. Priyanka next reprised her role of Priya in Rakesh Roshan’s Krrish 3—a sequel to the 2006 superhero film Krris with Hrithik Roshan, Vivek Oberoi and Kangana Ranaut. Critics opined that Priyanka’s role in the film was small, with Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV writing that she “is saddled with a sketchily written role and is reduced to the status of a hanger-on waiting for things to unfold”. The feature became a box office success, earning over rs.3 billion worldwide, to become Priyanka’s biggest commercial success to that point and her fourth major hit in the last two years. She also appeared in an item number titled “Ram Chahe Leela” for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. The song, which took four days to rehearse, saw Priyanka execute a contemporary mujra, that incorporated complicated dance steps.

In 2014, Priyanka played the lead female role in Yash Raj Films’s romantic action drama Gunday directer is Ali Abbas Zafar, alongside Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Irrfan Khan. She portrayed Nandita, a cabaret dancer in Calcutta. Set in the 1970s, the film tells the story of two best friends who fall in love with Nandita. Gunday proved to be a box-office success, grossing over rs. 1 billion worldwide. Priyanka next starred as the title character in Mary Kom, a biopic film of the five time world boxing champion and Olympic bronze medalist Mary Kom. To prepare for the role, she spent time with Kom and received four months of boxing training. The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, received positive reviews from critics, and her performance received critical acclaim. Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter criticised the film’s screenplay but praised Priyanka’s “grit as an actress that she overcomes trashy set-ups like these and, punch after punch, fills the screen with real emotion”. Namrata Joshi from Outlook said that Priyanka’s sincere and earnest performance brings out Kom’s “determination as well as her vulnerabilities, and insecurities”, Mary Kom emerged as a commercial success, with revenues of rs. 1.04 billion at the box office. Priyanka won the Screen Award for Best Actress, the Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and received another nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Priyanka Chopra starred in Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do which are release in 2015 , an ensemble comedy-drama with Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and Farhan Akhtar. The film tells the story of a dysfunctional Punjabi family (the Mehras), who invite their family and friends on a cruise trip to celebrate the parents’ 30th wedding anniversary. She portrayed the role of Ayesha Mehra, a successful entrepreneur and the eldest child. Pratim D. Gupta from The Telegraph wrote of Priyanka, “From the propah body language to the measured speech, shows the kind of depth she is able to bring to her lines and characters these days. Conversely, Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express commented that it was time for her “to being a little messy: all these not-a-hair-out-place roles are making her constrained.” The cast of Dil Dhadakne Do won the Screen Award for Best Ensemble Cast, and Priyanka get nomination for a Screen Award, IIFA Award, and Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress.

Priyanka signed a talent holding deal with ABC Studios and was later cast in the American thriller series Quantico as the character Alex Parrish. The series premiered on 27 September 2015 on ABC, making Priyanka the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series. The series received positive reviews from television critics and Priyanka was praised for her performance. James Poniewozik of The New York Times described Priyanka as the “strongest human asset” of the show, and added that “she is immediately charismatic and commanding.” Shereceived the People’s Choice Award for Favourite Actress In A New TV Series for her role in Quantico, becoming the first South Asian actress to win a People’s Choice Award. The following year, Priyanka won a second People’s Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic TV Actress. Quantico was cancelled after three seasons in 2018.

Priyanka next portrayed Kashibai, the first wife of the Maratha general Peshwa Bajirao I, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s epic historical romance drama Bajirao Mastani. The feature opened to positive reviews, and Priyanka received praise for her portrayal which several reviewers regarded as her best performance to date. Rajeev Masand wrote “the film benefits from a nice touch of playfulness and humor in Priyanka Chopra’s Kashibai. Priyanka brings grace to the character, and practically steals the film.” Film critic Raja Sen thought that Priyanka, despite not being in the title role, owned the film, and wrote “Priyanka’s terrific in the part, her intelligently expressive eyes speaking volumes and her no-nonsense Marathi rhythm bang-on.” A major commercial success, Bajirao Mastani grossed rs.3.5 billion at the box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time at that time. For her performance, she won the Filmfare Award, IIFA Award, and Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress, and received a nomination for the Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

In 2016, Priyanka starred as a police officer in Prakash Jha’s social drama Jai Gangaajal. Writing for The Hindu, Namrata Joshi thought that she “looks off-colour, disinterested and uninvolved with the goings on through most of the film”. It did not perform well commercially. She next produced the Marathi comedy-drama Ventilator under her production company Purple Pebble Pictures, which went on to win three awards at the 64th National Film Awards.

The following year, Priyanka made her Hollywood live-action film debut by playing the antagonist Victoria Leeds in Seth Gordon’s action comedy Baywatch opposite Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron. The feature received unfavorable reviews. IGN declared Priyanka as the highlight of the film, noting she “outshines pretty much anyone she’s in a scene with” and wrote “Priyanka’s engaging and interesting and is the only character that speaks with any kind of distinctive cadence.” Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote “Priyanka has fun as the baddie, but she stays in the background until the end of the movie and really only gets one big scene at the end of the picture.” Baywatch was big flop in North America but the film performed well in the overseas markets. The 2018 Sundance Film Festival marked the release of Priyanka’s next American film, A Kid Like Jake, a drama about gender variance, starring Jim Parsons and Claire Danes. Amy Nicholson of Variety commended her “charming presence” but thought that her role added little value to the film. In early 2019, she had signed on to play the leading lady with Salman Khan in Bharat, but leaved the film just few days before film shooting her scenes. Nikhil Namit, a producer of the film, said that she quit due to her engagement to Nick Jonas and accused her of being “a little unprofessional”.

In 2019, Priyanka had another supporting part, as a yoga ambassador, in Todd Strauss-Schulson’s comedy Isn’t It Romantic, which starred Rebel Wilson. Dana Schwartz of Entertainment Weekly considered her to be “perfectly cast” but Benjamin Lee of The Guardian thought that she was “not quite interesting enough”. She returned to Hindi cinema later in 2019 with Shonali Bose’s biopic drama The Sky Is Pink, in which she played mother to Aisha Chaudhary, a teenager suffering from a terminal illness. She also produced the project, and connected with the story for its blend of humour and tragedy. Kate Erbland of IndieWire found her to be “extraordinary” as “the film’s driving force, a tough-talking mama bear”, and Anna M. M. Vetticad took note of the “simmering restraint” in her performance. She received another nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The film was underperformer at the box office.

Priyanka Chopra will next star in two films for Netflix: an adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s satirical novel The White Tiger and Robert Rodriguez’s superhero film We Can Be Heroes. She will also star with Richard Madden in Prime Video’s thriller series Citadel, and she has been cast in an undisclosed role in The Matrix 4. She will also star as the spiritual guru and convicted criminal Ma Anand Sheela in Barry Levinson’s Sheela, a film she will produce for Amazon Studios. Priyanka has also committed to star with Mindy Kaling in a comedy about an Indian-American wedding, and will portray the lawyer Vanita Gupta in Gordan’s courtroom drama Tulia, an adaptation of a non-fiction book Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption (2005) based on the 1999 racial injustice case that took place in the city of the same name. She is also producing over a dozen regional films in various languages under her production company.

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