Parineeti Chopra: Beautiful Bollywood Actress

Parineeti Chopra: Actress, Singer, Model

Parineeti Chopra (born 22 October 1988) is a Bollywood actress and singer who appears in Hindi films. Parineeti is a recipient of several awards, including a Filmfare and National Film Award. She initially aspired to pursue a career in investment banking, but after obtaining a triple honours degree in business, finance and economics from Manchester Business School she returned to India during the 2009 economic recession and joined Yash Raj Films as a public relations consultant.

Parineeti Chopra started her acting career with the company’s 2011 romantic comedy Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, also winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She followed it by gaining praise for her starring roles in the box office hits— Ishaqzaade (2012), Shuddh Desi Romance (2013) and Hasee Toh Phasee (2014). The first of these won her the National Film Award – Special Mention while the first two of these earned her two nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

After a three-year break from full-time acting, she starred in the comedy film Golmaal Again (2017) and the war drama movie Kesari (2019). During this time, she also starred in three flop films including Namaste England (2018).Parineeti Chopra is a humanitarian and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products. She has sung three of her songs, including Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin, which gained her praised.

Parineeti Chopra Early life:

Parineeti Chopra was born on 22 October 1988 in Ambala, Haryana into a Punjabi family. Her father, Pawan Chopra, is a businessman and supplier to the Indian Army at Ambala Cantonment and her mother is Reena Chopra. She has two brothers: Shivang and Sahaj; actresses Priyanka Chopra, Meera Chopra and Mannara Chopra are her cousins. Parineeti studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala. In an interview published in The Hindu, she revealed that she was a very good student and had always wanted to become an investment banker.

At the age of 17, Parineeti moved to England, where she received a triple honours degree in business, finance and economics from Manchester Business School. She used to take orientation classes for new students at the University. While studying, she worked part-time for the Manchester United Football Club as the team leader of the catering department. Parineeti is also a trained Hindustani classical singer with a B.A. Honours in music. She used to perform on stage with her cousin, Priyanka, and their fathers in her childhood.

In 2009, she returned to India in the wake of the economic recession and moved to Mumbai to stay with Priyanka. During a visit to Yash Raj Films studio, Priyanka (During film shooting for Pyaar Impossible!) introduced Parineeti to the head of the public relations team of the company.

Parineeti obtained an internship in the marketing department, joining the production company as a public-relations consultant. She considered it a perfect job, because she could use what she had learned and work in films. Parineeti had disliked actors and acting; to her, the profession seemed like an excuse to wear too much makeup. This changed when she observed Priyanka’s preparations for her role in 7 Khoon Maaf (2011), which highly influenced her and changed her perception towards acting and actors. Once she learnt more about filmmaking, her respect for the profession increased.

Parineeti Chopra: Acting Career in Bollywood :

While working on promotions for Band Baaja Baaraat, Parineeti realised that she wanted to become an actress and decided to resign from her executive position with Yash Raj Films to attend acting school. Film director Maneesh Sharma suggested signing Parineeti to Aditya Chopra, chairman of Yash Raj Films. Appalled by the idea of recruiting someone from his marketing team as an actress, the vice-president refused. When Parineeti Chopra told Sharma she was leaving her job to attend acting school he advised her to meet the company’s casting director, who asked her to do a “dummy audition for fun”. Parineeti remembered “fooling around with a camera” and delivering lines by the character Geet from the film Jab We Met, never expecting producer Aditya Chopra to see the tape. However, when the producer saw the tape he was impressed with her acting. With Sharma describing her “phenomenal” in the screen test,Parineeti was signed to a three-film deal;Parineeti’s colleagues later told her she was a “misfit in an office situation”.

In 2011, Parineeti started her Bollywood entry in the romantic comedy film Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, in a supporting role with Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma. The film describes how three girls who are tricked by a con artist take revenge on him by plotting the same trick for him. Parineeti played the Delhi-based “rich and spoiled brat” Dimple Chadda, who is betrayed by the film’s central character. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and was moderately successful at the box office.Parineeti’s performance was highly praised by film critics. Komal Nahta said, “Of the three other girls, Parineeti Chopra is undoubtedly the best. She has the best role, the best lines and hers is the best performance among the three.” Priyanka Roy of The Telegraph described Chopra as “natural” and wrote “Among the ladies, debutante Parineeti almost steals the show from Anushka.” The film earned her several awards, including the Filmfare Award, the Screen Award, the Producers Guild Film Award and the IIFA Award for Best Debut. Parineetialso received nominations in the supporting actress category, including Filmfare, and won the Producers Guild and IIFA Awards in the same category.

Parineeti’s second release was Habib Faisal’s romantic drama Ishaqzaade in which she is lead actress with Co-star Arjun Kapoor. The film revolves around two political families, whose rivalry (and mutual hatred) go back generations. Parineeti played the boisterous and feisty tomboy Zoya, a Muslim girl who marries a Hindu boy and gives birth to new rivalry in both families. The film received positive reviews from critics, and Parineeti earned critical acclaim for her performance. Taran Adarsh observed, “Parineeti Chopra is simply fantastic, Playing the part of a spirited gun-toting girl, she is not the regular timid, decorous, withdrawn Hindi film heroine. She portrays the violent behavior coupled with the audacious and brash attitude with aplomb”, and Rajeev Masand labelled her the “biggest strength of the film”. The film grossed over rs. 46 crore at the domestic box office, and was termed a super hit by Box Office India. Parineeti earned a National Film Award – Special Mention at the 60th National Film Awards, and received first nominations for the Producers Guild, Screen and Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Parineeti’s next film is Sushant Singh Rajput and Vaani Kapoor in the romantic comedy-drama Shuddh Desi Romance (2013), her second film with Maneesh Sharma. The film, set in Jaipur, received positive feedback from the critics and Parineeti’s’s portrayal of Gayatri, an outspoken and rebellious girl, was particularly praised. CNN-IBN noted that the film belonged to Parineeti, who “turns Gayatri into the most real woman one have encountered on screen”, and the critic Mayank Shekhar added “Parineeti’s act in the film’s first half is nothing short of National Award winning material.” Shuddh Desi Romance collected rs.46 crore at the domestic box-office and also Box office success. Parineeti gained several Best Actress nominations, including her second Filmfare nomination for Best Actress.

In 2014, Parineeti first of three releases was Dharma Productions’ romantic comedy Hasee Toh Phasee, her first role outside the Yash Raj Films banner. She featured in the role of a mad scientist alongside Sidharth Malhotra and Adah Sharma. Directer is Vinil Matthew and jointly producer are Anurag Kashyap and Karan Johar, the film was a moderate success and received generally positive reviews. Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV wrote that Chopra was “pitch-perfect with her goofball act” and Hindustan Times published that she re-defined the concept of a Bollywood heroine with the film.

Dowry-based social comedy film Daawat-e-Ishq marked Parineeti’s second movie with Habib Faisal. She was cast as Gulrez “Gullu” Qadir, a middle-class salesgirl from Hyderabad alongside Aditya Roy Kapur and Anupam Kher. The film received mixed reviews though Parineeti was praised. Film critic Sarita A Tanwar from Daily News Analysis found Parineeti to be “the best thing about the film” and added, “She shines in every scene. She does what she does every single time — rises head and shoulders above the film and her costars.” Parineeti next played her first “glamorous role” in Shaad Ali’s crime film Kill Dil, co-starring Govinda, Ranveer Singh and Ali Zafar. Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com found the film to be a “disaster” and wrote that “Parineeti is terribly miscast and wears clothes that should have never left the wardrobe”. Both Daawat-e-Ishq and Kill Dil are box office flop film.

In 2016, Parineeti gave a guest appear and shot a dance number “Jaaneman Aah” with Varun Dhawan for Rohit Dhawan’s directorial film Dishoom. After a three-year break from full-time acting, Parineeti returned to screen in 2017 with Yash Raj Films’ romantic drama Meri Pyaari Bindu with Ayushmann Khurana. She played the title character, Bindu (an aspiring singer), and made her playback singing debut with two versions of the song Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin. Parineeti next starred with Ajay Devgn in Rohit Shetty’s comedy Golmaal Again, the fourth part in the Golmaal film series. The film broke several box office records and was eventually declared a blockbuster, thus becoming her highest-grossing film to date. It grossed over rs. 311 crore at the box office to become one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time and also parineeti’s Highest grossing film.

In 2018, she appeared in romantic comedy film Namaste England, with Arjun Kapoor. The film marked Pari’s 2nd time co-star with Arjun Kapoor after Ishaqzaade. In a negative review, film critic Suhani Singh from India Today wrote that “Arjun and Parineeti strike the Titanic pose on a couple of occasions but they cannot salvage this sinking ship of a film.” While film critic Saibal Chatterjee from NDTV concluded that, “Seriously, one more film of this quality and the careers of Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra could be in grave jeopardy. Hopefully, these two young actors know better.” The film was a critical and commercial disaster.

In 2019, Parineeti’s first appearance was in a brief role in the war film Kesari with Akshay Kumar. Her second release was Jabariya Jodi with Sidharth Malhotra, a romantic action comedy, based upon the tradition of groom kidnapping, prevalent in Bihar. Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost opined, “Parineeti had shown great spark in her debut film Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl (2011), but has since then seemed more invested in publicising her impressive weight loss than picking solid scripts.”

Parineeti has completed Dibakar Banerjee’s Sandeep aur Pinky Faraar with Arjun Kapoor. She will then star in a biopic film Saina, based on the life of Saina Nehwal and in a Hindi remake of British film The Girl on the Train.Sandeep aur Pinky Faraar relesing on 20th March 2020 but may delay release due to coronavirus lockdown.

Social work and Brand Advertising :

Parineeti Chopra is also active in charity work and supports a number of causes. She walked the ramp at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week to support the Shabana Azmi Mijwan Welfare Society, an NGO dedicated to empowering girls.Parineeti said, “I don’t want it to be just about ramp walk, but I seriously and genuinely feel for what Mijwan and what Manish and Shabanaji are doing. For such an initiative, I just could not say no. I had to be a part of it.”

She also appeared on NDTV’s Greenathon, an initiative to support eco-friendliness and investigate poor electricity supplies in rural villages, to lend her support. Apart from charity work, she serves as an ambassador for a number of brands. Parineeti endorses brands such as Kurkure, Nivea, Maaza and Spinz, WeChat, Pantene and Mahindra scooty. She became the first Bollywood star to endorse products from both Coke (Maaza) and PepsiCo (Kurkure) at the same time. Parineeti Chopra became the brand ambassador of ADEX India.

The actress’ roles and performances have been studied by critics. NDTV noted, ” Parineeti is as far removed from the standard Bollywood bombshell as it is possible for a lead actress to be. She’s more girl next door than glamour doll, with no obvious oomph in evidence, and freely confesses to a battle with the weighing scale”.

After her First release, she has been widely regarded as one of the most promising actresses in Hindi cinema. The Indian Express labelled her the “most brightest and talented” newcomer of this generation, noting “her infectious amount of energy”. While discussing her career in a 2013 article, CNN-IBN noted, “she is one of the few actresses in the current lot who has a strong screen presence which demands absolute attention from the viewer. When she is on screen, one can’t notice other actors—Parineeti engages you in such a way”.

In a 2013 interview with Hindustan Times, Parineeti revealed that she intends to do films where she has lot to perform, and not the films which has high production value. The actress appeared on Verve’s list of most powerful women in In 2012, she featured on Rediff.com’s annual list of Bollywood’s Best Actresses.

Parineeti Chopra was appointed as the brand ambassador for the ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ campaign to promote the cause of girl child by the Haryana government in 2015. In August 2016, she performed in various cities of America for the “Dream Team 2016” tour, alongside Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan, Siddharth Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt, and the singer Badshah.

In 2017, Parineeti became the first Indian woman ambassador for Tourism Australia in ‘Friends of Australia’ advocacy panel by Tourism Australia. According to the India Entertainment Marketing Report 2019, Indian visitors to Australia has grown at an average of 21 per cent since the appointment of Parineeti as a ‘Friend of Australia’ , in comparison to 15 per cent growth experienced during the prior six months.

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Awards won by Parineeti Chopra :

National Film Awards :

2012 ……………Ishaqzaade…………Special Mention…………….Won

Filmfare Awards :

2011………….Ladies vs Ricky Bahl………Best Female Debut………….Won

International Indian Film Academy Awards :

2012
Ladies vs Ricky Bahl………Star Debut of the Year – Female ……….Won
Best Supporting Actress ……………………………………………………….Won

People’s Choice Awards India

2012-…..Ladies vs Ricky Bahl / Ishaqzaade …………..Favorite Debut Actor (Male/Female)………Won

Producers Guild Film Awards

• 2012
• Ladies vs Ricky Bahl…….Best Female Debut………….Won
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role…………………………Won

Stardust Awards

• 2012…………..Ladies vs Ricky Bahl……….Superstar of Tomorrow – Female…………Won
• 2013…………………..Ishaqzaade……….Superstar of Tomorrow – Female………………Won
• 2015….Parineeti Chopra……..Style Icon of The Year………..Won

Zee Cine Awards

2012………Ladies vs Ricky Bahl……….Best Female Debut……………….Won

FICCI Frames Excellence Honours

2012………….Ladies vs Ricky Bahl………….Best Female Debut……………Won

BIG Star Entertainment Awards :

2014-Hasee Toh Phasee…Most Entertaining Actor in a Comedy Film – Female………….Won

Big Star Young Entertainer Awards

2012…..Ladies vs Ricky Bahl………..Best Female Debutante………..Won

Gr8 Women Awards

2015………….Parineeti Chopra ………….Contribution to Cinema…………Won

Arab Indo Bollywood Awards

2015…………Youth Icon………….Won