Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra is among the largest international superstars to have ever come out of India. The actress is a model of her personal at present and is recognised and revered internationally. Nonetheless, Priyanka needed to battle numerous challenges to achieve that place. And lately, she opened up on one ‘dehumanizing’ incident from her previous.

The actress has been vocal concerning the discrimination that she has confronted throughout her preliminary years in Bollywood. From being requested to get surgical procedures to being thrown out of movies, Priyanka has by no means shied away from sharing her tales.

Priyanka Chopra recollects a filmmaker asking to ‘see her underwear’

Just lately, whereas speaking to The Zoe Report, Priyanka opened up a couple of time when a director requested to ‘see her underwear’ for a scene. Whereas she didn’t reveal the identify of the movie or director, she did say that it occurred across the time she was making her performing debut.

She shared, “I’m undercover, I’m seducing the man — clearly that’s what women do after they’re undercover. However I’m seducing the man and you must take off one piece of clothes [at a time]. I needed to layer up. The filmmaker was like, No, I must see her underwear. In any other case, why is anyone coming to observe this film?”

Priyanka added that what made it worse was that the director didn’t say this on to her. She stated, “He didn’t say it to me. He stated it to the stylist in entrance of me. It was such a dehumanizing second. It was a sense of, I’m nothing else outdoors of how I can be utilized, my artwork just isn’t necessary, what I contribute just isn’t necessary.”

Priyanka give up the movie after the incident

The actress went on to tell that after the incident she was questioning being part of the movie. Taking her father’s recommendation, she give up the movie as she ‘couldn’t take a look at him (director) every single day’. After two days, she even returned the cash the makers had spent on her to maintain up the professionalism from her finish.

Priyanka on being cornered in Bollywood

A number of months in the past, Priyanka had appeared onDax Shepard’s podcast and opened up on being cornered in Bollywood earlier than she moved to the West. She had stated, “I used to be being pushed right into a nook within the trade (Bollywood). I had individuals not casting me, I had beef with individuals, I’m not good at taking part in that recreation so I form of was uninterested in the politics and I stated I wanted a break.”

Even after dealing with all of the challenges, Priyanka all the time rose up from the hardships. In the present day, she is among the largest international stars. Just lately, she was seen in Russo Brothers’ Citadel with Richard Madden. She additionally had the discharge of the romcom Love Once more with Sam Heughan and Celine Dion. She now has a movie Heads of State with John Cena and Idris Elba. And she is going to mark her return to Hindi movies with Farhan Akhtar’s Jee Le Zaraa co-starring Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif.

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