Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra :: Hot Bollywood Actress  

Priyanka Chopra is a former Miss World, who performs in Bollywood films. After winning the title of Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000, Chopra made her acting debut with the Tamil film Thamizhan (2002). The following year, she made her Bollywood debut with Anil Sharma's The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and had her first commercial success with her second release, Andaaz from the same year, for which she won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award.

  

Priyanka Chopra - Bollywood Actress

Priyanka Chopra Aliases (Nicknames & Misspelled names): Preanka Chopra, Priyanka, Controversy Queen, Sunshine, Mimi, Yanka, Priyucka Cobra

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Personal Information :: Biography :: Contact Address :: Relationships :: Endorsements :: Awards :: Nominations :: Filmography :: Controversies :: Photo Gallery :: In the News

Birth Name                      Priyanka Chopra

Height                            5'8"

Sex                                Female

Nationality                      Indian

Birth Date                       18-Jul-82

Birth Place                      Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Languages                     Hindi, English, Panjabi

Profession                      Bollywood Actress, Model

Education

La Martiniere Girls College, Lucknow, India(studied as a resident student)

Newton North High School, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

North Delta Senior Secondary School, North Delta

Army Public School, Bareilly, India

Jai Hind College, Mumbai, India

Other Interests

Likes Indian music and dance

Has flair for writing poetry and short stories

Enjoys reading, especially biographies

Has worked for a lot of social welfare programmes

Father

Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra(Doctor, worked for Indian army, he is a Punjabi-Bengali-Marathi, and is Hindu by Religion)

Mother

Dr. Madhu Chopra(Doctor, is a Malayalee from Kochi, Kerala)

Brother

Sidharth Chopra(younger brother)

Aseem Merchant(Model and Bollywood actor)

Akshay Kumar(Bollywood actor, But Priyanka always denied the affair)

Address:

#803, " Karan", Next to Green Acres, 

Lokhandwala Complex 

Andheri, Mumbai 

Maharashtra, India, 

Pin: 400053

EARLY LIFE:

Priyanka Chopra, is a talented Bollywood actress and a former Miss World(crowned in year 2000). 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.

Miss World:

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.

Entry into Bollywood:

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.

Setbacks:

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.

Becoming Bollywood star:

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.

Year

Award Description

2004

Filmfare Awards: Filmfare Best Debut Award; Andaaz

Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award; The Hero: Love Story of a Spy

Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress (Hindi Movies); Aitraaz

2005

Filmfare Awards: Filmfare Best Villain Award; Aitraaz

Star Screen Awards: Star Screen Award Best Villain; Aitraaz

Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female; Mujhse Shaadi Karogi

2006

Honors: Style Diva of 2006

Honors: Sexiest Asian Women

2007

GIFA Awards, Windows Live Search & Movie Talkies Most Searched Actress[

Star's Sabsey Favorite Kaun Awards Sabsey Tez Sitara

POGO Awards Most Amazing Actress; Krrish

AIFA Awards Best On-Screen Beauty; Krrish

Kelvinator's Gr8 Women Awards: Contribution to Indian Cinema

Year

Nominations

2004

Filmfare Awards: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award; Andaaz

Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female; Andaaz

Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut; The Hero: Love Story of a Spy & Andaaz

IIFA Star Debut; Andaaz

2005

Filmfare Awards: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award; Aitraaz

Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1, along with Akshay Kumar; Aitraaz[

Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role; Aitraaz

IIFA Best Villain Award; Aitraaz

Ashok Chopra Sex Scandal:

Priyanka father Capt. Ashok Chopra was embroiled in a sex scandal though the matter seems to have died down.

On 30th November 2000, Ms. Priyanka Chopra is crowned in front of global audience. The country basks in the warmth of her glory. The little girl, barely 18, is on top of the world. Both the parents are ecstatic. But the happiness is short lived.

On 2nd December, 2000, Mrs. Shivani Saxena, Director of a Company, mother of two children and all of 37 years old, suddenly remembers that she had been molested when she was 12 years old. A good 25 years later !!

The charge turns to rape and the woman keeps changing her story when told that Dr. Ashok Chopra could not have done such a thing in his very first posting, or that they were living in barracks which do not have much privacy and an incident like this could not have gone unnoticed, or that there was no Reading Room in that Army Mess where the other alleged incidents could have taken place. She tells, Ashok has written a very detailed letter to me, I will let you all read it in to. He has also sent me this photograph taken two months after the "molestation" where she is happily singing quawwalis with him. Saxena alleges that Dr. Chopra molested her 25 years ago but did not pursue the case earlier as she did not know of Dr. Chopra's whereabouts until September 2000.

The very fact that demands were made for money and efforts were made to blackmail him into submission speak volumes about the genuineness of the case. As expected Ashok Chopra has counter sued them and he came clean out of it.

When she walked out of Maan Singh Deep's film 'Raja Bhaiyya' (opposite Govinda) and was replaced by Aarti Chabria, the producer went ballistic in bad-mouthing her.

Shakeel Noorani's 'Jaan Ki Baazi' :

When she walked out of Shakeel Noorani's 'Jaan Ki Baazi' and the producer went ballistic in bad-mouthing her.

Producers of movie 'Plan':

She even had a spat with the producers of 'Plan' over financial issues. But the matter died soon.

Harassment case against Ex-Secretary Prakash Jaju:

Prakash Jaju is a one time secretary of Priyanka. In 2004, he made a fuss about payment due from Priyanka Chopra. He put charges of threatening against Priyanka Chopra. But, Priyanka Chopra came clean out of it. This is not the first time that this man has been entangled in financial irregularities with the Artists. He has duped many film personalities in the past including Mr. Jackie Shroff, Ayesha Shroff (Film Production), Sridevi (Sridevi Investments), Hema Malini (Cosmetics Manufacture), Jaya Prada and innumerable Film Producers. He has atleast 12 cases of Financial irregularities in the Court of Indore where he belongs.

Year

Film

Language

Note

2002

Thamizhan

Tamil

Role: Priya

2003

The Hero: Love Story of a Spy

Hindi

Role: Shaheen Zakaria

2003

Andaaz

Hindi

Role: Jiya

Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award

2003

Miss India

Hindi

Role: Miss India/Miss World 2000

Special Appearance in archive footage

2004

Plan

Hindi

Role: Rani

2004

Kismat

Hindi

Role: Sapna Gosai

2004

Asambhav

Hindi

Role: Alisha

2004

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi

Hindi

Role: Rani Singh

2004

Aitraaz

Hindi

Role: Sonia Roy

Winner, Filmfare Best Villain Award

2005

Blackmail

Hindi

Role: Mrs. Rathod

2005

Karam

Hindi

Role: Shalini

2005

Waqt: The Race Against Time

Hindi

Role: Pooja

2005

Yakeen

Hindi

Role: Simar Oberoi

2005

Barsaat

Hindi

Role: Kajal

2005

Bluffmaster

Hindi

Role: Simran "Simmi" Ahuja

2006

Taxi Number 9211

Hindi

Special Appearance

2006

36 China Town

Hindi

Role: Sweetu

Guest Appearance

2006

Alag

Hindi

Special Appearance in song Sabse Alag

2006

Krrish

Hindi

Role: Priya

2006

Aap Ki Khatir

Hindi

Role: Anu

2006

Don - The Chase Begins Again

Hindi

Role: Roma

2007

Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love

Hindi

Role: Kkamini

2007

Big Brother

Hindi

Role: Aarthi Sharma

2007

Om Shanti Om

Hindi

Special Appearance

Status: Post-production

2007

God Tussi Great Ho

Hindi

Status: Post-production

2007

Love Story 2050

Hindi

Status: Post-production

2008

Drona

Hindi

Status: Post-production

2008

Don 2

Hindi

Role: Roma

Status: Post-production

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