Archive for August, 2007



Priyanka Chopra has replaced Aishwarya Bachchan in Karan Johar’s forthcoming film to be directed by Tarun Mansukhani. The film has a sexy vibe, which is bound to titillate the audience.

According to unit member of the film, “Aishwarya’s character has both the leading men Abhishek and John lusting after her. She felt that as a married woman this role wasn’t right for her.”

Karan too hinted about the hot look of the film, “Priyanka Chopra was happy to be part of the film and we are happy to have her, so it worked well. When you see the film, you’ll understand why Ash could not do it.”

Priyanka Chopra is just back from New York but her euphoria over the attention she received from non resident Indian fans at the India Day Parade there hasn’t died down.

“It was wonderful to connect with the Indians there. I had been to school in New York for three years as a teenager. And I know how close Indians abroad feel to their home,” Priyanka, who returned Wednesday, told reporters.

Apparently, the eager crowds attending the India Day Parade on Aug 19 broke through the barricades and the governor of New York City got jostled in the process. Continue reading ‘Priyanka Chopra enjoyed connecting with NRI fans’

Thousands of people flocked to the annual India Day Parade held in New York that saw Bollywood beauty Priyanka Chopra as grand marshal and astronaut Sunita Williams as the guest of honour.

The event held on Sunday, saw people fill up the sidewalks on the parade route along Madison Avenue from 41st Street to 24th Street in Manhattan.

The atmosphere was charged with the hues and vibrancy of Indian culture, with many people waving the tricolour and quite a few dressed in the colours of the national flag. Continue reading ‘Priyanka Chopra leads India Day Parade in New York’

If Priyanka Chopra’s mother had not mailed her pictures to the Femina Miss India beauty pageant in 2000, we may have lost out this beautiful actress to engineering!

This nugget was revealed when Priyanka spoke about herself and her upcoming films at a New York press conference, before she flagged off the India Day parade on August 18.

Seated alongside astronaut Sunita Williams, Priyanka gets candid in this video.

Priyanka Chopra says she can’t imagine living without her parents but at the same time she wants her own private space. That is why the actress has bought two connecting flats so that she can enjoy the best of both.

She is taking great interest in the construction and design of her new home. In fact, one reason why she hasn’t signed any films is because she earlier could never find the time to get her new place ready.

“And it’s now or never. It will be ready during Diwali. It will be two connecting flats, just like it was earlier on. My family would be staying in one flat while I’d be staying in the other. They’ve always given me my privacy. I’d never be comfortable without my parents by my side,” Priyanka told IANS. Continue reading ‘Privacy and parents, Priyanka Chopra wants both’

Actress Priyanka Chopra says she had a life-altering experience when she visited Tenga Valley in Arunachal Pradesh to record a special programme for a news channel.

After her trip to the valley, she realises people in the film industry are too insulated and their entire time is taken up with shooting and catching flights.

‘I saw nature at its fiercest. I had earlier seen the tsunami… on the same date, July 27, two years earlier. Isn’t that bizarre? I realised we in the film industry are too insulated. Continue reading ‘We Film Industry Folks Are Too Insulated: Priyanka Chopra’

As we had told you, Priyanka Chopra’s erstwhile secretary, Prakash Jaju, has been trying his level best to put a spanner in her career from a long time.

Not only did Jaju buy expensive ads in trade magazines to demean her, but had even gone to the extent of appealing to Rakesh Roshan to removie her from last years blockbuster hit ‘Krrish’.

It now seems that the humilation of Jaju is complete as the criminal case that he had filed against Priyanka Chopra, was dismissed by the Indore court last week. Jaju had accused Priyanka of not paying him his dues. Continue reading ‘More Humiliation For Priyanka Chopra’s Erstwhile Secretary Jaju’

Madhur Bhandarkar denies rumours that state that he has signed Priyanka Chopra for his film on the fashion industry.

So far, the industry buzz was that ‘reality’ film director Madhur Bhandarkar has decided to rope in actress Priyanka Chopra for the lead role in his forthcoming movie on the fashion industry.

But, Madhur refutes these rumours. Ask him and he says with a smile, “It’s just a rumour. I have not finalised anyone for this movie till now. I have not zeroed in on to Priyanka or any other lead actress for the film, as yet.” Continue reading ‘‘I haven’t zeroed in on Priyanka Chopra yet’’

Indian Independence day with Jai Jawan on NDTV. Priyanka Chopra, the reigning queen of Indian cinema celebrates the spirit of the 60th year of Indian Independence with the Jawans of Indian Army for a specially conceived and conceptualised show – Jai Jawan by NDTV.

Priyanka Chopra visited army camps at Tenga, Tejpur near the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh border and interacted with Jawans at the border and also tried her hand on some of the practices that the Jawans undergo during their training session.

“I feel lucky to be a part of independent India. By independent we have freedom of choice speech and the independence to dream and actually dream and actually achieve. The freedom to be who and what we want. Continue reading ‘Priyanka Chopra Celebrates Independence Day’

So what if the Don girl Priyanka Chopra is tied up with her hectic shooting schedules, the actress made sure to spare time for her social engagements.

The sexy actress has enough reason to rejoice with some much awaited big budget banners to look forward to.

While on one hand she’s busy wrapping up her forthcoming Drona and Love Story 2050, on the other the actress was seen inaugurating a garment store in Mumbai on friday evening. Continue reading ‘Priyanka Chopra launches fashion store’