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With a yen for action
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Priyanka Chopra enjoys trying new things – be it an all out action role in Drona or title character in Virgin Comics
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At the top Priyanka Chopra: ‘I always like being the first to do something
For the children of the NGO Asha Deep, meeting Priyanka Chopra at an early Christmas party was much like staying awake for Santa Claus. Fitting in a cause amidst her obviously busy schedule, Priyanka came and went almost too quickly. Christmas, of late, has been rather business-like, observed Priyanka giving the waiting journalists too just a few bytes before moving on.
“I enjoy working. So I am going to be working this Christmas. I was working last year too, even on New Year’s Eve.” Christmas wasn’t always so perfunctory for the actress who comes from a multi-ethnic background.
“When we were children that was the only night that our parents could get us to go to sleep early, because we knew that if we slept early we would wake up to presents the next day.”
Of course, if one had Priyanka’s dream career, one wouldn’t mind working through holidays either. Next up for the former Miss World is the role of a bodyguard in “Drona”, another chapter in the actress’s action avatar that kicked off with “Don”.
“Well I am always trying to do different things. In ‘Aitraaz’, I played the bad girl, in ‘Krissh’ I was the girl next door. In ‘Drona’ you’ll get to see my full action avatar.”
Boosting her super-babe image is the Virgin Comics character that is in the process of being created. “I always like being the first to do something. It’s quite scary how much the character looks like me.”
Priyanka feels her dream role hasn’t come by yet. “I’m not sure what it is going to be, but I haven’t done it yet. One thing I would love to do is a period film,” she said. And given a choice to go back through filmdom and snatch a role for herself, she would love to be Simran in “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”. “Growing up, ‘DDLJ’ was such a teenage fantasy. You know how people have soul food. ‘DDLJ’ was like that for me, anytime I felt upset I would watch ‘DDLJ’.”
All praises for Vijay, who she debuted with in “Tamizhan”, Priyanka also said she would like to do more regional cinema, especially in the South. “I was going to do a bilingual film, but the dates didn’t work out. I will hopefully do more regional films. It’s more difficult doing a regional film because I don’t know the language. But I love films. Whatever language they are in, they have to appeal to me in terms of script, and the character and the whole setup.”
On the personal front, Priyanka assures fans that when she does find love, everyone will be let in on the secret. “I am still waiting for a love life. Maybe the next time I am here I will have some news to give. When it happens I will definitely be vocal about it,” she promised.
RAKESH MEHAR
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