Picture was posted by Priyanka Chopra. (Courtesy: priyankachopra)

New Delhi:

Filmmaker Karan Johar lately attended the premiere of Kill, a film that he co-produced, on the Toronto International Film Festival 2023. On the sidelines of the competition, he additionally spoke to ET Canada. On being requested to touch upon Citadel star Priyanka Chopra’s shift to Hollywood, Karan Johar described the transfer as “fantastic.” Elaborating on the Dostana star’s shift from Bollywood, Karan Johar stated, “To see her (Priyanka Chopra) grow from strength to strength, and truly achieve the kind of success that she has on her terms… and the way she has gone about it, she is always wonderful on every platform that she has ever been on, everything that she ever stands for and represents.. it is fantastic.”

ICYDK, Priyanka Chopra labored within the 2008 movie Dostana, produced underneath Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. 

Earlier this yr, The Sky Is Pink star made headlines for her interview with Dax Shepard, the place she revealed how she had “beef” with some folks in Bollywood and the way that pushed her to maneuver to Hollywood.

Speaking to Dax Shepard on the podcast Armchair Expert, Priyanka Chopra stated that she was sharing the explanation behind her deciding to work within the US for the very first time. During the podcast, Dax Shepard requested: “So how do you decide you want to even put yourself through that? Why’d you decide to put yourself through that and then what was it?” To this, Priyanka stated, “I’ve never said this so I’m going to say it because you’ll make me feel safe.”

Speaking concerning the circumstances round her transfer to Hollywood, she revealed: “I was being pushed into a corner in the industry (Bollywood). I had people not casting me, I had beef with people, I am not good at playing that game so I kind of was tired of the politics and I said I needed a break.”

The actress explained that during this phase, Anjula Acharia of Desi Hits – who is currently Priyanka Chopra’s manager –  saw her in a video and contacted her. At this point, Priyanka Chopra was shooting for Vishal Bharadwaj’s Saat Khoon Maaf. Explaining that she had heard Priyanka Chopra’s demo, Anjali asked if the actress would be interested in a music career in the US. The actress said that the offer came at a time when she was looking for options outside Bollywood.

She added, “This music thing allowed me to go into another part of the world, not crave for the movies I didn’t want to get but I would be required to schmooze certain clubs and cliques of people. It would require grovelling and I had worked a long time by then that I didn’t feel like I wanted to do it.”

As we now know, Priyanka Chopra’s transfer to Hollywood didn’t keep confined to simply the music business. The actress went on to do many reveals within the USA to the likes of Quantico, Citadel and so forth.

Coming again to Karan Johar, the director returned to director’s chair with Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani after seven years. The movie starring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh did effectively on the field workplace.