The woman behind Priyanka Chopra's success in Hollywood, Anjula Acharia says several people were not too excited about Priyanka in Bollywood not too long ago. In a 'tell-all' interview, Anjula recalled being warned about Priyanka at a dinner party and being told that she was “wasting time” on the actress.
In talks with Forbes, Anjula said, “I remember when I first signed Priyanka, there were a lot of people, particularly in India, who were so negative. I was at this dinner, at my friend Manish Goyal's house in New York, with some prominent people from the Hindi film industry and they were just so negative about her. They were like, 'She is never going to work, I don't know why you are wasting your time'. Blah blah blah.”
She added, “I remember feeling really hurt actually, at the time. I remember being like, 'Am I wasting my time?' But this is where your self-belief comes in. It seemed like a crazy dream, right, to bring somebody from India to Hollywood? But I got to tell you, when I look in Priyanka's eyes, I just believe. Priyanka is just undeniable, she is a disruptor.”
Priyanka began her career in the West as a singer. She made her music debut in 2012 with the single 'In My City', featuring will.i.am. She later released two other songs, and in 2015 she was cast as the lead in an American TV show 'Quantico'. Currently she has a number of international projects in her pipeline, including 'The Matrix 4', 'Text For You', and the Prime Video spy series 'Citadel'.
