Actor Priyanka Chopra recently shared her experience of being sidelined in Bollywood and running out of offers in a podcast interview. She, however, also pressed some buttons when she called ‘RRR’ a Tamil film while correcting host Dax Shepard who called it a Bollywood film. The movie was originally made in Telugu.
In a conversation with the actor on his podcast channel ‘Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard,’ when he compared Bollywood to the 50s of Hollywood when a few stars and big studios controlled everything, Priyanka agreed.
She said, “I don’t think you are far from it. I think that was what it was… big studios, five actors… big movies will be made by them; but the game is changed so much now. First of all, it’s streaming. It has given access to so many people who are making content.” She further added that Bollywood has evolved, to which Dax interrupted and mentioned ‘RRR.' Priyanka quickly corrected him, “That’s a Tamil movie by the way. It’s like big, mega, blockbuster Tamil which does all of those… it’s like our Avengers.”
Several Twitter users expressed their disappointment at the faux pas. One user tagged the actress in a tweet and wrote, “Lost all respect.” Another wrote, “IDK what’s the context. She could have done some research before mentioning but could have just (said) Indian film. This south vs south, north vs south is getting too much these days .. Feels like Stan Twitter fan wars.”
One more user said, “This sums up the entire issue, doesn't it? Some folks were upset SSR called it a Telugu film but isn't it annoying when every movie is called Bollywood and ppl can't differentiate between Tamil and Telugu?.”