Priyanka Chopra is celebrating her 28th birthday on Sunday by taking a vacation with her girlfriends. “I really need it. I haven’t vacationed in a long time,” says the actor. And perhaps birthday is a good time for anyone to forget a dismal 2009: she just has to see the day through without anyone asking her, “What’s your rashee?”
Chopra has wrapped up the shoot of Siddharth Anand’s Anjaana Anjaani and Vishal Bhardwaj’s Saat Khoon Maaf. And once the vacation is over, she will be heading to Brazil to shoot for Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi, which will be followed by Farhan Akhtar’s Don 2 and Anurag Basu’s Silence. “I am going to travel all over the world with these films. I love exploring new places,” says Chopra.
In Bhardwaj’s Saat Khoon Maaf, based on Ruskin Bond’s Susanna’s Seven Husbands, Chopra plays the protagonist Susanna. “It was challenging because it is about the journey of a woman from 20 years to 65 years. I had to make sure my mannerisms and moves gelled with the age I was portraying,” says Chopra, who also used prosthetics to look old.
She confesses that she was nervous working with actors like Naseerudin Shah and Annu Kapoor. “I have known John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh forever and we are really good buddies. But it was something else working with Naseer Sir and Annu Sir. I learnt a lot from them,” she says.
But before the release of Saat Khoon Maaf in January 2011, there is the September release of Anjaana Anjaani. The rom-com, Chopra’s favourite genre, will showcase Ranbir Kapoor and Chopra as the lead pair for the first time. She is all praise for Kapoor.
“He is so much fun. He is a super guy, hugely talented and we had a great time together,” she says, adding that Basu’s next movie too will cast Kapoor opposite her.
Phew!! Priyanka finally gets to breath.
Priyanka is off on a vacation to an undisclosed location with her bunch of female friends to celebrate her birthday on Sunday. And she’s packed up a lot of bikinis to wear on the beaches during this getaway. She is proud to call herself a beach-bum.
“I can’t wait to get to my holiday spot and into my bikinis,” Priyanka is quoted to have said. She added that she’s been collecting a lot of bikinis and would try them all during the holiday.
She also stated that she doesn’t fear getting photographed in bikinis because she’s confident that paparazzi won’t be able to trace her to her holiday destination.
Well, Piggy, Celebden wishes you a very Happy Birthday in advance. Hope you have a smashing holiday.
There is a buzz doing the rounds that the South Indian actress Meera Chopra is a cousin of Bollywood’s top actress Priyanka Chopra. Meera, is now ready to debut in Bollywood.
The news does not end here. It is reported that Meera has hired Priyanka’s ex-secretary Prakash Jaju as her secretary too.
It is to remind you all that Praksh Jaju was earlier arrested in 2004 on basis of a complaint filed by Priyanka Chopra. She accused him of verbal harassment. So, why has Meera appointed her sister’s harasser to handle her work? Piggy Chops registered a case against Prakash alleging that he was threatening her through SMSes and using foul language.
But, the South Indian actress is still in denial. She says, “Ajay Chabbria has been working as my manager and is looking after my assignments.”
On the contrary, Jaju has accepted working with Meera. He said, “Ajay brought Meera to me. We have a contract as we are business partners. I don’t think that Meera is Priyanka’s cousin. She has never told me that. However, I am handling her work.”
Meera has tried to using her celebrity sister’s name. According to a family friend of the Chopras, both the families are not in touch now.
Well, it will be interesting to see if Meera can rule like her sister when she debuts in Bollywood. Will the appointment of Priyanka’s ex-secretary change her luck?
Bollywood’s leading ladies Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra were not ‘good friends’ after the filming of Abbas-Mustan’s film Aitraaz. But now, the sexy heroines will be seen together in another film by Abbas-Mustan again.
It is already known that Kareena Kapoor has been signed to star opposite Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor in Race 2. Now, there is a buzz that Priyanka Chopra is also going to join the team of Race 2 very soon.
On the replacement of original stars Katrina and Bipasha, a source said, “Katrina’s not being in the film was almost certain as she was shown dead in the earlier film. But, the reason behind Bipasha’s replacement is not evident yet.”
According to a close friend of Priyanka, “At present, Priyanka needs to complete her film Saat Khoon Maaf by Vishal Bharadwaj. Then she has pending work of Don 2 and the TV series ‘Fear factor 3’ in Colors. However, she is very excited about her role in Race 2 and is trying to set dates for it.”
The sources say that directors Abbas-Mustan and producer Ramesh Taurani are trying to make the sequel sexier than the first movie. However, Taurani denied any such plan.
Well, the presence of Bollywood’s two hottest heroines already makes the film a hot pick. We just hope that both the ladies gel well with each other in the film forgetting their past bitterness so that the audience can get to see a good chemistry between them!
