Hyderabad: Global icon Priyanka Chopra Jonas is all set for the release of her memoir Unfinished which will be out on February 9. Ahead of the book release, PeeCee spoke about her journey in the West and where Hindi films fit in her priority list when she has spread herself too thinly across too many diverse areas.
Priyanka, in the latest virtual interview, has spoken about her memoir Unfinished which she calls "in between interviews book." When asked where Hindi cinema fits in her priority list, Chopra said, "As a producer, it (Hindi cinema) fits in a big way. I had to pivot in working in America for a while as a producer as well because I was just building. I can't come at it from a sense of entitlement. I got to really build as a producer and drawing credits as I can. But, I really do want to do Hindi movies as long as people will have me but the problem is that I am still building my career in America so it's taking a little bit of my energy and time to be able to focus on that."
She further added, "It took me 10 years to focus in Bollywood to eventually be at the place that I was and it requires building and you don't get anything overnight and I haven't definitely gotten anything overnight. I want to straddle both (Hindi and West). I want to be able to do a Hindi film next year. I'm very excited about one of them... we are working on scheduling...it is with my friends. But as a producer, I'm definitely looking at doing a lot of work in India which may or may not star me but it has some really cool envelope-pushing content."
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It was in 2015 that the actor founded her production company, Purple Pebble Pictures, and started backing films in Hindi, Marathi, Sikkimese and Punjabi, some of which even won National Film Awards.
Now, she is going global thanks to the OTT power. She sealed a two-year multimillion-dollar, first-look television deal with the global streaming platform Amazon. She backed horror film Evil Eye, and is also producing the drama Sheela in which she will appear as Ma Anand Sheela. Priyanka has also executive-produced The White Tiger for Netflix.
Priyanka recently completed work on Text For You, developing an untitled comedy with Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor, and also has roles in Russo Brothers' Citadel and The Matrix 4.
