‘If you want Priyanka Chopra to die on your set, I’ll send her, but you’ll be responsible’: How PC’s mom handled sarcastic remark by ‘very scary’ Dostana director

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Priyanka’s mom said that she called Tarun up and told him that Priyanka wouldn’t be able to make to work that day because she was running a temperature, and Tarun replied, “How convenient.” Madhu didn’t take the comment well, and told him, “If you want her to die on your set, I’ll send her. But if something happens to her, but you’ll be responsible for it.” Madhu said that they are now friends, and that when she meets Tarun, he teaser her by saying, “If you want my daughter to die…”

Priyanka has spoken previously about being bullied on set by directors, and learning over time to take a stand for herself. At a Forbes event, Priyanka said that she walked out of a film after she overheard a director’s comments about her.  “He picks up the phone and goes, ‘Listen, people are going to come into the movies to watch her when she shows her panties. So the skirt needs to be really short so that I can see her panties. You know those people sitting up front? They should be able to see her panties.’ And he said it like four times. And it’s not even pretty in Hindi. It’s worse,” she said.

In an interview with Film Companion, Priyanka had recalled pushing back against a co-star for hogging the limelight during a scene. “I have had a couple of co-actors of mine who did solo performances. They came in, and they decided this is the scene that they want to do, and everyone else have to cater to that and ‘vo solo performance kar rahe hain’. They don’t wait for you to finish your lines in your time, and they don’t wait for you to take a pause or breath because they have decided how to do the scene,” shared Priyanka.