Priyanka Chopra on ‘really beautiful temple’ at Los Angeles home, reveals one Indian condiment she gifts her Hollywood friends: ‘Achar is…’

When asked which of her movies she would recommend to someone who has never seen any of her work, Priyanka said, “I know this answer only because my husband (singer-songwriter Nick Jonas) recommends this movie of mine to everyone who hasn’t seen Bollywood movies. It’s Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), and most of my friends who haven’t been exposed to Bollywood really love it. That’s a good one, I think.” Helmed by Zoya Akhtar, the movie also features Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and Farhan Akhtar in key roles.

Revealing the desi traditions she introduced to her friends abroad, she said that she has shared pretty much everything. “I have a really beautiful mandir (temple) in my house, and we do pujas, especially on Diwali. A lot of my non-Desi friends join me for those pujas. Also clothes… I give a lot of Indian clothing as gifts to a lot of my friends. Achar (pickle) is something that I recently introduced to a lot of my friends,” she added.

Priyanka Chopra was most recently seen in the action comedy Heads of State, alongside Idris Elba and John Cena. She will next appear in the Hollywood movies The Bluff and Judgment Day. Her upcoming Indian project is the underproduction film helmed by SS Rajamouli, tentatively titled SSMB29, where she will star alongside Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu.