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Priyanka Chopra, who has risen to global stardom, recently reflected on the invaluable lessons she learned from directors during her early days in the Hindi film industry. During a masterclass at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023, Priyanka shared the insights she gained from working with directors Raj Kanwar, Rakesh Roshan, and Abbas-Mustan.
Her journey began with Raj Kanwar in the 2003 film Andaz. Recounting her experience, the actor mentioned, “Every filmmaker has something to bring to the table. Raj Kanwar taught me humour. I didn’t know anything during Andaz (2003). I could not say lines. I didn’t know what to do. But I learned humour from him. My character was supposed to be funny and he was a very funny Punjabi guy and he showed me how to be funny. I took that from him.”
In 2004, Priyanka Chopra starred in Abbas-Mustan’s Aitraaz, which marked a significant point in her career. About working with the director duo, she noted, “Abbas Mustan taught me how to curb my nerves, and even if I was not convinced by my character’s choices, they made me understand that it is not my decision to make. I am playing a character. Whether good or bad, my job is to play her with conviction. I learned this during Aitraaz.”
Her collaboration with Rakesh Roshan in the 2006 film Krrish exposed her to a massive, big-budget production. Sharing her experience, Priyanka said, “From Rakesh Roshan, just the big commercial nature of the film and how to navigate that mega scale and hundreds of cast and crew and VFX. You are sitting for a 12-hour day shift and you do only four shots. I did not know what that was like and why that was needed. I remember I used to sit with Rakesh sir so much and I would just watch him and Hrithik talk or the producers and DOPs talk, and understand what they were doing in those four to five hours. They used to set up a shot, which looked incredible when you see in the movie, but it takes five hours to set up a four-second shot. So, imagine, how much work it takes to make an entire film. I learned the hard work and the gravity of the crew and how much it takes for everyone to have that one shot taken.”
Priyanka Chopra’s upcoming project is Ilya Naishulle’s Heads Of State, in which she co-stars with John Cena and Idris Elba.
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