Priyanka Chopra (Hindi: प्रियंका चोपड़ा, born 18 July, 1982) is a two-time Filmfare Award-winning Indian actress. After winning the title of Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000, Priyanka has become one of the most successful and popular actresses from the industry.
Priyanka studied at La Martiniere Girls' College in Lucknow, as a young girl and later came to the United States, where she was a student at Newton North High School, in Newton, Massachusetts and North Delta Senior Secondary School in North Delta before returning to India to complete high school at Army Public School (Bareilly). She began college at Jai Hind College in Mumbai but left after winning the Miss World pageant.
Priyanka was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000. In the same year, Lara Dutta and Diya Mirza, both from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns, in a rare triple.
When she won the Miss World crown, she became the fifth Indian woman to win the title, and the...
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Salaam-E-Ishq: A Tribute To Love (Hindi: सलाम-ए-इश्क़, Urdu: سلامِِ عشق, English: A Salute To Love) is a 2007 Bollywood film, directed by Nikhil Advani and featuring a huge starcast including Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Govinda, Shannon Esra, Sohail Khan and Isha Koppikar in lead roles.
The movie weaves a number of love stories together thanks to the relationships of the people within it. The film is Advani's second directorial venture after Kal Ho Naa Ho. The shooting of the film begun in November 2005 and was finished by July 2006. The movie released on January 25, 2007.
Salaam-e-ishq is the story of 6 couples from different parts of the world, different walks of life. Ignorant about each other's existence, they end up being brought together by destiny, fate and love.
Ashutosh (John Abraham) and Tehzeeb (Vidya Balan). Romantic to the core, their relationship is made of sweet and saccharine...
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Happy New Year is a forthcoming movie produced by Gauri Khan and Shah Rukh Khan and directed by Farah Khan. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Raveena Tandon, Juhi Chawla, Zayed Khan, Priyanka Chopra & Sanjay Dutt in the lead roles. Amitabh Bachchan, Uday Chopra and Manisha Koirala also star but in secondary roles. The movie has commenced shooting in bits but was postponed due to some date problems with the cast.[citation needed] The movie was said to continue shooting in August 2006 [1] but it seems that the film has been shelved for the time being. Farah has already started working on another project, Om Shanti Om with Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead.
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Krrish is a Bollywood science fiction superhero film directed by Rakesh Roshan, which released on June 23, 2006. The film is a sequel to Koi... Mil Gaya. The movie stars Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, Rekha and Preity Zinta in a special appearance. It has been subsequently dubbed in Tamil and Telugu.Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) and Nisha (Preity Zinta) are married and they have a child, Krishna. Rohit apparently dies in a lab accident in Singapore and Nisha also dies shortly after childbirth at the news of her husband's apparent death. The child, Krishna, starts growing up under the care of his grandmother Sonia (Rekha). As he is growing up, he discovers that he has inherited the superpowers that were transferred to his father by the alien Jadoo in the previous installment, Koi... Mil Gaya. The movie shows how Krishna (Hrithik Roshan) deals with his powers and saves the world from a megalomaniac scientist, Dr. Siddhant Arya (Naseeruddin Shah).As the head of a large...,
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Don - The Chase Begins Again, directed by Farhan Akhtar, is a remake of the blockbuster 1978 film, Don. The film was released in India on October 20, 2006 and it was also simultaneously released internationally. It received a very good response worldwide, and collected over Rs. 30 crores in India in its first week itself. The script of the previous film was written by Akhtar's father, Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan (father of Salman Khan).
The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Ishaa Koppikar and Kareena Kapoor in a special appearance. 80% of the movie was shot in Malaysia, and was filmed around the tropical Langkawi island as well as the towering Petronas Twin Towers and the Jalan Masjid India area, which is the 'little India' of Kuala Lumpur. Akshay Kumar was offered for the role of Jasjit. But he rejected saying he might have accepted if he was offered the part of Don. [1]Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra underwent special martial arts training for their roles...
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Bluffmaster is a Bollywood movie released on 16 December 2005, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani and Nana Patekar. The plot is largely inspired by the 2004 Hollywood movie Criminal with John C. Reilly and Diego Luna, but has been appropriately Indianized.
The film was directed by Rohan Sippy, the son of Ramesh Sippy. This is his second directorial venture following his film Kuch Naa Kaho. The role played by Priyanka Chopra was originally given to Aishwarya Rai, but she was dropped from the film.
Roy (played by Abhishek Bachchan) is a professional conman (bluffmaster in Indian English), who is a master of his dubious "art." He is in love with the honest and true "Simmi" (played by Priyanka Chopra). When they are about to get engaged, Simmi finds out that Roy is a conman, and she breaks off the relationship. Time passes, and Roy misses Simmi greatly. He tries his best to get back with her, but all attempts go in vain.
Then Roy meets "Aditya...
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Waqt: The Race Against Time (Hindi: वक़्त, Urdu: وقت, English: Time) is a Bollywood movie, released in India and the United Kingdom on April 22, 2005.
Based on the play Aavjo Vhala Fari Malishu, Waqt: The Race Against Time is loaded with family drama and comedy. It has its comic element in the form of the bumbling servant Laxman, who misunderstands the most simple requests made of him in a style reminiscent of certain Shakespearian comic relief characters. The drama comes from the conflict between the father Ishwarchand and son Aditya. More comes from knowing critical facts that other characters don't know which would completely change their perspectives.
The movie had an average box office run at home in India, but an outstanding run overseas. It was one of the top grossers of 2005 in Bollywood, laced with great performances by the two main stars and excellent direction. [1]Priyanka Chopra electrocuted herself during the song "Do Me A Favour Let's Play Holi". She spent a day in...
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Barsaat: A Sublime Love Story (Hindi: बर्सात, Urdu: برسات, translation: rain) is a movie released on August 19, 2005 by the Bollywood film industry of India. It is directed by Suneel Darshan and stars Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu, and Priyanka Chopra. It is not to be confused with two other Bollywood films of the same name: one made in 1949 starring Raj Kapoor, and the other made in 1995 also coincidentally starring Bobby Deol. Barsaat is a remake of the American film Sweet Home Alabama.Arav (Bobby Deol) is an ambitious young Indian whose dream is to design cars. He travels to the United States seeking greener pastures, where he meets the beautiful Anna (Bipasha Basu). Anna instantly goes head over heels for Arav, but Arav remains focused on his career. Over time, he mellows and the two fall in love. Moreover, Arav's ambitions go on the upswing as the Chairman of the BMW company in the U.S. (played by Shakti Kapoor) gives him a job as a designer. Coincidentally, the BMW chairman just...
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Yakeen is a 2005 Bollywood thriller directed by Girish Dhamija and starring Arjun Rampal, Priyanka Chopra, Kim Sharma, Sudhanshu Pandey and Saurabh Shukla. It also has a guest appearance by Ankur Nayyar. The film's screenplay was written by Vikram Bhatt. The film's premise centres on a man who recovers from an accident with amnesia, and as he starts to piece together his former life he feels that something is wrong. This film is an unofficial remake of the 1991 film Shattered.The film begins with the recovery of Simar (Priyanka Chopra) and her husband Nikhil (Arjun Rampal) from a car accident. Simar is almost unscratched but Nikhil not only has major internal and external damage, but he also has amnesia. Simar is determined that Nikhil will get better and resume his life, and immediately begins by bringing in the best surgeons to reconstruct his damaged leg and face, and then later helping him with the hospital therapy.Although Nikhil is at first cautious and weary, Simar's obvious...
Aitraaz (Hindi: ऐतराज़, Urdu: اعتراض, English: Objection) is a 2004 Bollywood film starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. directed by Abbas-Mustan. The film is a remake of the Demi Moore-starrer Disclosure and was an average hit in India. Priyanka Chopra became the second woman to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her performance.Aitraaz is a film about the seedy undergoings of a metropolitan Indian woman Sonia Roy (Priyanka Chopra), a hard working business man Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) and his wife Priya Malhotra (Kareena Kapoor).Raj and Sonia were in a previous relationship together but her ambitions caused their relationship to dissolve. Raj is now married to Priya and is expecting his first child. Raj is expecting a promotion as Chief Executive Officer in his cell-phone manufacturing organization owned by the chairman, Ranjit Roy (Amrish Puri). At a company meeting he meets Sonia and it is revealed to everyone that she is married to Ranjit Roy. She also...
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Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (Hindi: मुझसे शादी करोगी, Urdu: مجھ سے شادی کروگی; English: Will You Marry Me?) is a 2004 Bollywood film directed by David Dhawan. The film has elements from Hollywood movies Meet The Parents and Anger Management.Sameer (Salman Khan) is a hot tempered guy who is also very unlucky in love. His fiance (Amrita Arora) left him because of his aggression and to get away he leaves for Goa. He then meets Rani (Priyanka Chopra) and instantly falls in love with her. Unfortunately his meeting does not go as anticipated because he slaps her dad across the face (Amrish Puri). However after apologising she becomes friends with him.Soon enough Sunny (Akshay Kumar) moves in the same house as Sameer and manages to cause a lot of trouble between the two. It is not long before Sunny reveals that he is out to ruin Sameer's relationship with Rani and he also plans to steal Rani away from him. His actions aggravate Sameer and also his temper, resulting in hilarious situations.... Samir...
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Andaaz (Hindi: अन्दाज़, Urdu: اَنداز, translation: Style) is a Bollywood film which was released in May 2003. It starred Akshay Kumar, Miss World Priyanka Chopra, and Miss Universe Lara Dutta. It was produced by Suneel Darshan and directed by Raj Kanwar. Lara Dutta made her debut in this film.Raj (Akshay Kumar) and Kaajal (Lara Dutta) are inseparable childhood friends who have stood by each other throughout their lives. Raj's affection changes towards Kaajal and he falls in love with her. They both share a dream that Raj will join the air force and become a pilot. Raj soon becomes a pilot and asks Kaajal to marry him.Unfortunately, his proposal came late as she tells him that she has fallen in love with businessman Karan Singhania (Aman Verma). Raj, heartbroken, puts on a brave face for the wedding; but he cracks. He leaves his home to go to South Africa for a training programme.Raj comes across Jiya (Priyanka Chopra), a lively, beautiful young girl who is smitten by the officer. She...,
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The Hero: Love Story of a Spy is a 2003 Hindi movie directed by Anil Sharma. The film stars Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra. It was the third highest grossing film of the year.
Major Arun Khanna (Deol) is an army officer for the Indian army. He sets up a spy network, with the objective of getting information regarding terrorist activities across the border. Reshma (Preity Zinta) who is from the same village becomes a part of this network. Major Khanna trains her for spying and during this process of training they both fall in love with each other. Reluctant as he is, he sends her across the border as a maidservant in Colonel Hidayatulla's (Deep Dhillon) house. He is associated with Isaq Khan and Maulana Azhar who are enemies of Major Khanna.
In the meantime, Reshma is exposed in front of Isaq Khan, Maulana Azhar and Colonel Hidayatulla. She manages to escape from them and comes across the border with important information. Major Khanna expresses his love to Reshma and...,
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Priyanka Chopra was born
Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam is a remake of the 1962 hit Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam and is going to be directed by Rituparno Ghosh, an acclaimed director of the Bengali hit Chokher Bali. The Movie stars Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Vidya Balan in the lead roles.The movie is going to be produced Pritish Nandy and Rangita Pritish Nandy the owners of Pritish Nandy Communications Pvt. Ltd. They have made films such as Shabd, Just Married and Pyaar Ke Side Effects.A young man named Bhoot Nath (Shah Rukh Khan) is hired as a servant to a very wealthy zamindar (Salman Khan). The zamindar is married to a beautiful woman, Bibi (Priyanka Chopra), but every night frequents brothels and dancing ladies. Bhoot Nath finds out that the zaminder's wife is a very lonely woman, and they both come close, and soon form a platonic relationship. This enables Bhoot Nath to see the life of his mistress through her perspective, and the life she is doomed to live.1.The film's cast is pretty big and is...
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