Priyanka Chopra has traveled from Bollywood to Hollywood. But at a time when she started her career, she was shy to talk to big stars. Priyanka started her acting career with the Tamil film Tamizhan opposite South star Vijay. After this he turned to Bollywood. He made his debut in Hindi with Sunny Deol’s film ‘The Hero’. But Priyanka Chopra did not talk much with Sunny Deol initially during the shooting of this film. He himself said this in an old interview.
Priyanka Chopra said, “I was very excited to work with Sunny Deol. He was a senior actor and because of that I respected him a lot. Meanwhile, he told how he and Sunny Deol were living apart during the shooting. Priyanka said, “I was very shy in front of Sunny Deol. We used to sit in different corners. We used to talk only up to hello and hi, nothing else.
Priyanka said that even when she spoke to Sunny Deol, she did not make eye contact with him. She said, “Whenever I spoke to him, I would sometimes look down, sometimes up and then down again while talking. But when we got comfortable with each other, everything got better.
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Picture from the movie ‘The Hero’
The debut film did not work
Priyanka Chopra’s Bollywood debut was not as expected. ‘The Hero: Love Story of a Spy’ came in the year 2003. Apart from Priyanka and Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta also played the lead role in this film. Actors like Amrish Puri, Kabir Bedi, Rajpal Yadav and Arif Zakaria also played important roles in the film. The film was directed by Gadar fame director Anil Sharma. According to reports, the film ‘The Hero: Love Story of a Spy’ was made on a budget of around Rs 33 crore. However, the film could only do business of Rs 26 crore at the domestic box office.
Another movie sensation
Priyanka’s Bollywood debut may not have been anything special, but her second film Anjaz was a hit. Priyanka Chopra became famous overnight with this film. Apart from Priyanka, Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta were also in lead roles. Directed by Raj Kanwar, the film did a worldwide business of Rs 28.80 crore. The makers spent 8 crore rupees to make this film.
Sunny’s big comeback from Ghadar 2
Sunny Deol’s Ghadar released in 2001 was a blockbuster. But for 22 years thereafter, Sunny Deol yearned for a good hit. Last year, Sunny Deol created a huge stir at the box office with Ghadar 2 and made a huge comeback in Bollywood after a long time. Currently Sunny Deol is busy with Lahore 1947. Aamir Khan is producing it.
