P riyanka Chopra’s Bollywood journey began with the 2003 film ‘The Hero: Love Story’ of a Spy. Starring alongside Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta, her outstanding performance garnered critical acclaim. She followed this success with hits like Aitraaz, Krrish, Don, Dostana, and Barfi among others before leaping to Hollywood.
However, as the saying goes, ‘without struggle,
there’s no success,’ and Priyanka Chopra’s experi- ence reflects this. In a recent chat, Priyanka Chopra made a startling revelation about facing rejection during her career and how she dealt with the same.
Priyanka acknowledged the difficulty of coping with rejection. She admitted saying, “It’s challenging.
Especially in a career that relies on validation. It is all subjective, whether it is the number of people who come to see your film, what your director thinks of your performance, or what your casting agency thinks.”
She further described her initial Hollywood experience as the “darkest” period of her life, citing feelings of isolation in a new industry, a lack of close friends, and the intimidating atmosphere of New York City.
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I have seen so much rejection in the movie industry for so many reasons. Whether I wasn’t right for the role, whether it was favouritism, whether it was that somebody’s girlfriend was cast, there are so many reasons it happened. I made peace a long time ago. It is real. We can all say ‘I am better than that, I am confident’. It is not true. You have to allow yourself to feel the rejection. It’s like grieving.http://Priyanka I am someone who does it. I will move on. I will brush it aside. A long time ago, I came to peace with rejection at work.”
