And you thought that it only happens in lower-middle class households. Bollywood hottie Priyanka Chopra may come across as someone who has had a smooth sailing in the fickle world of showbiz, but it’s not true. Priyanka C is nowadays basking in the success of her latest film Dil Dharakne Do.

Talking to media men after the film’s screening at the IIFA awards, she said, “I belong to a conservative Punjabi family. I faced resistance when I joined the film industry, but later on my father and mother allowed me to do what I wanted do.”

Okay, come to think of it, it can’t be said with certainty whether Priyanka C’s parents were right in the beginning or afterwards.

Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, June 14th, 2015

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