Priyanka Chopra to begin shooting for 'Gangaajal 2' in Bhopal

The actress started shooting for her thriller yesterday with a war of words.

On Tuesday, June 16, Priyanka Chopra started shooting for Prakash Jha's upcoming cop thriller Gangaajal 2 in Bhopal. The actress has stepped into Ajay Devgn's shoes as the Superintendent of Police in the sequel. While the 2003 film addressed the issue of acid attacks in Bihar, this time the cop will be fighting both baddies and gender politics in Madhya Pradesh.

"I've worked with incredible directors like Zoya Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar and Vishal Bhardwaj and now it's Prakash Jha who is not making a cop drama because it is the trend," Priyanka told Mirror.

Jha is also acting in the film and Priyanka's first scene was a war of words with him. He plays a junior officer in her department who is upset about having to report to a woman.

She has given the director 45 days to complete the film in one start-to-finish schedule before she flies off to the US for her American TV series Quantico. "From August, for the next six months, I will be flying back and forth since I still have 25 days of shooting for Bajirao Mastani left," sighs the actress who interestingly plays a young FBI recruit in the ABC show.

Ask her how it feels to step into a role Ajay made memorable in the original and Priyanka smiles modestly, "It is the director's prerogative whom he wants to cast. Main apni tuhari khud nahin bajati (I don't blow my own trumpet). I know I'll enjoy playing this bold character whom I admire. I'm equally in love with the beautiful, delicate Kashibai in Bajirao Mastani who looks like a Raja Ravi Varma painting and doesn't go horse riding or sword fighting like the others."

Meanwhile, confusion reigns on Jha's sets because her double and costume assistant are also called Priyanka. So, no one is sure who is being summoned by the director who may be the disgruntled subordinate on screen, but off it, is the captain of the ship.