Originally posted by: cougarTown
i would LOVE to be an outsider who has an A list superstar sister ruling the industry since 8 years..with all due respect..please don't even put her in the league of the real outsiders who actually had to struggle their way to success..she may not be as priviledged as an alia or ranbir but she was no taapsee or vidya either who really had to struggle to make a mark and were total outsiders..
this putting down someone for their failure..happens for everyone..you can see what was happening to ranbir before sanju..it is not cool but it shouldn't be selective either..i hope you take equal stand when others are bashed for failures either..and this is not putting her down but simply stating how she has managed to escape most of the criticism of constantly getting movies despite an abysmal track record..
Not sister. Cousin.
And Priyanka has other cousins in the industry too, Meera and Mannara Chopra. If PC had the power to make stars out of her family, they would be stars too.
Yes, Parineeti does have an advantage having a star as her cousin, but beyond that, PC never provided any real help to her in helping her succeed (not that we know of, anyway).
It is due to her acting skills she got noticed and got the film deal with YRF, not because she was related to PC.
- While working on promotions for Band Baaja Baaraat, Chopra realised that she wanted to become an actress and decided to resign from her executive position with Yash Raj Films to attend acting school. Film director Maneesh Sharma suggested signing Chopra to Aditya Chopra, chairman of Yash Raj Films. Appalled by the idea of recruiting someone from his marketing team as an actress, the vice-president refused. When Parineeti Chopra told Sharma she was leaving her job to attend acting school he advised her to meet the company's casting director, who asked her to do a "dummy audition for fun". Chopra remembered "fooling around with a camera" and delivering lines by the character Geet from the film Jab We Met, never expecting producer Aditya Chopra to see the tape. However, when the producer saw the tape he was impressed with her acting. With Sharma describing her "phenomenal" in the screen test, Chopra was signed to a three-film deal
So let's not discredit Parineeti for the success she has earned with her own hardwork and talent.
Everyone is bashed for failures but in case of Parineeti I find it excessive and harsh, so I pointed it out.
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