In an exclusive interview with Bharathi S Pradhan for Lehren Retro, Dr Mabhu Chopra opens up on daughter Priyanka Chopra's much deserving entry into Hollywood with Exotic & Quantico and her marriage with American singing sensation, Nick Jonas. Madhu also gives her candid take on niece Parineeti Chopra & Politician Raghav Chadha's wedding, concluding with a sweet hint on Priyanka & Parineeti's collaboration for a film! Watch the full footage on Lehren! #priyankachopra #drmadhuchopra #parineetichopra #nickjonas #raghavchadha #maltimariechoprajonas
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00:00How do you like Nick? I love him. Yeah? So when she got serious with Nick, were you happy
00:13about it? Apprehensive about it? I had not met him then. So I didn't know him much. Even
00:19after I met him, it took me a while. We had long conversations. And then he sang for me.
00:26So that was beautiful. He just composed one song, a new one. How sweet! What did he sing
00:31to you? I believe. It's a beautiful song. He had written it for Priyanka and he sang
00:37it many often after that. How was it? He sang it and it was nice and we had nice conversation.
00:44I really liked that. He's such a regal and self, how would I say, he's very comfortable
00:53in his skin. Confident. Did you have any problem with the age difference? Not at all. You didn't
01:01feel anything? No. I don't see. I have a friend, she's 15 years older than her husband. She
01:08was an air hostess. They have been married for like 35 years. Happily married. Age is
01:14just a number in people's heads who want to make an issue out of it. Dil milne chahiye,
01:20damaag milne chahiye. And you feel that Priyanka has done all the right things ultimately in
01:28her life at the right time. Matlab wrong hua toh usko right kar liya usne. Galti sabse
01:34hoti hai. Robot ya sathna usse bhi hoti hogi. Toh galti hoti bhat uske tha ki correct kar
01:45repeat nahi karegi. That's the most important. She doesn't repeat her mistakes. And are you
01:54happy now where she is? Because ek toh she's also a mother. Did she talk to you about motherhood
02:01before going into it? We had discussions. And you all said to be a grandmother. Oh,
02:08the happiest thing to do. I'm sure. I'm such a happy grandma. She seems such a bundle of joy.
02:14I think every grandma says that. She's the best baby in the world. So do you find Priyanka
02:23becoming more and more a complete woman, a complete person? I never found her incomplete.
02:31This is like a proud mother talking. But kahi mein uske andar kami toh dikhi nahi. Kabhi lagta
02:38nahi tha. Jahan shortfalls hote the, she was always ready to listen and discuss. Put her
02:47point across. And then do what. Maine agar right bola hoga, usne wrong socha hoga ki
02:55nahi, what mom's saying not the right thing. She would do what she felt was right. And
02:59inevitably, she would be right. Because from her point of view, she knows best is how I
03:05think. Ki hum log bachon ko kam samajhte hain, kam zor samajhte hain. Humne unko parvarish
03:11di ki tum strong bano. Independent bano. Sari padhaye, likhaye, parvarish sab isi baat kahi
03:15ki you become a strong, independent person going out in the world, deciding for yourself,
03:19having your family, taking calls and everything. Pir hum ghabraate hain kyun jab wo decision
03:25le rahe hain. Agar aapki parvarish sahi hain, toh bachay ka decision haminsha sahi rahega.
03:32There are two major decisions in her life. Ek toh wo Hollywood jaana. Doosri of course
03:42shadi. But Hollywood jaana. How did you? Destiny's child. Destiny's child. Okay. Usko
03:50saamne se aaya offer. Bahut sucha samjha decision tha. Quantico ki baat kariya? Nahi, main music
03:58ke liye. Jab gayi pehliye, toh music ke liye gayi. Yahaan the peak of your career. Phir
04:03wo transition to music. And in another part of the world. Dono bahut hi risky decision
04:10the. But ye hi tha. It's like taking a break. But she's just superbly confident. Usko kuch
04:19ne tha. Quantico may be. We were holidaying. She gave her audition from there on her Zoom.
04:29And she got selected. Yeh maine khud Priyanka se suna hai ki she has, jab wo yahaan se Hollywood
04:38gayi. She had to, matlab yahaan toh peak mein thi. She was already Priyanka Chopra, one
04:43of the top most actresses here. Wo jab Hollywood gayi, she had to introduce herself there.
04:49Hello, I am Priyanka Chopra. I am an actress from Hindi films. Yeh bolna padha unko. Introduce
04:55karna padha unko. Toh payment stomping kiya usne. She put in her effort. She didn't go
05:03there as big time. Main star hun. Wo attitude hi nahi tha uske. But wo willing thi matlab
05:11to go again. Again failure is not an option. Usne apna decision liya tha. She wanted a
05:16decision to do right. Haan lekin kyu jaana chahati thi? She felt yahaan peak ho gaya?
05:21Nahi nahi. Aisi koi baat hi. Toh offers aaya tha usko. Wahaan pe, main jaise kehati na,
05:28the first place that she went to, I met that agent later, Troy. He told me, Mama, when
05:40she walks into a room, the molecules in the atmosphere shift. That is the impact she has
05:47when she walks in. Toh asar toh tha hi. It's not just her presence, her persona. And then
05:54people go back and see what she's done. They go back, see performance. And then aisi koi
06:00nobody, so much money doesn't ride on your shoulder unless you have something in you.
06:05So it's not so much her choice as her wanting and their wanting. That's how it was.
06:10Madhu, are you interested at all in politics? Aap, Priyanka?
06:15Very apolitical. I come from a family of politicians, but both of us, apolitical.
06:22Your niece, Parineeti Chopra, she's married a politician.
06:31But she married a wonderful guy, not a politician. When she married him, he was a wonderful person,
06:39who happened to be a politician. Parineeti is another girl from your family.
06:45I think lots of pretty girls in that family. And boys too.
06:50Because Priyanka was the first. Woh Chopra family se pehli ladki thi jo filmon mein aaye.
06:57Chopra bhi, Parineeti bhi aaye, toh were there any, you know, did her father, did anybody
07:04have objections or were they all okay? They were all okay. Because once Priyanka
07:08came in, then it was like a world opening out. So Parineeti's dad is Priyanka's chacha.
07:16That's right. I think they welcomed it. They were very happy for that.
07:21They were all all right about it. Because Parineeti is also a girl jo educated
07:27you know, banker, she could have done anything. But then, I don't know what's that chumbak
07:34for Chopra girls and film industry. But they're both doing good. Very talented.
07:42How do you like Parineeti as an actress? Oh, she's wonderful.
07:46Okay. And she's a very natural performer. Very natural. Yeah. And I think she's a director's
07:58gili matti. They can do what they want with her.
08:01Okay. Parineeti and Priyanka should be working together.
08:05Happy movie ladoo. Thank you.