Tuesday, February 10, 2026
ADVT 
Bollywood

WATCH: Priyanka Chopra Said She 'Didn't Think' She'd Marry Nick Jonas at First Because She 'Judged' Him by His Cover

Darpan News Desk IANS, 12 Apr, 2019 09:46 PM
  • WATCH: Priyanka Chopra Said She 'Didn't Think' She'd Marry Nick Jonas at First Because She 'Judged' Him by His Cover

Actress, producer, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas sits down with Women in the World founder Tina Brown to talk about her career, her relationship with husband Nick Jonas, and how modernization is impacting women in India.

 

At the prestigious event, host Tina Brown asked Priyanka about her childhood, beauty pageant journey, early struggles in Bollywood, #MeToo movement in India, production ventures and of course, there were questions about the three-day wedding with Nick Jonas. Priyanka was eloquent throughout the course of this conversation and presented herself as a wonderful Indian ambassador, even though that wasn’t her official designation there.

 

Priyanka represented the culture and the ethos of India in a remarkable fashion. When she described India, she said that we are at a crossroad of modernity vs tradition, and her answers in the summit reflected exactly that.

 
 

 
 

Tina Brown asks her about Indian actors crossing over to Hollywood and how she is the only one who has done it successfully to which Chopra says that not many actors want to come work in the West because India has a fulfilling movie industry.

 

When Tina questions her work in the beauty pageants, Priyanka gives a thoughtful answer and explains that it was the worldly exposure courtesy the Miss World title in her teens that made her a confident woman. Be it the #MeToo movement in the Indian film industry or nepotism in Hindi films, Priyanka takes on every question and gives an answer that is well thought out and beautifully worded.

 
 
 
 
 
 

A lot of Tina Brown’s questions about Priyanka’s childhood, state of women in India, the dating culture in India, all come from a place of ignorance and while Priyanka is trying to be as educational and informative as she can, Tina could have brushed up her knowledge since she was going to host a global icon during the summit.

 

Priyanka also spoke about her work at UNICEF and using her celebrity power to bring attention to issues that are getting ignored by the privileged.

MORE Bollywood ARTICLES

Nawazuddin Loves Watching English Movies And Salman Bhai’s Films

Nawazuddin Loves Watching English Movies And Salman Bhai’s Films
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he loves watching English films even when the language eludes him sometimes.

Nawazuddin Loves Watching English Movies And Salman Bhai’s Films

Manisha Koirala Wants To Explore More As An Author

After writing about her battle against cancer in "Healed: How Cancer Gave Me a New Life", actress Manisha Koirala says she wants to write more books and has a "couple of ideas" in her mind.

Manisha Koirala Wants To Explore More As An Author

Haven't Written Songs For Modi Biopic: Javed Akhtar

Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar on Friday denied writing songs for Omung Kumar B directorial film "PM Narendra Modi".

Haven't Written Songs For Modi Biopic: Javed Akhtar

It's Fab To Work With Vijay, Atlee: Jackie Shroff

It's Fab To Work With Vijay, Atlee: Jackie Shroff
Actor Jackie Shroff, who has joined the sets of the upcoming movie tentatively titled "Thalapathy 63", describes working with Tamil actor Vijay and the film's director Atlee as fabulous.

It's Fab To Work With Vijay, Atlee: Jackie Shroff

Alia Bhatt's First Visit To Gaiety For 'First Class'

Alia Bhatt's First Visit To Gaiety For 'First Class'
Actress Alia Bhatt, who is playing one of the leading ladies in the upcoming film "Kalank", on Friday visited Mumbai's iconic Gaiety theatre for the first time in her life.  

Alia Bhatt's First Visit To Gaiety For 'First Class'

Wish I Was Acting In 1980s, Says Nandita Das

Filmmaker-actor Nandita Das, who is coming up with the remake of 1980s cult film "Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai", says 1980s was a great time for Indian cinema as the parallel cinema movement was at its peak in India then.

Wish I Was Acting In 1980s, Says Nandita Das