Anjula Acharia, Priyanka Chopra’s manager, dismisses critics as “simply noise” following the actress’ shocking comments about Bollywood.

Anjula Acharia, Priyanka Chopra’s manager, has also come out in support of the actress following her much-discussed interview in the US where she discussed being “cornered” in Bollywood years ago. Acharia commended Priyanka for becoming a “global star” in a Twitter conversation and claimed that “naysayers” do not stop her.

Speaking with Dax Shephard on the podcast Armchair Expert earlier this week, priyanka had opened up about her reason to move to the US and leave a fledgling Bollywood career behind. “I was being pushed into a corner in the industry (Bollywood). I had people not casting me, I had beef with people, I am not good at playing that game so I kind of was tired of the politics and I said I needed a break,” the actress had said.

After the interview went viral, a Twitter user shared an old interview of Acharia about the actress and wrote, “Since #PriyankaChopra has finally spoken up, I would request everyone to read on of Anjula Acharia (PC’s US manager)’s interview where she tells how when she signed PC for the talent deal, a group of Bollywood folks including a director producer and some actors.” In response to the tweet, Anjula Acharia wrote, “Naysayers are just noise! You have to tune it out @priyankachopra is undeniable and we proved them all wrong :))) I knew she would be a global star the first time I saw her on TV!”

On the podcast, Priyanka had spoken about how Anjula Acharoa had spotted her in a music video and asked her to move to the US. “This music thing gave me an opportunity to go into another part of the world, not crave for the movies I didn’t want to get but I would require to schmooze certain clubs and cliques of people. It would require groveling and I had worked a long time by then that I didn’t feel like I wanted to do it. So when this music thing came I was like ‘fu** it I am going to America,” she said.

Along with Richard Madden, Priyanka is currently slated to star in the high-budget sci-fi series Citadel from the Russo Brothers. On April 28, it debuts on Amazon Video. In addition, she will be the star of the May 12 release Love Again, a romantic comedy that also stars Sam Heughan.