Here’s why Priyanka Chopra left Bollywood?

One of the biggest names in Indian film to successfully cross over to Hollywood is Priyanka Chopra. The actress made her Hollywood music debut with her 2012 single In My City after winning over fans and critics with her creative performances in Hindi films. While many believed that Priyanka Chopra would naturally go up Hollywood after dominating Bollywood, the actress has claimed in a recent podcast that she decided to move her base and career to the US because she was fed up with the politics in the Hindi film industry and had “conflict with people.”

Speaking to Dax Shepard on the podcast Armchair Expert, Priyanka Chopra said that she was sharing the reason behind her deciding to work in the US for the very first time. During the course of the podcast, Dax Shepard asked: “So how do you decide you want to even put yourself through that? Why’d you decide to put yourself through that and then what was it?” To this, Priyanka said, “I’ve never said this so I’m going to say it because you’ll make me feel safe.”
Speaking about the circumstances around her move to Hollywood, she revealed: “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.”

Anjula Acharia of Desi Hits, who is currently Priyanka Chopra’s manager, spotted the actress in a video around this time and got in touch with her, according to the actress. Priyanka Chopra was currently filming Vishal Bharadwaj’s Saat Khoon Maaf. Anjula enquired about Priyanka Chopra’s desire in pursuing a music career in the US after mentioning that she had heard the actress’ demo. The offer, the actress claimed, came just as she was seeking for opportunities outside of Bollywood.

She added, “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 grovelling 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 ‘f*** it, I am going to America’,” Priyanka Chopra confessed candidly.

The official Instagram page of Armchair Expert Podcast shared some behind-the-scenes images of Dax Shepard and Priyanka Chopra from the session. The caption says, “Starting off this week with a banger — Priyanka Chopra joins us today. Super smart, spunky as hell…we loved our time with Priyanka Chopra.”

Priyanka Chopra’s relocation to Hollywood, as we now know, was not limited to the music business.With her ABC programme Quantico, the actress solidified her position and made history by becoming the first South Asian to serve as the show’s executive producer.

Following this, the actress worked on a variety of Bollywood and Hollywood projects, including Baywatch, The White Tiger, The Sky Is Pink, Bajirao Mastani, and The Matrix Resurrections. Next up for Priyanka Chopra are the online series Citadel and the movie Love Again. She will appear in Jee Le Zaraa in Bollywood.Hollywood is where Priyanka Chopra also discovered love. In 2018, the actress wed singer Nick Jonas, and the pair had a daughter in 2022.