Priyanka Chopra Jonas hopped onto a latest Instagram trend through which she reflected on her journey- both personal and professional. The actress shared some of her childhood pictures and compared them with her recent photos and achievements. The trend highlights how people achieve things they might not have imagined as children. Priyanka took to social media to share several “then and now” moments while showcasing her milestones.
Priyanka Chopra gives personal spin to Instagram trend
The first picture featured Priyanka winning the Miss World title at the age of 18. Alongside a childhood photo of herself in costume, she wrote, “Miss World? Me??”
She shared another picture and wrote, “I’m building a career across countries.” The childhood caption read, “Across countries? We travel abroad?”
“I get to be the lead actor in movies that I produce,” read another slide, while the contrasting childhood photo said, “What? I act in movies? And help create them?”
A further slide read, “I travel across the world so much, I don’t jet lag anymore.” The corresponding childhood memory referenced a trip to Kashmir with her father: “Is it like when Dad took us to Kashmir? I was tired after the drive!”
In the following slides, she spoke about becoming an entrepreneur and writing a memoir.
The final posts highlighted her role as a mother and her family life with husband Nick Jonas and their daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas.
Priyanka Chopra on leaving Bollywood
Recently, Priyanka was seen with Amanda Hirsch on her Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, where the Citadel actress spoke about her decision to venture into the West. When asked about why she decided to explore the American film industry, Priyanka said, “When I was working back in India, I started feeling limited… I wanted to be able to see what else was out there. Besides Mindy Kaling and Aishwarya Rai, there were very few female or male Indian actors in Hollywood. And I was like why don’t we have that representation. It made me think of myself as that girl who was in the 9th grade in America, where nobody looks like me… I didn’t think about it (much) at that time, but as someone who was starting to seek work in Hollywood, I thought where do I stand? How do I begin?… It came from the need to want and see what the possibilities were there.”
During the chat, she was also questioned about “tense relationships with some of the stuff going on in India with the movie scene”. Priyanka responded, “Nothing is an easy ride. We all have battles that we have to handle. I am someone who just doesn’t like staying in the s**t because then you get used to the smell. I am a big believer in pivoting. When life gets tough, we are so resilient as human beings; we have the ability to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, take a minute to feel emotional and feel the pain, and then pivot.”
She further admitted that she has done that many times in her career, and that there was no clear path for her when she decided to try her luck in Hollywood. Priyanka added that there wasn’t much of a precedent before her, hence she decided to give it a shot, mentioning that the only thing she knew was that “I’m a hard worker and I know my job. Put me on a set with any filmmaker or co-actor, and I’ll stand toe-to-toe”.
