Priyanka Chopra, at a recent event, opened up about her decision to venture into film production and said that it happened because of her struggles as an outsider in the Hindi film industry.
In a video from the event that has since gone viral on Reddit, she stated that the industry is “extremely closed off” to those trying to find their way without having flashy film family names attached to theirs.
She said, “I won a beauty pageant in the year 2000, and that kick-started me into the entertainment industry and catapulted me into it. Thus, I started working in Indian movies, particularly in Hindi and Tamil… This was in 2002. But Bollywood is kind of… was, at least, extremely closed off to people coming from outside.”
“There are generational actors, directors, and producers. So, when you want to break into the industry and get cast, it wasn’t the easiest. But somehow, I broke through. I was ambitious. I didn’t like failing, so I was persistent and kept at it. I made it somehow. And when I did, Purple Pebble Pictures was my way of creating that space that I never had. I wanted to work and provide the industry with filmmakers who, maybe, didn’t have access, or writers who wouldn’t get a big-budget movie,” she added.
“I wanted to be the shoulder for entertainers around the world to be able to get the limelight that they want. I have been very proud of the films that we’ve been associated with and produced over time. They’ve been wonderfully received and we have given them the limelight that they deserved,” she said.
Priyanka was last seen in the action-comedy Heads of State (2025), alongside Idris Elba and John Cena. Sheis currently awaiting the release of her swashbuckler action drama The Bluff. Priyanka will also be seen returning to Indian cinema over half a decade after The Sky Is Pink (2019) in a key role in the SS Rajamouli-Mahesh Babu project, tentatively titled SSMB29.
