Priyanka Chopra: My parents sacrificed their lives so that I have mine

Priyanka Chopra Jonas was offered an acting role in Sky is Pink but actor says she wanted to take on ded responsibility as a producer because story me her feel closer to her parents. Directed by Shonali Bose, film is love story of motivational speaker Aisha Chaudhary's parents, iti and Niren. Aisha was diagsed with pulmonary fibrosis and passed away in 2015. Priyanka, 37, said she wanted to be a part of project more than just as an actor.

"This is a story of a real-life couple who have thrived under extraordinary circumstances and t been bogged down by it," she told PTI in an interview.

In a reference to Rajesh Khanna-starrer Anand, she said, "y put mselves aside and said, 'Even if I can't give my daughter a long life, I'm going to give her a big life'. I wanted to take more responsibility for this film because I believed in it so much."

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Priyanka Chopra on turning producer 

It has been a long wait for Priyanka Chopra's fans as Sky is Pink is her first Hindi film since 2016 after she me a mark for herself in Hollywood with TV show Quantico, and films like Baywatch, A Kid Like Jake and Isn't It Romantic. actor, who has often said she has been living out of suitcase for quite some time, next touched base with frequent collaborators Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur, who was producing film.

She asked duo wher y would have her on board as a fellow producer, even when she has experience of backing a Hindi film. Under her banner, Purple Pebble Pictures, actor has produced a string of regional langu films, including National Award-winning Marathi titles Ventilator (2016) and soon-to-be-released Paani.

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"I said, 'Listen, I've never produced a Hindi film. But under your tutel, I would like to learn. Would you have me as a co-producer?' And y were really wonderful, and y totally took me on," Priyanka Chopra said.

Priyanka Chopra says ' Sky Is Pink ' characters iti and Niren reminded her of her parents

In film, Priyanka Chopra plays iti and Farhan Akhtar will be seen as Niren and she said couple reminded her of her parents, Mhu and late Ashok Chopra, who died in 2013.

"My parents were like that with me. y stood by me and supported me over ir own dreams and ambitions. y sacrificed ir lives so that I could have mine and I feel like in this cynical world today, where we somehow become solitary from our families.

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"This is kind of family film that reminds you, how important family is and how important support of your family is. I found that just so beautiful, especially in world of today," she said.

Priyanka Chopra described iti as "a ferocious mom who was best friends with her daughter", played by Zaira Wasim in film.

"I'm best friends with my mor. We party toger, go to concerts and hang out. She has kwn my entire journey... from all my boyfriends to my husband. She has been my best person. Seeing that in iti to me was as if I was playing what my mor has been to me," she said.

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actor, who is married to American singer Nick Jonas, said she hopes to become a mor like iti one day.

"I depended a lot on Shonali and iti to imbibe what it is like actually. kind of mor I'm playing in this film is kind of mom I hope to be someday," she ded.

Also featuring Rohit Saraf, film is slated to hit screens on October 11.