Published 16:22 IST, February 11th 2021

Priyanka Chopra opens up about dealing with break-up in 2016, says, 'felt lonely and sad'

Talking about dealing with a break-up in 2016, Priyanka Chopra in her book 'Unfinished: A Memoir', wrote that she felt 'lonely, sad, and isolated'.

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Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas officially turned author on Thursday with release of her first book, Unfinished: A Memoir, which she described as "honest, raw and vulnerable". Talking about dealing with a break-up in 2016, Chopra in her book wrote that she felt 'lonely, sad, and isolated'.

In spring of 2016, Chopra moved to New York to shoot for Quantico and was dealing with heartbreak and her far, Dr. Ashok Chopra's death, in 2013. According to E! News, Priyanka put on around 9 kgs, couldn't sleep at night, and stopped going out except for work. In her memoir, she wrote, "When I wasn't feeling numb, I felt lonely, sad, and isolated. one understood what was going on inside me because I didn't tell anyone," t even her mor, Madhu Chopra. "All I wanted was to spend time alone, until finally, finally, I was tired of being sad," she wrote furr.

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memoir promises to offer insights into Priyanka Chopra Jonas' childhood in India, her formative teen years in US. Her return to India resulted in newcomer to pant world, against all odds, winning national and international beauty competitions  Miss India and Miss World that launched her global acting career. 

38-year-old star behind over 60 Bollywood and Hollywood films and shows revealed that her very endeavour into world of n-fiction came to fruition in coronavirus pandemic lockdown last year. "It took about two years, but I predominantly wrote it during quarantine six months that I was home last year. It gave me time for first time in life to be in one place", said Chopra Jonas.

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Wher reflecting on her madic early years or challenges she has faced as she doggedly pursued her calling on a global st, Chopra Jonas says she has tried to share both her challenges and triumphs in memoir.

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end result is a book, published by Michael Joseph imprint, which covers her dual-continent 20-year-long career as an actor and producer and her work as a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador.

(With PTI inputs)

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16:22 IST, February 11th 2021