Published 14:45 IST, November 5th 2019
Priyanka Chopra's various ventures other than acting
Priyanka Chopra is one of the highest-paid actors we have today. Here is a list of the actor’s investments and ventures outside of acting. Read on.
Almost 20 years of hard work has got Priyanka Chopra to where she is today. She has donned many hats until now, including that of an actor, singer, and film producer. Today, she is one of the highest-paid, most popular celebrities in India. She has gone on to make a name for herself in the global market as well.
Here is a look at Priyanka Chopra’s ventures outside of films:
In 2015, Priyanka Chopra started her own film production company, Purple Pebble Pictures. The mission of the company is to promote small-budget, regional films and bring in new talents in the industry. The company already has two National Award-winning films in its bag including Rajesh Mapuskar’s Ventilator and Adinath Kothare’s Paani.
Purple Pebble Pictures is also producing Priyanka Chopra’s Youtube web series If I Could Tell You Just One Thing. The company has also produced Priyanka’s last Bollywood film, The Sky Is Pink. The company has announced that it will be venturing into producing small budget Hollywood films as well.
Priyanka Chopra had also invested in a tech coding company called Holberton School of Software Engineering. The school aims at attacking the problem of student debt among engineers. It allows students to learn tuition-free until they fetch a job for themselves. The company then charges students almost 17% of their salary for three and a half years after graduation.
Priyanka Chopra is an investor and brand ambassador of the online dating app, Bumble. She has been an integral part of the promotions of the app when it when into India. This has proved her smart acts while dealing with money.
The actor has also founded The Priyanka Chopra Foundation for Health and Education. The foundation aims at supporting underprivileged kids in the areas of education and healthcare. She donates almost 10% of her earnings to the foundation. She was also appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights in 2010.
In addition to this, Priyanka Chopra will also be releasing a memoir titled Unfinished. The book will be released by Penguin Books in India. She has also written columns in prominent Indian newspapers.
Priyanka Chopra was last seen in Shonali Bose’s The Sky Is Pink alongside Farhan Akhtar. She will be next seen in Netflix’s adaptation of Aravind Adiga's novel The White Tiger and Robert Rodriguez's superhero film We Can Be Heroes. It has been reported that a series based on the life of Madhuri Dixit produced by Chopra is also in the talks. She will also be the voice of Elsa Disney India’s Frozen 2.
Updated 16:52 IST, November 5th 2019