- By Khushi Surana
- Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:20 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Priyanka Chopra Jonas recently graced the Bridge Summit 2025 as the headline Speaker. At the summit, the actress talked about her initial journey in the Hindi film industry, the transition she made and the risks she took. She also revealed how she and her career had to pay a high price after her 6 movies failed miserably at the box office.
Priyanka Chopra opened up about how she did not had the privilege to say no when she started her career in Bollywood, so whatever movie came her way, she had to work on it. She also recalled how she was stripped of many opportunities just because her films were not doing that great and said, “When I first started working, I said yes to everything because every opportunity was a privilege. It was tough just to get the work. I accepted every opportunity, was travelling constantly, and missed key family milestones because refusing work didn’t feel like an option. Now I get to choose. Now, I say yes with intention. I weigh the pros and cons, I think about the impact on my family, my sanity, and my long-term goals. That’s how you protect your crystal balls."
She also said, "It wasn’t that opportunities were presented to me; opportunities were taken away from me. So I had to pivot. There was a year when six of my films flopped back-to-back. It was like, ‘Oh my God, we shouldn’t cast Priyanka because the film won’t do well.’ So, because of the fear of losing, I had to leave what I was comfortable with and pivot to try something new. I had to create opportunities. My pivots were never about choice; they were a lot about survival.”
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s Career
Priyanka Chopra Jonas hit the jackpot when she won the Miss World beauty pageant in 2000 at the age of 18. After grinding in the industry for an extensive period of time, she bagged her first Tamil movie, Thamizhan, in 2002.
The actress made her big Bollywood debut with the movie The Hero: Love Story Of A Spy in 2003. Her breakthrough came with the movie Andaaz, in which she starred alongside Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta. She made a name for herself in the industry after movies like Aitraaz, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Fashion, Krrish and Don.
Movies like Mary Kom, Bajirao Mastani, Barfi, and 7 KhoonMaaf became her career best movies as they exuded her versatility as an actor. The movies left such a lasting impact on the audience that today these movies are cult favourites.
