- By Tanya Garg
- Mon, 15 Sep 2025 04:06 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Priyanka Chopra recently spoke candidly about the motivation behind the founding of her production company, Purple Pebble Pictures, during an event. Her production house kickstarted with Santosh Mishra's 2016 Bhojpuri film Bam Bam Bol Raha Hai Kashi and then even backed Oscar nominated movies like To Kill A Tiger and Anuja. The actor said that she was driven to pursue a career in filmmaking by her inability to establish herself as an outsider in Bollywood. The profession is 'very locked off' to outsiders, she revealed
Priyanka Chopra spoke at an event about her experience as an outsider in Bollywood and the reasons behind starting her own production company. In a video that has gone viral on Reddit, she discusses what made her decide to go behind the camera.
Priyanka Chopra said, "I won a beauty pageant in the year 2000 and that sort of kickstarted me into the entertainment industry and catapulted me into it. And I started working in Indian movies, Hindi and Tamil movies in India,... This was in 2002, but the Bollywood industry is kind of… was at least extremely closed off to people coming from outside."
Priyanka Chopra said that she does not like to fail. "There are generational actors, generational directors, generational 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 don't like failing. I was persistent. I 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."
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The Sky Is Pink actor disclosed that she wished to provide a platform to writers and directors that 'might not get that big budgeted movie' as well as smaller productions that desired greater exposure. "I wanted to be the shoulder for entertainers around the world to be able to get the limelight that they want. I've been very proud of the films that we've been associated with and produced over time. They've been wonderfully received and, and have give the limelight that they deserved," Priyanka Chopra shared.
Priyanka Chopra Upcoming Movies
Priyanka Chopra will next be featured in the action drama film The Bluff, directed by Frank E. Flowers, which also features Temuera Morrison, Karl Urban, Ismael Cruz Córdova, and Safia Oakley-Green in important parts. She will also be returning to Indian film with SSMB 29, directed by SS Rajamouli and starring Mahesh Babu and Prithviraj Sukumaran. The movie, which is currently is production, is described as an action-adventure similar to Indiana Jones.