Priyanka – Performances That Catapulted Her To Fame

Priyanka Chopra, Miss World, is very well setting benchmarks these days. She is an actor, a philanthropist, a singer and what not. She’s the perfect example of girl power. From winning the Miss World title in 2000 to her fabulous performance in Quantico, she grew with every step. She has been experimenting with her roles and these experiments turn out to be super hits. Lately she has also bagged the place for world’s second most beautiful woman. She has also won several awards, the best being Padma Shri (fourth highest civilian award). So here are some examples of how exceptionally she played her part that left the audience awestruck.

1. Aitraaz (2004)

This movie was one of the early movies of Piggy Chops but changed the whole Bollywood actresses pigeonhole as showpieces in the movies with this benchmark performance. She was just perfect in this negative role, she had it all, seduction, cunningness, attitude, ego and what not , nevertheless , she did not forget her limits. Soniya (played by Priyanka) won Filmfare for Best Performance in a Negative Role.

2. Don (2006)

The looks in her eyes were enough to mesmerize the audience. She played the role of dangerous, risk-taking, full of vengeance, Roma, hunting Don (played by Shahrukh Khan), one who killed her brother. In this remake of Don, Piggy Chops, made the role of Rome come to life with her perfect expressions and dialogue delivery. In the movie, she made such moves that even critics fell in love with Roma.

3. Fashion (2008)

This movie proved to be a milestone for Piggy Chops. It is all about supermodel from small town who crave for fame. Priyanka perfectly showed the transition between the small town girl and supermodel and won the hearts of the audience as well as critics. She made sure every girl in India watched her in this movie. She even bagged the National Award for Best Actress for this movie.

4. Dostana (2008)

Piggy Chops earned her title “Desi Girl” from this movie. She blended the combination of emotions like hot, bubbly, serious, so well that the movie would be nothing without her. She was surrounded by not one, not two, but three heroes , nevertheless the movie was remembered for Priyanka, that’s how she leaves a mark in our minds.

5. What’s Your Rashee? (2009)

Priyanka here showed how well she could adapt to any role given, be it 12 roles in one single movie, YES 12! She dedicatedly played the 12 roles that signified various zodiac signed girls in India. She pretty much pulled off the role with such perfection that critics applauded whole heartedly. She also set Guinness World Records as the only actress, till date, to play 12 different roles in one movie.

6. 7 Khoon Maaf (2011)

The role here was that of a dark and complicated woman, where Priyanka just sank in the character. The whole movie was on her shoulders and she didn’t disappoint anyone. Her mutations from a love-addicted girl to an uncompassionate woman was remarkable. She made sure to leave her impressions of these various roles in our minds.

7. Barfi (2012)

This story deserves all the applauses it got, What a movie! The plot, the characters, the emotions, the scenes, everything was so touching that it just left the audience in tears at the end. Piggy Chops proved that she is not for Barbie or romantic roles. Jhilmil (played by Priyanka) won a thousand hearts and made everyone smile. In this beauty-absorbed industry, she became a pearl full of talents.

8. Mary Kom (2014)

This movie is a proof to what extend Priyanka is dedicated towards her career. She went through intense training for this role as she had to play a role of titular boxer. She just let the character dissolve into her so well that the connection was successfully made with the audience. Piggy Chops gave her best and as a result, she got good results. She showed the struggle of Mary kom from the initial phases like practice problems to Olympic and then how she managed the marriage and babies. The performance was applaudable.

9. Gunday (2014)

She made sure to make everyone tap their feet on her song “Tune mari entery” which belonged to the movie Gunday. Piggy Chops imbibed the Bengauli culture very well and her body language matched her dialogue delivery which made her role shine in between the two heroes. She has a special talent of playing roles that are either impossible or are between various actors and despite so many characters come out as a special one.

10. Bajirao Mastani (2015)

This was not a fictitious story where she could make a character herself, this was a famous love story where she had to be in the shoes of Kashi Bai (played by Priyanka). She was in the role of supporting actor, but was successful in equalling the lead actress Deepika. She played the part of the wife of Bajirao (played by Ranveer Singh) who was cheated-on. She perfectly handled the role and made it count.