Actress Priyanka Chopra’s mother Madhu Chopra denied rumours that her daughter would be working with British-Indian filmmaker Gurinder Chadha.
“It is true that I went to Cannes with our Sikkimese film Pahuna for its trailer launch and we met Gurinder there,” Madhu said. “She told me that she is visiting India soon for her upcoming film Partition: 1947 and that we should catch up soon. So I went to meet her at the trailer launch of her film and then went to a coffee shop, where few journalists saw us chatting and made news out of it.”
“She was talking about her upcoming projects and the kind of stories she is working on etc, but we did not have any conversation on casting Priyanka in her next. You know, the next day when news came out, Gurinder got so upset and texted me saying ‘Indian media is so exasperating! What is wrong with them?’,” she added.
“Gurinder also told me that ‘Madhu, I did not talk to the press or gave any quotes, so please don’t take me wrong’. This is annoying; journalists should be more responsible while reporting on anything,” added Madhu.
During a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 31 at Berlin, Priyanka also faced criticism for wearing a knee-length dress.
Asking about her opinion on Priyanka’s way of dealing with criticism, Madhu said: “All I taught her [is], if you have done no wrong, you have nothing to fear. She was going for Baywatch promotion, suddenly she bumped onto Mr Modi. She cannot go for a dress change and come back to say hello. The meeting was not pre-planned, it was impromptu.”
“These days, social media trollers are just seeking for attention without focusing on content... yes, they are getting two minutes of fame but there is no credibility,” said Madhu.
