Priyanka Chopra turns producer
Actress will also star as female lead in ‘Madamji’ to be helmed by Madhur Bhandarkar
Priyanka Chopra, who is turning producer with Madhur Bhandarkar’s Madamji, says she wants to promote and encourage new talent.
Chopra, 32, is also starring in the film as a female lead.
“I am really happy Madhur agreed to be the director in my first home production. It is a big and new step for me in a new direction. As a producer, I want to make great films,” Chopra said in Mumbai.
“I wanted to make films but I never thought I will make a film starring me. I want to tell small, good stories but this [Madamji] came as a great opportunity to establish the production house. I want to promote new talent, whether it is actors, directors or writers. I think we need to promote newer talent, help them,” she said.
Chopra started her career in showbiz as a model, became an actress, a singer and now she has opened her production house.
“I like evolving and changing. I don’t know where I will go and what next I will do, but things eventually happen. Like I never thought I would turn musician and producer. I am spontaneous and instinctive,” Chopra said.
Madamji is the story of an item girl who becomes a top politician.
Asked if she will be thinking of box office collections as a producer, she said: “I don’t understand numbers. I get confused. It is tricky. When the film releases, someone will call and tell about the numbers and the opening. I don’t understand trade. I get very thrown off.
“But as a producer, my maths is good, budgeting and all I can do very well. I have a great team in place and they help me.”
