The Asian Age

PC is still a desi girl

Actress on how she doesn’t follow fashion trends blindly

- LIPIKA VARMA

Priyanka Chopra is now a personalit­y to reckon with— nationally and internatio­nally. She had made India proud and has also propagated her ‘Indianness’ in every way.

Recently, PC was in the news for only using and following designs and designers from the West. When asked about that she jumps to reply. “Please don’t say so!” she says, firmly. “We are fortunate that all our girls — Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma and myself — wear Internatio­nal brands as well as Indian ones. Whether we’re in India or abroad, we wear what’s in fashion. Please don’t put our fashion statement down. In fact, we usually only follow trends that are in

vogue. Hum gowns yahan par bhi to pehente hai! We have an amalgamati­on of Indian as well as Western fashion, we don’t blindly follow the West. Our designers too are excellent in whatever they bring about. So, I don’t agree that we blindly follow the West.”

Moving on to the topic about her film, Baywatch, Priyanka says, “Dwayne Johnson and the rest of the cast have divided the promotiona­l strategy of our film. Dwayne could not make it to India owing to other promotiona­l activities. I will also be promoting Baywatch abroad on Television. So, we have sorted out a promotiona­l strategy.”

Please don’t put our fashion statement down by saying that we blindly follow trends of the West. It’s not true PRIYANKA CHOPRA

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