Awards are just for encouragement...

... says Priyanka Chorpa, but they don’t dictate the films she will be doing in future

Priyanka Chopra is elated that her debut home production Ventilator has won three National awards but Chopra says that honours are encouraging but they don’t dictate the films she will be doing in future.”I did not anticipate any award for any of the films I have made. I have never made films for awards or acted in films for awards. Eventually I have always treated awards as a sign of encouragement but they can’t dictate the films you make,” Priyanka said.

Ventilator is a Marathi language comedy-drama directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and produced by Chopra under her company Purple Pebble Pictures. Chopra, 34, is more than happy about winning the prestigious award as she is the only actress-producer in Bollywood to have won a National award for her first film.

“I always like coming first. I am very excited about it as it’s my first Marathi film and as a production company we are barely a year old.” Priyanka exclaimed.

The Bajirao Mastani actress says when the director first narrated her story of Ventilator she could relate to the plot as her late father Ashok Chopra was going through a similar situation in real life. “When Rajesh narrated me the story I wanted to make it for my father as he was also on the ventilator, pretty much like the film”she said.

She further added that winning three National awards

definitely calls for a celebration and once she is back in India, she will throw a party for the cast and crew of Ventilator.

Chopra also revealed that there is an interest in remaking “Ventilator” in other languages but the makers are yet to take a final call on it.

“We have been discussing remaking Ventilator in few other languages. But there is no concrete plan as such. Right now we are gearing up for Ventilator to be screened at New York Film Festival and I am very excited about it,” she says.