The Citizen (Gauteng)

Quantico star gets hitched

-

Indian film superstar Priyanka Chopra, pictured, is engaged to young American singer Nick Jonas after a whirlwind two months of dating.

People magazine, citing unnamed sources close to the pair, said Jonas, 25, proposed to Chopra in London for her 36th birthday after shutting down a Tiffany store in New York to choose a ring.

Representa­tives for the two stars did not respond to requests for comment.

But director Ali Abbas Zafar appeared to allude to the engagement when he announced that Chopra was leaving the film Bharat, a historical drama about modern India.

“The reason is very very special,” he tweeted.

“She told us in the Nick of time about her decision and we are very very happy for her.”

Chopra, who won the Miss World pageant in 2000, has become one of Bollywood’s most identifiab­le stars and, more recently, one of the few to achieve success in the West.

She has starred in the thriller series Quantico on US network ABC and, in her career as a singer, has released songs with US chart-toppers including Pitbull and The Chainsmoke­rs.

Jonas first found success as a child as the frontman of The Jonas Brothers with his two siblings.

Also an actor in theatre and in television, Jonas returned to music as a young adult with a new, mature image and has often been seen as a sex symbol.

He has been romantical­ly linked to a number of prominent women, including Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez.

People magazine said that although Jonas and Chopra have known each other for some time, they began dating just two months ago.

The magazine said the relationsh­ip was serious enough for Chopra to introduce Jonas to her mother in India. –

 ??  ??
 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from South Africa