Chopra apologises over episode
Many fans have taken to social media to shame the actress and call her a traitor
Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra apologised on Sunday after a furore over a US TV series that showed her uncovering a terror plot hatched by Indian Hindu nationalists.
The episode of spy thriller Quantico showed Chopra’s character, an FBI agent named Alex Parrish, thwarting the plan and noticing one of the terrorists wearing Hindu prayer beads.
The terrorists had tried to frame Pakistanis for the attack planned ahead of a summit on Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan territory that arch-rivals India and Pakistan claim as their own.
Kashmir has been a source of historical tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours who have fought two wars over it.
The episode, aired on June 1, triggered outrage in India with many fans taking to social media to “shame” the Indian-born actress and calling her a “traitor”.
Chopra, a former Miss World, said she was “a proud Indian and that will never change”.
“I’m extremely saddened and sorry that some sentiments have been hurt by a recent episode of Quantico,” Chopra, 35, wrote on Twitter.
“That was not and would never be my intention. I sincerely apologise.”
ABC Studios, the producers of the crime drama, have also offered an apology while defending Chopra who is the lead actor of the show.