MUMBAI: Mannara Chopra’s Bigg Boss journey was a roller coaster ride where she thrills and enjoys every moment with the blend of fear. Throughout her journey she never mentioned her renowned sister’s names, Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra.In a recent conversation Mannara talks about this decision and also speaks about how she used to admire Priyanka’s success in her childhood.
Speaking about her decision to not talk about her sisters in the Bigg Boss house, Mannara said, ‘If I would take my family’s name, they would have called me a nepo kid. They would have said that I don’t have a personality. Now that I didn’t take their names, they created another story that my relationship with my sisters are not good. My relations are very sorted. I am a very loving child and I have learned this from my mother.’
She added, ‘I didn’t take their names because I really wanted people to see me and who I am, and I wanted to fight my own battle. When I walk into meetings and look tests, that are just me standing alone in those parameters. And after Bigg Boss, if people in the industry are talking to me, they are interacting with me because of the comfort which I am giving from my end also. Of course, they know I come from a certain family but it is also because of how I project myself. It is all about you at the end of the day. I avoided the names because I knew it was a personality show and I had to show my personality.’
Mannara was a teenager when her elder cousin sister Priyanka Chopra won the title of ‘Miss World’ in 2000. Sharing how Priyanka’s journey has influenced her, she said,’She had a strong impact on all the cousins. She has always projected herself as a strong and independent woman. I looked up to her while growing up because I noticed how she could buy things on her own. She could stay in the best of the places, do whatever she wants, and rule the world according to her terms. That was something I imbibed from her. That was something that got inside me.’
Although when Mannara expressed her wish of being an actress Priyanka imparted a crucial piece of advice.Following the same she said ‘When I showed interest in acting and creative arts very early in my life, I was probably in Class 11, Priyanka didi told my mother that I needed to finish my education. She said education is the base for everything. Even in the Bigg Boss house, when they talked to me in a particular manner, I used to think, ‘Do you know what my qualifications are?’ I have never been in fights,’ she said.
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CREDIT:theindianexpress
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