Priyanka
Chopra
is
in
Brazil
hosting
Fear
Factor
3
but
she
made
sure
that
her
father
Dr
Ashok
Chopra
celebrated
his
birthday
(August
23)
in
a
grand
manner.
She'd
made
all
the
necessary
arrangements
before
she
left.
Dr
Chopra's
birthday
bash
was
held
at
a
Juhu
hotel.
Priyanka
had
sent
out
invites
to
relatives
all
over
the
country
and
abroad
in
advance.
The
actress
wanted
him
to
be
surrounded
by
friends
and
family
to
make
up
for
her
absence.
The
star
papa
says,
"The
party
was
organised
by
Priyanka,
my
wife
and
son.
It
was
all
done
before
she
left
for
Brazil.
It
was
a
beautiful
surprise!
In
spite
of
her
busy
schedule,
she
called
extended
family
members
and
friends
from
all
over
the
world,
my
brothers,
sisters
and
their
children.
They
all
put
up
a
grand
show
where
we
all
sang
and
danced
together.
I
was
told
it
was
to
be
a
small
family
get-together
at
the
Novotel
hotel
in
Juhu
but
when
I
reached
there,
I
saw
this
huge
gathering
of
all
near
and
dear
ones."
Apart
from
family,
there
were
also
some
of
Chopras'
close
friends
like
Satish
Kaushik,
Javed
Akhtar
and
Shabana
Azmi,
Sajid
Nadiadwala
(who
is
producing
Priyanka's
next
film,
Anjaana
Anjaani),
Ramesh
Sippy,
Tanvi
Azmi,
Khayyam
saab
and
Neetu
Chandra.
Papa
Chopra,
who
is
a
trained
singer,
sang
one
of
Khayyam's
compositions
and
the
lyricist
was
so
moved
that
he
came
up
on
stage
to
bless
the
'birthday
boy.'
"Apart
from
the
surprise
birthday
party
Priyanka
also
gifted
me
a
huge
watch.
She
kept
calling
every
two
hours
from
Brazil
to
check
if
everything
was
going
smoothly.
I
missed
her
a
lot.
She
told
me
that
she
was
very
upset
that
she
was
not
there."
The
proud
father
adds,
"My
son,
who
is
learning
hotel
management,
organised
the
entire
menu.
He
also
looked
after
the
comfort
of
all
the
guests.
We
had
a
beautiful
Mata
Ki
Chowki
(prayed
to
God)
the
previous
night
while
Dr
Arvind
Lal
conducted
a
havan
for
me
in
the
morning.
I
am
proud
to
have
such
a
wonderful
family."
Touch
wood!
Story first published: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 16:13 [IST]