At
the
peak
of
her
career,
Bollywood's
marquee
actress
Priyanka
Chopra
changed
track
to
explore
the
world
of
music
-
only
to
emerge
as
a
winner.
And
now
she
has
ventured
into
film
production.
Describing
her
activities
as
'unique',
she
said
she
doesn't
follow
a
path
but
creates
her
own.
"I
am
not
an
ordinary
star.
Everything
I
do
is
sort
of
unique
and
I
hate
being
clubbed
as
'oh
celebrities'," Priyanka
said.
"I
have
a
very
unique
personality.
I
like
to
do
things
which
I
want
to
do
and
I
don't
know
whether
these
things
will
turn
out
to
be
good
or
bad.
But
everything
that
I
have
done
has
been
very
unique
to
me.
I
don't
follow
a
path,
I
create
my
own,"
Priyanka
added.
Her
showbiz
journey
started
with
being
crowned
Miss
India
and
going
on
to
win
the
Miss
World
title
at
the
age
of
17,
followed
by
her
Bollywood
debut
in
2003
with
The
Hero:
Love
Story
of
a
Spy.
After
that,
there
was
no
looking
back
as
she
mastered
the
art
of
delivering
the
unexpected.
However,
planning
for
the
future
is
not
Priyanka's
style.
"I
never
knew
I
will
become
an
actor
or
a
singer
or
a
producer.
Things
just
happened
as
I
evolved.
So,
I
can't
say
when
I
will
do
what,"
said
the
32-year-old.
For
Priyanka,
2014
was
good
largely
due
to
the
success
of
her
sport-based
film
Mary
Kom.
"It's
been
a
great
year.
I
started
off
with
Gunday
and
then
Mary
Kom.
The
business
that
Mary
Kom,
a
female-led
film,
did
is
huge.
For
me,
the
biggest
victory
with
Mary
Kom
was
it's
numbers
on
the
opening
weekend.
"Female
films
start
with
small
numbers
and
make
Rs.50
or
Rs.60
crore
in
two
months,
but
that
was
not
the
case
for
Mary
Kom.
It's
a
huge
step,"
the
actress
said.
Priyanka
is
now
prepping
up
for
her
Zoya
Akhtar's
Dil
Dhadakne
Do
and
Bajirao
Mastani.
Priyanka,
who
was
recently
in
the
capital
to
support
the
Girl
Rising
campaign,
says
women
empowerment
is
seeping
into
the
film
industry,
but
slowly.
"We
live
in
an
extremely
male-dominated
world
and
slowly
it's
changing.
For
instance,
actresses
used
to
get
roles
with
three
songs
and
12
scenes.
I
personally
have
tried
to
move
away
from
such
films,
but
every
girl
doesn't
get
such
an
opportunity.
Female
actors
are
even
afraid
to
do
that
because
it
is
easier
to
do
a
film
with
a
boy
and
share
the
credit,"
she
said.
The
success
of
women-centric
films
like
Mardaani,
Queen
and
Mary
Kom
proves
that
a
wave
of
change
has
set
its
foot
in
Bollywood.
"It
is
so
great
to
see
actresses
now
coming
and
taking
those
steps
and
saying,
'Okay
the
film
will
be
on
my
shoulders'
.
When
I
did
Fashion
everybody
thought
I
was
mad,
but
it
proved
a
point
that
female-led
films,
if
are
good
films,
will
be
seen.
"We
might
not
make
Rs.200
or
300
crore
but
it
is
a
beginning.
It
will
take
some
time
but
we
will
get
there,"
the
actress
said.
Priyanka
doesn't
just
exude
optimism
but
is
working
towards
it.
She
says
along
with
the
Clean
India
campaign,
she
is
working
on
her
own
'abhiyan'
(campaign).
"I
hope
to
do
more
such
(women-centric)
films
so
that
the
generation
after
me
is
not
afraid
to
take
films
which
are
on
their
shoulders
and
girls
get
parts
that
make
them
as
relevant
as
boys.
So
it's
my
own
'abhiyan',"
the
actress
said.
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