In
her
career
spanning
around
two
decades,
Priyanka
Chopra
has
delivered
many
powerful
performances
on
screen.
One
of
them
is
her
portrayal
of
the
antagonist
Sonia
Roy
in
Abbas
Mustan's
2004
romantic
thriller
Aitraaz.
In
her
latest
interview
with
Vanity
Fair,
while
talking
about
the
most
important
moments
in
her
professional
life,
the
actress
talked
about
this
film
which
also
starred
Akshay
Kumar
and
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
in
pivotal
toles.
Priyanka
said
that
she
was
advised
by
many
not
to
play
a
negative
character
at
such
an
early
stage
in
her
career
as
heroines
back
in
the
day
were
expected
to
be
'coy,
pure,
good
girls'
but
her
character
in
the
film
was
a
'bad
b***h'.
The
Quantico
actress
told
the
magazine,
"Because
my
character
was
a
sexual
predator,
and
I
was
21
or
22,
people
were
like,
'If
you
play
such
a
sexually
charged
character,
I
don't
know
if
your
audience
will
be
able
to
see
you
with
that
kind
of
purity
and
that
dream
girl.'
The
girl
you
want
to
take
to
your
parents,
basically,
versus
the
one
you
want
to
take
to
your
bed'."
Priyanka
further
admitted
that
she
was
shocked
when
her
character
in
Aitraaz
was
well
received
by
the
audience
as
she
had
assumed
that
no
one
was
ever
going
to
work
with
her
again
after
this
film.
Recalling
what
happened
at
the
film's
premiere,
the
actress
shared,
"I'll
never
forget,
we
were
at
the
screening
and
I
was
terrified.
I
was
sort
of
embarrassed
too
because
my
parents
were
watching
it
as
well.
When
the
movie
finished,
people
stood
up
and
they
started
clapping
and
they
started
looking
at
me.
There
were
other
people
in
the
movie
who
were
massive
stars
but
I
walked
out
of
the
theatre
and
people
were
standing
outside
to
congratulate
me.
And
it
was
such
a
crazy
moment
in
my
head
because
I
had
built
it
up
in
my
head
that
I
was
going
to
be
cancelled
after
this
movie
and
no
one's
ever
going
to
work
with
me
again."
Priyanka
further
said
that
Aitraaz
changed
her
career
and
encouraged
her
to
take
up
projects
which
make
her
nervous.
Aitraaz
revolved
around
an
ambitious
woman
stuck
in
an
unhappy
marriage
who
makes
sexual
advances
at
her
ex-beau.
When
the
latter
who
now
works
under
her
husband
resists
her,
she
falsely
accuses
him
of
rape.
The
film
was
well-received
by
the
critics
and
was
a
commercial
success
at
the
box
office.