At the onset of her acting career, Parineeti Chopra, who is currently receiving acclaim for her performance in Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila, majorly worked in Yash Raj Films’ projects. However, her association with the studio started even before she forayed into acting and made her debut with Lady vs Ricky Bahl opposite Ranveer Singh. For the unversed, before stepping into acting, the Hansee Toh Phansee actor interned in YRF’s marketing and PR department for one and a half years and during this period, she was promoting actors like Ranveer, Anushka Sharma and Rani Mukherji, among others.
In a recent interview with Raj Shamani on his podcast, Parineeti recalled, “I did promotions for Rani for Dil Bole Hadippa, Deepika Padukone and Neil Nitin Mukesh for Lafangey Parindey, and Anushka and Shahid Kapoor for their film Badmaash Company. I would line up interviews for these actors and order coffees for them. My final film as an intern at the studio was Band Baaja Baarat.” Parineeti quit her job after working there for one and a half years.
The actor revealed that now, journalists whom she had arranged celebrity interviews for during her tenure at YRF, are now interviewing her for her own work. What many don’t know is that it was a phone call that changed the trajectory of her career as an actor. “A few days later, after I left the job, I got a call from Adi (Aditya Chopra) and I wondered why he was calling. He sat me down and told me that he wanted to sign a three-film deal at Yash Raj. I kept wondering what was happening,” reminisced Parineeti, who had left the job to try her hand at acting.
Parineeti, who is the cousin of global star Priyanka Chopra, recalled auditioning with Shanoo Sharma, the casting director at the studio, on camera, unaware that it was for Aditya. “When he saw the video, he felt I could be an actor and so something in this industry and he just signed me for a three-film deal. I was on Ladies vs Ricky Bahl a month later,” she shared. The actor recently parted ways with the studio after 11 years of association.
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