From Chopra's diary, it seems all she's had on her mind of late is Quantico, which can't be music to Zoya Akhtar's ears. Chopra is one of the leads in Akhtar's Dil Dhadakne Do, but there's not a word about this June release in the minute-to-minute journal. Instead, Chopra talks about her determination to break the stereotype of Indian characters in American television (to be fair, Anil Kapoor and Nimrat Kaur might be ahead of her on that quest).

Here's a scene: a famous actor, at home, sleeping. News comes in that she's got a coveted role in an upcoming TV series. Will she be woken from her slumber by a personal valet carrying a silver tray with a sealed envelope? Would an army of domestic help and personal assistants wait in pin-drop silence for the actor to wake up and then pop champagne bottles?

If you're Priyanka Chopra, then what happens is what's happened to almost every kid, usually on the morning of exam results being announced -- her mum beat her door down and yelled at Chopra to get up already.

"Wake up, wake up, wake up!" I could hear my mom calling out to me as she simultaneously banged my bedroom door down. I somehow stumbled out of bed, suddenly worried that something bad had happened.

These lines are from Chopra's diary, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Apparently, Chopra decided to keep a record of what was going on in her life earlier this month. "It's an old-school version … no laptops or iPads for this one," Chopra told THR. "I simply pen my thoughts, emotions and experiences … I believed it would help me relive and also relish some of the finer moments."

And so follows a supposed glimpse into Chopra's life. She falls asleep in the first entry; she then informs herself that her intention is to establish herself in America as an actress even while working in Bollywood; she gets on a plane to go to America; Quantico's trailer goes online, she gets on a plane and returns to Mumbai -- that pretty much sums up the contents of Chopra's diary. If this diary is any indication, then Quantico and America have occupied Chopra's mind, body and soul all of this month. Also, Chopra's real talent may well have been in writing press releases.

Barring a few very rare flashes of humanity -- like when Chopra delightedly reports she met Jimmy Kimmel -- most of this diary reads like promotional material for Quantico and Chopra herself, which of course is precisely what it is. After all, who writes a sentence like this in their diary of all places:

"From the moment I started my international sojourn, with music and everything else that came after, my experiences and interactions with various people (especially those of Indian descent) created a burning desire to want to represent my country."

There are also times when you can't help but wonder just who she thinks she's talking to while writing. Take this sentiment about the Quantico cast, for example:

"I've been an actor for a long time, longer than I'll admit, and I can tell you it is so rare to have the incredible synergy that our cast has."

Who is this "you" of whom Chopra speaks? An imaginary reader (who couldn't have existed as a concept unless Chopra knew her diary was going to be published)? That part of Chopra that's in India, making Bollywood films? Also, what is this about being an actor for longer than she'll admit? Is she guffing about her age or disowning her older work?

By the way, good on Chopra for noting not just the day, but also the time for each of her entries. Most people would just write what's happened in one slab of a recap, but Chopra assiduously wrote multiple entries for each day and noted when she was writing each one. It couldn't have been easy to keep track of the precise hour and minute (one entry is marked as "7.21pm EST"). Presumably someone at THR converted all those time stamps from IST to EST; unless Chopra, being an overachiever, also calculated the time difference while writing her diary. Just in case she ever needed to send it to an American publication, you know?

From Chopra's diary, it seems all she's had on her mind of late is Quantico, which can't be music to Zoya Akhtar's ears. Chopra is one of the leads in Akhtar's Dil Dhadakne Do, but there's not a word about this June release in the minute-to-minute journal. Instead, Chopra talks about her determination to break the stereotype of Indian characters in American television (to be fair, Anil Kapoor and Nimrat Kaur might be ahead of her on that quest).

What is credible about Chopra's Quantico diary, however, is that the entries get shorter and shorter as time goes on. As any diarist will tell you, it takes discipline to keep writing with the same amount of detail and enthusiasm, especially when the days are filled with banal details.

Still, promotional spiel or otherwise, there's no denying the diary's observation that Chopra scoring the lead role in an American network show is a significant achievement. Quantico revolves around Chopra's character, which means the responsibility of winning over audiences rests primarily upon the actress. Her Bollywood credentials will at best attract the Indian diaspora, which won't be enough to make the show a success. There's a whole new audience that Chopra has to woo in America and, as she admits in her diary, Chopra is "a TV virgin".

As risks go, Chopra trying her hand at television isn't particularly gutsy. After all, it's not as though her Bollywood career will suffer if Quantico doesn't do well. However, few actors -- whether in Hollywood or Bollywood -- can comfortably give up their celebrity status and to some extent, that's what Chopra is doing when she goes West.

After all, Los Angeles isn't Mumbai. Chopra won't enjoy the standing and adulation that she does back home. While it may be liberating to not be in the media glare, most stars struggle with not being recognised and miss the adoring attention. That said, from the fact that THR has published this diary of hers, being a Bollywood celebrity does seem to have its perks even in LA.

So, regardless of her dubious diarist skills, here's wishing Chopra all the best for Quantico and props to her taking a risk. Let's hope her crossover attempt does better than those of her predecessors.