A file photo of Priyanka Chopra. | Photo Credit: Indiatimes

Priyanka Chopra's mother Madhu Chopra revealed that the actress' journey in the Hindi Film Industry has been really dificult because she refused to give in to demands of certain directors as such. After Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment by several women last month, several Bollywood actors including Dia Mirza, Richa Chadha and Priyanka herself, have spoen at length about the existence of casting couch in Bollywood.

During an interview with Deccan Chronicle, Madhu Chopra said that Priyanka has never compromised on values since the very beginning of her career.

''She was just 17 when she entered the industry, so I accompanied her every minute of the day till about three years ago. So a gentleman meets her and says: ‘Will your mother sit outside while I narrate the story to you?’ Priyanka told him, ‘If it is a story that my mother can’t hear then it is a story that I cannot do,'' Madhu Chopra told Deccan Chronicle.

In fact, Priyanka lost out on 10 prestigious projects only because she refused to comply.

"Another time, a designer told her that the director’s brief was to dress her in itsy-bitsy clothes. The director had said, ‘What is the point of having a Miss World in front of the camera if we cannot show her as her beautiful self? Priyanka refused to do the film. It was being helmed by a reputed director and he got upset. Priyanka lost 10 films because she walked out of that project. But she didn’t care. That is what I say to everyone. This is not the end of your life. Your life is more valuable," Madhu Chopra added.

Priyanka Chopra, meanwhile, is busy with her international projects - Isn’t It Romantic? and A Kid Like Jake. She is currently filming the third season of her American Television Series Quantico.

She has a story which is certainly inspiring. Priyanka won the Miss India World title in 2000, and made her debut in Bollywood three years later with The Hero: Love Story of a Spy. Subsequently, she appeared in Akshay Kumar’s Andaaz in 2003 and also won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

Soon after, she featured in the films Aitraaz, Waqt: The Race Against Time, Bluffmaster and Don, which catapulted her to success, after which she starred in iconic films such as 7 Khoon Maaf, Agneepath, Barfi, Gunday, Mary Kom and Bajirao Mastani.

Priyanka made her debut in Hollywood with Baywatch this year.

In Bollywood, Priyanka Chopra was last seen in Prakash Jha’s Jai Gangaajal in 2016.