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‘What a demigod feeling’: Priyanka Chopra says debut film with Vijay at 18 skewed her perception of fame

Posted on: Mar 12, 2026 18:09 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
‘What a demigod feeling’: Priyanka Chopra says debut film with Vijay at 18 skewed her perception of fame
ACtor Priyanka Chopra is on a promotional go to boost her ground picture shoot, The Bluff. On the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, the actor recalled her debut in cinema at 18 with Tamizhan. The film, which starred Vijay in the lead, skewed her perception of fame, she says, given how popular the Tamil star is.Priyanka Chopra on her debut skewing perception of famePriyanka recalled debuting in the Tamil film industry in 2002 and said, “It was a movie called Thamizhan in the Tamil language in India. I had to phonetically learn the language; it’s impossible to learn a new language. It was my first exposure to a little bit of fame. My co-actor, Vijay, is extremely popular. I remember we used to land up on set, and there used to be hundreds of people just standing there to watch him while he was dancing and doing his thing.”She then added that she knew nothing of what happened behind the scenes, and it took a while for her to understand the fame is a byproduct of work. “It was my first movie, and I had no idea what happened behind the scenes. I just remember feeling what a demigod feeling that must be. My 18-year-old self was like, is that what this means? I think my relationship with what this job was was skewed because I thought it’s about the fame. It’s only when I started doing it that I realised that fame is the byproduct of the job. It isn’t the job. And that’s when I became really fun,” said Priyanka. In 2025, Priyanka starred in Heads of State and played a cameo in A Very Jonas Christmas Movie. She kicked this year off with The Bluff. She is now shooting for SS Rajamouli’s Varanasi with Mahesh Babu and Prithviraj Sukumaran. She also has Judgment Day lined up for release.Vijay in the newsAs for Vijay, he was last seen in the 2024 film The GOAT in dual roles, but the actor has been in the news for his personal life and political ambitions. He plans to quit films and contest the Tamil Nadu elections under his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party. He also made news when his wife, Sangeeta Sornalingam, filed for divorce, alleging that he was having an affair with an unnamed actress. Days after the news leaked, Vijay went to a wedding reception in Chennai with Trisha Krishnan.

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