12 Facts About Priyanka Chahar Choudhary, The Daring Personality From Bigg Boss

Among the popular stars of Indian Television, Priyanka Chahar Choudhary is one of them. She is a part of several successful TV projects like Udaariyaan, and Bigg Boss 16. Netizens loved her on the shows. When she became a part of the reality TV show Bigg Boss 16, the audiences loved her bold personality. She became quite popular after the show and became a household name after becoming the second runner-up in the show.

Here we are going to share some unknown facts about the actress, Priyanka Chahar Choudhary:

The actress recently joined ETimes TV for an exclusive interview where she opened up about her struggle period.

1. Priyanka Chahar Choudhary grew up with six siblings in a strict household

She has four sisters and two brothers. She gives credit to her father for their good and disciplined upbringing. Her go-to person has always been her mother. She revealed that she is free-spirited and only a strict parent could have controlled her.

2. She has three sisters and two brothers as their grandfather always wanted a male child in the family

Here is what she has to say about it,

I never took or felt bad about this pressure of having a male child in the family. I always find these situations very comical, Mujhe hassi aati hai… ke kyun yaar? But now when I see we are six brothers and sisters. After my elder sister’s wedding the entire house felt empty. I started to think Jinke Sirf do bacche hote hain unka kya hota hai… I was the naughtiest one and would keep comparing. But our parents never made anyone feel less important. My father always said you are like my son, though I objected to this also why this comparison between beta and beti… I’m your daughter. It was my grandfather’s wish to have a male child. In fact, one of our sisters passed away when she was very young, she was a twin sister. It was for my Dadaji’s wish ke betiyaan hoti gayi to have a son. We were five sisters and when our brother was born by that time our grandfather passed away. Unko hi dekhna tha… pote ke chehra

3. Priyanka shared that while growing up she was not allowed to wear any revealing clothes, not even sleeveless

She said,

There were restrictions while growing up. My father never underlined them but it was very clear that we are not supposed to wear revealing clothes. I was not allowed to wear sleeveless while growing up, I never wore it but now my parents have also evolved with time. I think bacche Badal dete hain parents ko. My eldest sister never wore jeans while growing up. I feel kids have the power to make their parents understand and evolve their mindset.

 

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4. Her Mumbai struggles

When she shifted to Mumbai she made up her mind to use the opportunity to stay alone in Mumbai and chase her dream. But she said that she would never misuse her freedom and break her father’s trust. She focused on not losing focus in the glitz and glamour of the city and held her ground. She also shared that she never had to struggle much because of her hard work and focus on her work.

5. How she managed her own expenses in Mumbai

Priyanka started with print shoots and began earning. She was not only limited to acting, she knew that to survive in Mumbai she has to manage her expenses on her own. She said,

Mujhe mera rent bhi pay karna hai, guzara bhi karna hai.. I was staying in PG at that time and I had my savings from the anchoring jobs that I did in Jaipur. I survived on that savings. Rest I did not have any other lavish expenses. I’m very sound as a person when it comes to meeting expenses. I do it very well.

6. She faced rejections during her initial phase

Priyanka Chahar Choudhary went through a lot of rejections initially, she auditioned for everything but never received a follow-up response. She said,

I would keep asking yaar call kyu nahi karte… I realised that I was not a mature actor at that time and I didn’t know anything about acting. With years I’ve learnt and I’ve worked on myself and probably that’s why I didn’t bag anything. I feel rejections are very important for every individual and it makes you a different person.

She also added,

For me rejections and failures are no big deal, I am prepared for them anytime.

7. She was replaced overnight during a song shoot

She mentioned,

It has happened to me once but I’m a very positive person and I don’t feel bad. I was shooting a song in Punjab around 4-5 years ago and I bagged another one. I was to shoot for the song in the next 2-3 days. I was supposed to shoot for another one. I was staying in Punjab waiting to shoot for my next song. I got a call just a night ago and was told they had changed the artist. I loved that song, it was very nice and I felt bad because I wanted to do that song. But it didn’t work out. I didn’t feel bad, I moved on very easily. Maybe I have vented out so many emotions in the past that I’ve become strong. I don’t feel bad.

8. Priyanka had to face body shaming and how it affected her

Even in the Bigg Boss house, she had to face body shaming. She was body-shamed for being underweight. She feels that after 25 everyone should be active physically and workout, not only for a good figure but to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

It affected her initially and lost confidence, she used to feel awkward sitting socially. But later she chose not to feel bad about it. She said,

Like today I am sitting here and giving this interview confidently, but back then when I was anchoring they would pass comments like “arre ye toh Choti si bacchi hai patli si, Dubli see..”. I used to feel but you should see how I’m doing my job or how good I’m at it, and how my voice is. They would not give me events because of it. Bachpana tha tab toh it would affect me but now I don’t let it affect me.

9. She featured in a music video of the song Kuch Itne Haseen with Ankit Gupta

 

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10. Priyanka popular as Pari of Bigg Boss 16 is also a dancer

11. She was last seen in a music video – Zohrajabeen by B Praak starring Randeep Hooda

12. The quirky actress recently also shot an advertisement with Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor