In one of her earlier interviews, Kareena Kapoor Khan gave out the opinion that nepotism doesn't exist in Bollywood. Using an example of actor Ranveer Singh (who happens to be the nephew of Anil Kapoor, and whose father was rumoured to have bankrolled his debut movie), Kareena has told during a media interaction, "The fact that today Ranveer Singh, (who) does not have mother or father who is a superstar, out of sheer talent and hard work he is where he is today. I don’t think nepotism exists." Not just that Kareena got trolled for her comments, her peer Priyanka Chopra has completely negated her view.

In an interview to Hindustan Times, Priyanka Chopra confirmed the practice of nepotism being prevalent in the industry and she revealed she herself was a victim of the same in the early stages of her career. She said, "When I entered Bollywood, everyone was somebody's uncle or somebody's daughter. It's very difficult to get inside a production office if you are an actor from no [film] background. I know that it happened to me because I started like that."

Priyanka agreed that her 2000 Miss World win did make it easy for her to make footsteps into Bollywood compared to other outsiders, but she confessed that she had lost out on some project to star kids. She continued, "When I joined films, I was already winner of a beauty pageant and still had it a little easy. I got my first few films but I know that I was thrown out of the films because somebody else was recommended, who was somebody's daughter. I didn't know people, ki main dinners pe ja rahi hun and networking kar rahi hun. I know that opportunities came to be because of merit. I know that opportunities were also taken from me because of these reasons. I wanted to have an open house philosophy in my production house." Well, Kangana Ranaut will be smiling right now on reading Priyanka Chopra's views!

Priyanka Chopra will be seen next in Bollywood in Salman Khan's Bharat, that is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. Currently, she is been seen in the third season of Quantico, which is on its final run. Priyanka will also be seen playing important characters in indie flicks, A Kid Like Jake and Isn't It Romantic?.

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