Mumbai: Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra is the first Indian actress to break into mainstream American television with popular show “Quantico”. On Tuesday, she was honoured with Padma Shri by President Pranab Mukherjee for her immense contribution to the Indian cinema.
During an interview with PTI, the actress broke her silence on the suicide claims by her former manager Prakash Jaju. When asked about such claims, she said, “This is utter… First of all, it’s so sad that Indian media has given credibility to the man, who was in jail because of harassing me, without checking the history who the person is. So, I have nothing to say because there is no credibility to this person, who media is giving credibility to.”
“Why don’t we talk about those women, who commit suicide because they were harassed by the mother-in-laws or being beaten in their homes? Or they kill themselves because they are unhappy in their homes? It’s so easy to turn around and say about the showbiz world,” she said.
The “Bajirao Mastani” star added, “Nobody knows the truth. Nobody ever tried to find out what the poor 24-year-old girl was going through… And as usual, people are dissecting her life. People are unnecessarily talking about her, not giving her and family the respect they deserve right now.”
Priyanka further stated, “Young people are also committing suicide in colleges and hostels. I believe why they have to kill themselves for somebody else. I would kill that person first before ending my life for the person.”
