PeeCee will always be daddy’s little girl

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Priyanka Chopra remembers taking a flight to Ladakh at the age of eight, all on her own in an Army cargo plane, just so she could meet her dad, who was posted there at the time.

“Since my brother had just been born, my mother could not come with me. But being my dad’s chamchi, I had to fly to him! The cargo plane didn’t even have any seats. It was frightening, but it’s a memory I’ll always cherish,” PeeCee says.
She also credits her father, the late Dr Ashok Chopra, with having encouraged her musical talent. “Earlier I would just switch off the lights (at home) and sing. Vishal-Shekhar, in fact, made me sing in Bluffmaster. They have the video and are always threatening me that they’ll release it!” PeeCee says. “My dad forced me to start singing. I always felt I would not be very good at it, but my dad made me realise my singing potential. Finally, I have reached a point where I can comfortably lend my voice to a track.”
That confidence has helped her in her attempt to establish herself as an international pop star, and PeeCee says about her singles (In My City and Exotic), “It is about making the West get a taste of Indian culture through my music videos. But I am not going to the West. Instead I am taking all that is good about India to the West. I belong to India.”
“I worship my work. And I always do a lot of homework. It’s been only a year that I have entered the music scene and I am always trying to learn more so that I can give my best,” she adds.
Priyanka, who debuted in B’wood with Andaz, remembers how as a newbie she would get carried away by her role. “Even after going home, I would act like the character and my dad would say, ‘What is this?’ and my mom would ask me to behave normally! It has been a while since then and I do not carry forward anything from my films once I am done with it,” PeeCee says.