{"id":2475679,"date":"2026-06-25T19:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2475679"},"modified":"2026-06-25T19:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:17:25","slug":"ideas-are-your-currency-priyanka-chopra-says-obsession-proves-hollywood-barriers-are-fading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ideas-are-your-currency-priyanka-chopra-says-obsession-proves-hollywood-barriers-are-fading\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ideas Are Your Currency\u2019: Priyanka Chopra Says \u2018Obsession\u2019 Proves Hollywood Barriers Are Fading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-hstick-inner\">\n<div class=\"ai-summary\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ \" typeof=\"ItemList\">\n<div class=\"ai-summary-inner\">\n<div class=\"ai-summary-label\">\n<div class=\"ai-button-outer\">\n<p> <span>Show Quick Read<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ai-summary-content\">\n<ul id=\"ai-summary\">\n<li property=\"itemListElement\" data-text=\"Priyanka Chopra: Entertainment industry now values ideas over connections.\">Priyanka Chopra: Entertainment industry now values ideas over connections.<\/li>\n<li property=\"itemListElement\" data-text=\"Low-budget film\">Low-budget film<\/li>\n<li property=\"itemListElement\" data-text=\"She navigated a once-niche industry without family connections.\">She navigated a once-niche industry without family connections.<\/li>\n<li property=\"itemListElement\" data-text=\"Aims to diversify English-language roles like her Hindi career.\">Aims to diversify English-language roles like her Hindi career.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Priyanka Chopra Jonas believes the entertainment world is undergoing a major transformation, with creative ideas increasingly outweighing industry connections. Speaking during a session at the Cannes Lions conference in France, the actor reflected on how opportunities for filmmakers and performers have expanded dramatically compared with when she first entered the business.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>ALSO READ: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ba372a;\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #ba372a;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/entertainment\/celebrities\/karisma-kapoor-birthday-why-her-engagement-to-abhishek-bachchan-ended-before-marriage-1852588\">Karisma Kapoor Birthday: Why Her Engagement To Abhishek Bachchan Ended Before Marriage<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Ideas Are Your Currency\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Talking about the impact that the low-budget horror film Obsession, Chopra Jonas said the current entertainment landscape offers unprecedented opportunities for creators.<\/p>\n<p>She said, &#8220;I feel like if you have an idea, shoot it, put it on YouTube, and it can become &#8216;Obsession,&#8217; the movie that just came out,&#8221; Chopra said. &#8220;What a wonderful time to be an entertainer, to be in the entertainment business, because ideas are your currency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the actor, the success of projects like Obsession demonstrates how traditional barriers that once limited access to the industry are steadily disappearing.<\/p>\n<h2>Looking Back At An Industry That Felt Out Of Reach<\/h2>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Chopra Jonas also reflected on her own journey into cinema, revealing that she entered the profession without any family background in the field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My parents were doctors, so none of us had any idea how to navigate film,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the entertainment industry she encountered at the beginning of her career, she said that opportunities were once far more restricted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It used to be such a niche industry when I first started. 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Buy, Rent And Streaming Details<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">A New Chapter In Her English-Language Career<\/h2>\n<p>Having recently featured in streaming projects including Citadel and Heads of State, the actor said she now wants to bring the same range of experiences from her Hindi-language career into her English-language work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my Hindi-language career, I&#8217;ve worked with all the best filmmakers and the best actors, I&#8217;ve told amazing stories and done a variety of genres,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Whereas in America, in Hollywood, in my English-language work, I haven&#8217;t really done that as much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She described this ambition as her next phase of reinvention, focused on expanding the variety of stories and characters she takes on internationally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(With inputs from ANI)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"trending-video-player\">\n<p> <iframe title=\"See Latest Video\" data-src=\"https:\/\/api.abplive.com\/index.php\/playmedianew\/wordpress\/1148388bfbe9d9953fea775ecb3414c4\/e4bb8c8e71139e0bd4911c0942b15236\/1818935?channelId=1&amp;view_type=web&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"lazy-video-iframe\"> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-title\"><strong>Salman Khan Birthday: Salman Khan Celebrates 60th Birthday in Grand Style at Panvel Farmhouse<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.abplive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Priyanka Chopra: Entertainment industry now values ideas over connections. 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