When Priyanka Chopra busted myths about Bollywood, schooled Seth Meyers on his show

Birthday girl Priyanka Chopra might be working predominantly in Hollywood now, but in a 2018 appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, she busted a few misconceptions about Bollywood.

Host Seth Meyers admitted to Priyanka Chopra that for the longest time, he believed that Bollywood was a genre. Priyanka said that this is one of the many stereotypes about India that she is irritated by.

She said, “That’s what annoys me so much. I didn’t even think I realised that when I was working in Hindi films that Bollywood has been reduced to a genre, when it’s not. We have action and drama, it’s like Hollywood, but Bollywood’s not even a place, Hollywood is a place. At Trader Joe’s I saw Bollywood flavoured pop corn. How do put a flavour to an entire industry? What would Hollywood’s flavour be?”

She continued, as Seth laughed, “So what is annoying is that it gets reduced to such a stereotype, which it’s not. Though music is a very important part of our movies, but they’re not all breakout-into-random-synchronised-dancing… Every industry has its own stereotype; every country has its own stereotype.”

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Priyanka, who transitioned from being a beauty queen to one of the top female actors in Bollywood, made inroads in Hollywood with a leading role in the now-cancelled series Quantico. She also appeared as the villain in the Baywatch film. Her last two releases — We Can Be Heroes and The White Tiger — debuted on Netflix back-to-back. She has struck a multimillion-dollar first-look deal with Amazon Prime Video, which will allow her to produce content across languages and genres. She will star in the streamer’s spy show Citadel, and executive produce a reality series based on the ‘sangeet’ ceremony in Indian weddings.