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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nPriyanka Chopra<\/a> might have been one of the biggest actors in the world, but in her heart, she will always be her \u201cDaddy\u2019s lil girl.\u201d Over the years, the 43-year-old has expressed her admiration, respect, and close bond with her father. To commemorate his meaningful memories, she inspired herself to draw a tattoo about him on her hand. The actress has been emotive about her father, remembering him at every milestone and honoring him at the interviews. Being vocal about his teachings, she often took his words as a guiding light and proceeded towards her goals. Let\u2019s take a look at the times Priyanka Chopra spoke about her father. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Priyanka Chopra has tied the knot with Nick Jonas, the renowned singer from the Jonas Brothers band. While the singer has also carved his own songs and art during the band\u2019s hiatus, he has also acted in films, including the \u2018Jumanji\u2019 franchise, the \u2018Camp Rock\u2019 franchise, \u2018Midway,\u2019 \u2018Goat,\u2019 and many more. After being married for almost a decade, the couple continues to shine brightest on the internet, sharing an innate bond. They also have a 4-year-old daughter, Malti Marie Chopra. \u201cNick is exactly the kind of person my dad would have picked for me if he had a choice,\u201d she said during her interview with Mythical Kitchen\u2019s Last Meals, before adding, \u201cMy dad’s first love was music. He loved music. He loved singing it. He loved listening to it. He loved admiring the artistry behind it.\u201d \u201cMore than anything, Nick is a really wise soul, a wise person,\u201d she continued, mentioning that the singer is a prodigy in his craft, and said, \u201cand I think that he would have wanted someone like that for me, because that ain’t me.\u201d <\/p>\n In all of Priyanka Chopra\u2019s filmography, one film that stands out as poignant, wholesome, and altruistic is \u2018The Sky Is Pink.\u2019 \u201cI was getting married during this movie and I missed my dad so much at that time,\u201d she said per Vogue, mentioning the film, and continued, \u201cI missed his presence so much, knowing that my mom would be doing it all alone, when it was all that my dad wanted and would keep saying \u2018Main suit kab silwaau, main suit kab silwaau\u2019. It was very prevalent in my brain at that time, and this definitely help me heal.\u201d <\/p>\n Shooting the film helped her deal with the emotions that she could not face before. \u201cI don\u2019t think I knew how to deal with all the emotions I was feeling. Under the tutelage of Shonali [Bose], I was playing Aditi and understanding that death is the most natural thing that we know will happen to each one of us. Instead of mourning the person you have lost, you celebrate the life that was lived,\u201d she said of the time that she was thinking about him. <\/p>\n Priyanka Chopra claimed all girls should be fierce during an interview with India Today. \u201cIt\u2019s very important for us to find agency, find our voice very early. It\u2019s important for us to be surrounded by confidence,\u201d she said. Talking about how the mindset was formed, she revealed that it was encouraged at her home. \u201cMy dad used to always tell me to be the fiercest one in the room, and not be afraid if someone tells you that you\u2019re too fierce, because that\u2019s what happens to girls,\u201d she stated. Calling out the society for their disparaging remarks when any woman tries to be fierce, she continued, \u201cWe are told we are too tenacious, too ambitious, too fierce, too intelligent, but men are called like, what a boss.\u201d <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Priyanka Chopra honored her father with the tattoo a couple of months before he passed away. During the interview with Jimmy Fallon<\/a> for \u2018The Tonight Show, she said, \u201cI was very close to my father. He was my greatest champion, my biggest cheerleader, like the loudest guy in the room. You know if I’d win an award he’d be like, ‘Ahh!’\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe was just like so excited about everything I did. And when he died, it was just quiet in that corner, you know. In that corner of cheer. Even though I have a very supportive family, they weren’t all as rambunctious as him,” she stated, before mentioning that she lied to him about the tattoo. \u201cI lied to him and I told him I needed to write this down because I wanted it for artwork for my album. But he wrote it in his handwriting and it’s my first tattoo,\u201d Priyanka Chopra claimed. Priyanka\u2019s father, Ashok Chopra<\/a>, was a physician and surgeon who served in the Indian Army Medical Corps, retiring as Lieutenant Colonel. He passed away in January 2013 after battling cancer for several years.<\/div>\n![\"Priyanka](\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-131592322\/priyanka-and-ashok-chopra.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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