Priyanka Chopra now falls in the list of Padma Shri league of Bollywood actors including Shah Rukh Khan and Amir Khan. She says that this is more precious for her as she receives the award along with Rajinikanth the Tamil Super Star to whom she is big fan.

“He is such a big legend in the field of cinema. To watch him right in front of me being honoured by the President, that was exciting for me.” Said Priyanka.

“I was very excited to get my Padma Shri with Rajinikanth sir. He was getting the Padma Vibhushan but we were in the same room and that was really exciting for me as I am his huge fan,” Priyanka told PTI after getting the award.
“They are not shooting for one day. I requested them to shoot in weekend and my entire cast agreed to do it. They know how important the honour is for me.

‘Quantico’ really made it happen with their schedules. It airs every Sunday, so they can’t stop shooting…” Her parents served Indian Army proudly said the actor and she values the honour to her defence background. “Being from the defence background, I value this award more. My father would have been happy and proud today. My uncle was with me while I was receiving the honour. He was there in his uniform with all his medals shining.”

She dressed very well with a lemon yellow color Banarasi saree the actor said she loves Indian craft. Her debut film in Bollywood in 2003 is ‘The Hero: Love story of a Spy’ day by day her career grew with roots strong with the films like Aitraaz, Fashion, Saath Khoon Maaf, Barfi and latest movie Bajirao Mastani. She acted in a Hollywood film called ‘Baywatch’ opposite to Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron and Zeroing can be seen in few Bollywood movies also.