He finally gave up. He got rid of this danger by teaching people to pronounce his name correctly. Priyanka said, “I didn’t have to change my name when I came to this country. But I had to teach people to pronounce my name. This happened two decades after I came to America to find work. People couldn’t pronounce my name correctly at all. Again and again I called Chopra as Shapra. At that time, almost everyone had to say – Chopra. Not Shapra. If you can pronounce ‘Oprah’, then Chopra.” You can. It’s not that difficult.”

Priyanka did not stop here. He also had to keep the question of his ethnicity under wraps to get work in Hollywood. He says ‘I was quite insecure about my ethnic identity. I did not become fully American. Again it is true that the character is not found here even though it is completely Indian. As a result, I used to play the role of a half-Indian-half-American.’ For example, Priyanka gave the example of the movie Quantico, which she acted in. He says, still in America, it is quite difficult to act in Hollywood only as an Indian.

Priyanka said these words at the official release of Kabir Bedi’s next Stories In My Life: The Emotional Life Of An Actor (Stories In My Life: The Emotional Life Of An Actor). Kabir’s next book is written as an epitaph on the ups and downs of his life, both personal and professional. The book talks about love, relationships, ups and downs of his personal life. The veteran actor said that the ideology of Bedi’s life, the change of that ideology will also be captured in this book.