Priyanka Chopra Jonas has confirmed she will work with Angelina Jolie on a future project, without sharing details. Right now, she is filming S S Rajamouli’s Varanasi alongside Mahesh Babu and Prithviraj Sukumaran, and she spoke openly about a career built on
Priyanka Chopra Jonas didn’t leave much room for speculation—at least on one point.
She has confirmed she will be working with Angelina Jolie. though she did not disclose what the project will be or when it will happen. The announcement landed in the same period that has already been busy for her in global headlines. with Chopra recently pointing to another major collaboration involving Orlando Bloom.
The Jolie confirmation came with its own kind of suspense: Chopra described preparing to work alongside Jolie in a future project. but offered no further specifics. For fans. it’s a familiar feeling—one of the industry’s most watched stars stepping into a meeting of worlds. without the usual details that usually follow.
For now, Chopra is firmly anchored in India’s big-screen orbit. She is currently filming Varanasi, an ambitious global action-adventure epic directed by S S Rajamouli. The film places her on screen with Mahesh Babu and Prithviraj Sukumaran. with Chopra sharing that she’s entering another high-pressure stretch after decades in entertainment.
In an interview with Fortune India. Chopra framed her career the way she seems to live it: not as a path of guarantees. but as a series of decisions that start with curiosity. She said she has never kept a “glass ceiling” for herself. and that she leads with curiosity—describing it as a gamble when she walks into “uncharted territory.”.
That approach stretches back to the choices she’s already spoken about before. She pointed to her Tamil film debut opposite Vijay in Thamizhan, and to roles she described as less predictable and more challenging, from Aitraaz to Barfi and Bajirao Mastani.
The same risk-forward mindset also shows up in the way she talks about building beyond acting. Chopra has produced films through her production company Purple Pebble Pictures, invested in Bumble, and launched her haircare brand Anomaly. She’s not separating her professional life into “one world” and “another.” Her own framing suggests a broader ambition: take opportunities. do her best work. then build enough agency to choose what comes next.
In Varanasi, that sense of momentum is matched by her enthusiasm for the director herself. Chopra called Rajamouli “a treasure of Indian cinema,” praising what she described as his unique vision and confidence—adding that it’s “infectious.”
After nearly 25 years in the entertainment industry, she said she still sees herself as a student. She explained that she has enough experience to know her job well, but insists there is “so much room for growth.”
She also described how her career is shifting as she moves between Hollywood, entrepreneurship, and her return to Indian cinema. She said when she started, scripts were not customised for her, and that she can now pick and choose and create her own projects.
Chopra also brought personal advice into the picture through words she said were shared by her husband, Nick Jonas. She recalled him quoting Beyonce: “You are on the other side of your sacrifice.”
And as she looks forward—toward Jolie, toward whatever comes next—Chopra named the women who continue to inspire her: Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie.
For Chopra, it isn’t just about landing another famous co-star. It’s about the same underlying belief she keeps returning to: the most meaningful work, she says, is the work you step into without knowing exactly how it will turn out.
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