Actor-turned-entrepreneur Parul Gulati spoke to India Today Digital about her fondness for Priyanka Chopra. She said that PeeCee inspires her to “have it all” in life.
Parul, popularly known as ‘Nish Hair Ki Malkin’ after her Shark Tank stint, also spoke about her plans to pursue a career in films amid her flourishing business.
Parul Gulati spoke to India Today Digital about how she wishes to streamline her acting career, given her love and passion for acting remains constant despite her flourishing business. She said, “I’m extremely grateful for doing what I absolutely love. I consider myself lucky that I have managed to create multiple work opportunities for myself which keeps me occupied through the year. Acting will always be something that I will be most passionate about. It’s also important that I credit my team. Whether it’s for my business or whether it’s my team of managers and publicists for my acting jobs, I’m blessed to have a super supportive team.”
Talking about how she envisions her career panning out, she said, “I haven’t done a theatrical project, yet. Whatever work I have done so far has been either for OTT or Punjabi films. It’s definitely something I enjoy doing but I’m also wanting to bag a project that’s meant for the silver screen. This is also because I haven’t done a single Hindi film till date, so doing one is definitely on my bucket list. I did Silence [film] but again, that was an OTT release and not a theatrical Hindi feature film.”
“At this point, I’m really itching to do a film because that’s always been my dream to watch myself on the big screen,” she said.
Speaking of her idols from the film fraternity and who she’d like to collaborate with in the future, Parul said, “My idol will always be Priyanka Chopra. I’m a huge fan of her work and not just that, also how she is as a person. Her career graph of successfully being an actor in both Bollywood and Hollywood, while also running her own business in the beauty industry — PeeCee is one woman who knows how to do it all.”
She further added, “I love Priyanka because she is multi-faceted — from being an actor, producer, running her restaurant, to being an entrepreneur – there’s not a single thing I feel that Priyanka cannot do. She inspires me to have it all and I feel it’s that drive which also inspires many other women out there. Hence, Priyanka Chopra will always been my inspiration and someone who really look up to.”
Apart from this, Parul said she is “manifesting” to work with filmmaker Imtiaz Ali: “As an actor, the one director I am really manifesting to work with is Imtiaz Ali. It’s my dream to be an Imtiaz Ali heroine. When it comes to him, it doesn’t matter whether it is a film or a show, it has to be him and I would readily work with him. Who doesn’t want to work with him and be the heroine of the cinematic world that he creates?”
She also said, “All his female characters are so well-carved and beautifully written that one can’t help but fall in love with those varied layers that he depicts through his lovely characters and storyline. They are beautiful, crazy and layered, all at the same time. Imtiaz really empowers his women characters amazingly well and I’m really hoping I get to work with him super soon.”
Parul Gulati is known for her work in films, television and TVF skits. She has been a part of projects such as Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout, Girls Hostel, Made in Heaven Season 2, and others.
