Priyanka Chopra - an FBI agent in Quantico and a tough cop in Jai Gangaajal

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has revealed that her preparation for the cop drama, 'Jai Gangaajal' has helped her immensely to portray her character of an FBI agent in her international series, 'Quantico'. She had to juggle her time between these two big projects and, in view of the kind of skill and work that was required for 'Jai Gangaajal', she was ready for my role in 'Quantico'. She has admitted that 'Quantico' became easier because she was already the film.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 23 December 2015.

Incidentally, while she portrays the role a police officer in 'Jai Gangaajal' wielding guns and smashing people with 'lathis', she plays a Federal Bureau of Investigation officer in the international series.
Prakash Jha who directs 'Jai Gangaajal' and also plays a police officer in the movie says that Priyanka was trained Aabha Mathur in Bhopal and she is now showcasing her talent in 'Quantico'.
Priyanka had stayed in places such as Lucknow and Bareily in Uttar Pradesh, during her growing up years and, since she grew up in UP, it was easy for her to do the role. In fact, 'Jai Gangaajal' was "the quickest film in her career" because she had to juggle between two big budget projects namely - a period drama 'Bajirao Mastani' and 'Quantico' at the same time.
'Jai Gangaajal' is set to release on March 4 next year - its music is composed by Salim-Sulaiman.

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Priyanka Chopra is an accomplished actor and with the first episode of ‘Quantico’, an American TV serial, she has announced her arrival in the international arena. Bollywood’s ‘desi girl’ Priyanka Chopra, has earned kudos from Indian film fraternity veterans like Shabana Azmi, Prakash Jha and Shekhar Kapur.
They have hailed her as an ‘international star’ as reported in indianexpress.com dated 4 October 2015. She had earlier got international acclaim in the foreign market with her music singles ‘In my city’ and ‘Exotic’.

She is a former beauty queen and has now made her debut in the fiction space with TV series ‘Quantico’ as Alex Parrish, a rookie FBI recruit with a mysterious past. The show also features actors Jake McLaughlin, Tate Ellington and Graham Rogers. All of them are fellow recruits, and narrate their adventures and experiences as they train at Quantico base in Virginia, and, gradually, secrets of their past start to emerge.
The first episode was about a mysterious pitch with a terrorist attack in New York and the FBI agents under scanner. Priyanka’s character is also a suspect. The story keeps switching from the past to the present, and back and leaves a mysterious vibe about all of agents.
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