‘Ventilator’ was Priyanka’s debut production.
Bollywood’s most busy actress Priyanka Chopra who is currently winning the hearts of American audience through her TV series Quantico, on Sunday took some time off her busy schedule to promote her Punjabi venture ‘Sarvann’ in Toronto.
Priyanka had earlier received applause from critics for her debut Marathi Production ‘Ventilator’
‘Sarvann’ is the third film produced by the actress and it tells the coming-of-age tale of a young man living in Canada who returns to India to reconnect with his roots, CBC news reports.
The Quantico star was in Mississauga, Ont., for the international launch of the film and released the trailer. She looked lovely in a black AM PM creation and was accompanied by her mom Madhu Chopra.
“Toronto was very important to me because it has such a massive Punjabi community,†CBC news quoted Priyanka. “I think the Punjabi community is an extremely proud and upheld community in Toronto and I really wanted to bring the film somewhere where it would be appreciated and looked at for what we were trying to make.â€
The movie, produced by Priyanka’s Purble Pebble Pictures and Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Entertainment, features Amrinder Gill, Ranjit Bawa and Simi Chahal in pivotal roles. It was and shot in both Canada and Chandigarh.
“I think there are too many labels that promote xenophobia in the world, so many labels that people are always put into little boxes with. People are people. That’s the way I see it. We all just move around and do our best to survive: move countries, move homes, just to make sure that our families get a better life,†she said.
“There are so many of us who leave India and our cities and go away and travel and live in other parts of the world and lose touch with what is home… I really believe that for anyone who’s been displaced from their home, for whatever the reason might be, if you hold onto your roots, you always have place in the world,†Priyanka added.
Official Trailer of Sarvaan