Gurinder Chadha on possibility of film with Priyanka Chopra: There are definitely plans

Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha, who collaborated with actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas on a song for her new film Christmas Karma, says she doffs her hat to the actor for the way she has built a remarkable career in Hollywood and would love to work with her again on a movie.

Priyanka has sung the Hindi version of George Michael’s Last Christmas for Gurinder’s new film. The Bend It Like Beckham director said the actor was initially hesitant to sing.

“I had lunch with the George Michael Estate (people). And they said, ‘What are you doing now?’ I said, ‘I’m doing a Christmas film’. They said, ‘Well, why don’t you use ‘Last Christmas’? And I said, ‘Well, I don’t have 250,000 pounds to give you’. And they said, ‘Well, if you’re nice, we’ll give it to you. And why don’t you do a Bollywood version?’ And I was like, ‘What?’ It was their idea,” she said.

“Priyanka supported me for so long and has been such a great supporter of all NRIs, particularly Punjabi’s, and particularly women. I called her. And she said, ‘Are you mad? No, I’m not a singer anymore. I’m in a different space’. And I said, ‘Look, it’ll be a laugh. It’s at the end of the film. It’s the fun end titles. We’re all singing along… And then she kind of said, ‘You know what? I’ll do it to support you’,” Gurinder told PTI in an interview.