India in New York February 14, 2014 | Page 12

Bollywood 12 INDIA IN NEW YORK FEBRUARY 14, 2014 ‘I think sleeping is for the weak’ P riyanka Chopra is racing — between film sets, between promotions, between several countries and between two careers. And when she says it is a race where she competes only against herself you have got to believe her for no other Bollywood actress is doing what she is doing, successfully we might add. Even the seemingly unstoppable star has her fears and in a chat with India in New York, she opens about how she deals with the fears; the choices that set her apart; her upcoming film, Gunday; and her new single. You are working with two relative newcomers in Gunday, Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor. What did you learn from them? It’s interesting you asked me this; we were discussing the same thing a few days back. All three of us are almost about the same age, yet I have done more work than both their careers combined. I can’t help it if they started so late (laughs). One thing that I learnt from both of them is when you are new to the industry you tend to magnify things and see it so that they can focus on every little detail and it really helps in your performance. Both Ranveer and Arjun are phenomenal actors. Who was a bigger gunda — Arjun or Ranveer? Me! I am big bully and I enjoy bullying men. Jokes a \