{"id":53736,"date":"2018-06-17T19:11:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T02:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=53736"},"modified":"2018-06-17T19:12:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T02:12:00","slug":"we-stand-by-priyanka-varun-on-quantico-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/we-stand-by-priyanka-varun-on-quantico-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"We Stand by Priyanka: Varun on \u201cQuantico\u201d Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

File photo of Priyanka Chopra attending PaleyFest New York 2016 “Quantico” at The Paley Center for Media in New York, Oct. 17, 2016. (Jewel Samad\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Varun Dhawan has defended Priyanka Chopra, who faced a lot of flak in India for the plot of an episode in her American TV show \u201cQuantico.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chopra, 35, took to Twitter recently to clear the air around the episode, titled \u201cThe Blood of Romeo,\u201d which featured \u2018Indian nationalists\u2019 planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Manhattan and frame Pakistan for it days before a summit on Kashmir.<\/p>\n

At a press conference of the International Indian Film and Academy (IIFA) in Mumbai, June 12, Dhawan, Bobby Deol, Kriti Sanon and Ayushmann Khurrana were asked how much involvement actors have in their characters, in view of the \u201cQuantico\u201d controversy.<\/p>\n

Khurrana said, \u201cWhen you play a character, you have your own thought and that can\u2019t be right or wrong. You\u2019re following a script, a director and that\u2019s your first responsibility…There are all kinds of opinions, you will get backlash when you take one side. You can\u2019t escape this.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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File photo of Priyanka Chopra as she accepts the Favorite Dramatic TV Actress award for ‘Quantico’ onstage during the People’s Choice Awards 2017 at Microsoft Theater, Jan. 18, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Christopher Polk\/Getty Images for People’s Choice Awards)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To this, Dhawan added, \u201cTo end it, Priyanka Chopra has made the entire country very proud and we stand by her. There\u2019s nothing else.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chopra, in her apology, had called herself a \u201cproud Indian\u201d and said she was extremely saddened that sentiments were hurt.<\/p>\n

ABC also apologized for stepping into a \u201ccomplex political issue\u201d with the story, saying Priyanka was not to be blamed as she did not have a creative control over the episode.<\/p>\n

Chopra, who became the first Indian actor to play a lead role in an American TV series, portrays FBI agent Alex Parrish in the show, which is currently in its third and final season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

File photo of Priyanka Chopra attending PaleyFest New York 2016 “Quantico” at The Paley Center for Media in New York, Oct. 17, 2016. (Jewel Samad\/AFP\/Getty Images) Varun Dhawan has defended Priyanka Chopra, who faced a lot of flak in India for the plot of an episode in her American TV show \u201cQuantico.\u201d Chopra, 35, took…<\/p>\n

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