Priyanka Chopra in Quantico. (Image courtesy: Instagram)
Highlights
- We claimed her achievements as our own: Pooja Bhatt
- Pooja slammed trolls for 'making Priyanka apologise' for the episode
- Quantico's recent episode angered several Indian fans
Pooja Bhatt backed Priyanka Chopra over the
Quantico row, a day after
she apologised for a recent controversial episode of her show. Priyanka tweeted her apology over the weekend after
the showrunners issued a statement in defence of their lead actress and now, Pooja Bhatt slammed the social media trolls and said: "When Priyanka Chopra makes a mark for herself internationally we claim her achievements as our own and then threaten to ban her films and make her apologise for a work of fiction that has been created by someone else. Can we please attempt to be larger than that?"
Here's what Pooja Bhatt tweeted:
This was Priyanka Chopra's apology:
The said controversial episode, which aired last week, depicted by Alex Parrish foils the attempt of an Indian terrorist group (which she identifies because of a
rudraksh on a chain worn by one of the terrorist) to carry out their sinister plan.
Priyanka's Indian fans considered it treachery and slammed the actress. Even after Priyanka Chopra issued the apology (above), the Internet appeared to be "unforgiving" and said:
Quantico which first aired in 2015 was Priyanka Chopra's debut American television show. She headlined the cast for three seasons and the show will end with the end of the third - and current - season. Priyanka played the role of Alex Parrish, an FBI rookie accused of being involved in a terrorist activity, who clears her name and is later promoted to the CIA, where she takes up prime projects to save the Americans.
After completing
Quantico, Priyanka will return to India where she will start filming
Bharat opposite Salman Khan.