Meet Bollywood's army brats

Gone are the days when only star kids were the ones who got that dream launch. The recent trend shows that quite a lot of them hail from the army background. Let’s see who all have fit the ‘drill’

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9. Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra made it really big by winning the title of Miss World 2000 which made her entry into Bollywood somewhat of an obvious choice and despite speculations, she didn’t disappoint. Both her father and mother come from the Indian forces – her father, Dr Ashok Chopra, and mother, Dr Madhu Akhauri, were both physicians in the Indian army. As with all army kids, even Priyanka travelled extensively from India to the US &
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9. Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra made it really big by winning the title of Miss World 2000 which made her entry into Bollywood somewhat of an obvious choice and despite speculations, she didn’t disappoint. Both her father and mother come from the Indian forces – her father, Dr Ashok Chopra, and mother, Dr Madhu Akhauri, were both physicians in the Indian army. As with all army kids, even Priyanka travelled extensively from India to the US & back to India for her education which gave her a pretty good exposure to various cultures and helped shape her personality which was instrumental in winning the beauty pageant. And thankfully Bollywood got to experience that charm.
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