Priyanka Chopra reveals 'shady insides' of big screen

Chopra is one of India's highest-paid and most popular entertainers. She had received numerous accolades, including a National Film Award and five Filmfare Awards.

While looking back at her journey in the film industry, the actress shared how the profession can be so merciless for women at times. Recalling an incident when a Film director felt devastated after losing out on two movies following a botched up nose surgery, she revealed, "I felt devastated and hopeless."

The actor went with the procedure after she found it there was a polyp - a benign growth - in her nose.

Doctor "accidentally shaved the bridge of my nose and the bridge collapsed", When the surgery ended, I along family members were "horrified" to see the results.

"Every time I looked in the mirror, a stranger looked back at me, and I didn't think my sense of self or my self-esteem would ever recover from the blow," she added. "As if the physical and emotional pain of the original and subsequent corrective surgeries weren't enough, this was a terrible blow."