"Not Got Any Work Because Of Priyanka," Says Cousin Meera Chopra

"I had to struggle," said Meera Chopra in a recent interview

Actress Meera Chopra, who is the cousin of global icon Priyanka Chopra, revealed in an exclusive interview with Zoom TV that being related to the Fashion actress "hasn't helped" her in her acting career. Meera made her acting debut with the 2005 Tamil film Anbe Aaruyire and ventured into Bollywood with Satish Kaushik's 2014 comedy-drama Gang Of Ghosts. She works predominantly in southern film industry. Talking to Zoom TV, Meera Chopra said that she "never got any work because of Priyanka Chopra" and that the "only privilege she got" for "coming from a family who knew cinema" was that people took her seriously. Meera Chopra's other cousins - Parineeti Chopra and Mannara - are also actresses. "The only time when I came to Bollywood there was a buzz that Priyanka Chopra's sister is also coming but honestly I have not faced many comparisons. I have not got any work because of Priyanka. If I needed a producer, they have not cast me as I am her sister. Honestly, being related to her has not helped me in my career but it has really helped me in a way that people did take me seriously," Meera Chopra told Zoom TV. She added: "They did not take me for granted as they knew was coming from a family who knew cinema. That is the only privilege I got. Otherwise, I had to struggle. Honestly, with my work like every time my movie used to leave, fortunately, I have not been compared to both of them."