When there is Salman Khan, there is sarcasm. The same happened again during one of the press briefing at the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in Madrid, when Salman gaged Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone.
The press conference was also the trailer launch of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Mirzya. Salman had actually missed the trailer, so he asked for a replay. To watch the trailer he left the podium, and asked everyone including Shahid Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and others to sit with him.
Everyone except Deepika and Priyanka left the stage. The two actresses were busy have a conversation on the stage. And the Dabang star took no time in making fun of them big time.
“These two ladies have now gone abroad, doing Hollywood movies,” Salman joked. “They don’t have anything to do with Indian cinema now.”
Both Priyanka and Deepika are making quite a buzz in Hollywood. While Priyanka’s TV series Quantico is making waves and she has also recently wrapped up shooting of Baywatch with Dwayne Johnson.
Deepika, meanwhile, is set for her international debut with Vin Diesel’s XXX: The Return of Xander Cage. She hoped that more actors from Bollywood will be able to plunge into Hollywood for mainstream roles, instead of small roles, which were also offered to her.
“I have been offered roles in the past itself but I don’t think I was ready and I don’t think I was excited enough,” Deepika said. “As an actor I don’t think I was ready for the challenge before.”
“You have to look everything that you get as an opportunity,” she added. “There is no role that’s too small or big. It is all about what you make of the opportunity.”
