Watch out Bollywood beauties, you have some serious competition coming your way.

The new hot and happening leading lady has arrived, and her name is Parineeti Chopra. She may be a cousin of Piggy Chops aka Priyanka Chopra, but there’s more to her than meets the eye. For starters she is not the conventional looking Bollywood gal. Her charm lies in her unusual, to a great extent indescribable, magnetism — she is perky and has loads of natural spunk. Then she is a terrific actress, and to gauge the verity of this claim only watching Ishaqzade’s trailer would suffice.

Finally, she is a classically trained singer and might soon do her own playback singing. Parineeti C is here to stay, and Priyanka C might endorse that. She knows her cousin with a never-say-die attitude quite well.

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