Chopra's High On National 'Fashion' !

Even as Katrina Kaif assenting to a drastic fee cut for 'Rajneeti' has been cajoling director Prakash Jha to doctor her role cannily keeping the National award in mind, an arch rival has beaten her to that win.

Priyanka Chopra is on cloud nine. Er, make that cloud nineteen! The charming Chopra asserts that she was pleasantly shocked when she was announced winner of the 'Best Actress' National award for her rivetting performance in 'Fashion'! The 56 th National awards committee has certainly gladdened her heart and a sleepless Chopra confesses in a newspaper chat, "I'm really excited. I was hoping but not really expecting it, as there were nominations from other regional films too and I was told that they were really good."

Incidentally, it took over six months of persuasive cajoling from director Madhur Bhandarkar, before she agreed to greenlight 'Fashion'. Says Priyanka, "I wasn't confident at all of playing the difficult role of Meghna Mathur and wanted to beg off, but Madhur was persistent. He was confident that I would be able to do full justice to it." Bravo Bhandarkar!

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