'TIGER' MAKER ON ROPING PRIYANKA CHOPRA: VITAL TO HAVE A VOICE INDIANS WANT TO LISTEN
Priyanka Chopra has lent her voice to the latest Disney Plus Hotstar film titled 'Tiger'. In an interview with IndiaToday.in, the film's co-director Vanessa Berlowitz spoke about roping the Bollywood actor for the project.
'Tiger' follows the journey of a tigress named Ambar and her cubs. It is directed by Mark Linfield and co-directed by Vanessa Berlowitz and Rob Sullivan.
While talking about the project, Vanessa Berlowitz said, "We were so delighted when she ( Priyanka) immediately said, 'absolutely, I love tigers'. She does so much. She's an ambassador for the environment. This film really spoke to her. So when she came on board, we could not have been more excited as she did such an incredible job. And we feel so anyway. I think she brought her kind of acting skills. You know, she gives wonderful sort of nuance to the drama and the storytelling. And I think she really got behind Ambar's story as a mum. You know, I think she's got lovely turns of phrases and she brings lovely humour and lightness, but also she really connected with the sort of anguish that Ambar went through."
Having said that, Berlowitz added how they wanted to get an Indian voiceover for the character as Tiger is a part of Indian culture and history. She adds, "It was important for us as well to have a voice that the Indians would want to listen to, because, you know, this film for us, it's important that Indians, love it more than anyone else because we really want Indian kids to see it and to be proud of their forests. And it's a full co-production. So we've made it with an Indian co-producer. We've worked with lots of Indian camera team, our friends who are tiger experts and guides from the country. So it's a lot of reason for Indians to be proud of this show."
Priyanka Chopra was recently in India with her singer-husband, Nick Jonas and daughter Malti Marie Jonas. They came to ring in the festival of Holi with friends and family. On the work front, Priyanka is currently shooting for her upcoming project, 'Heads of State'.
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