Ever since Priyanka Chopra’s Hollywood sojourn has begun, the actress-producer is raking in millions. It was Quantico followed by Baywatch and the actress has not looked back since. Her Baywatch co-star Dwayne Johnson heads the list of highest-grossing stars on Instagram. Two Indian stars are among the highest-grossing celebrities on Instagram in the year 2019. Priyanka Chopra and Virat Kohli are the only two Indian celebrities to be included in this list. The website Hopper HQ released a list of these grossing stars on Instagram last year, with the actress who married Nick Jonas last year is at number 28, while Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is up two places at number 26. Last year, Priyanka was ranked 19th and Kohli was at number 23. While Priyanka Chopra Jonas has received about 2.15 crores on a post, Virat Kohli has earned around 2.21 crores from a post. With the world youngest billionaire Kylie Jenner taking second place football player Cristiano Ronaldo at three and Kim Kardashian at number four. At five is Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez at six, Beyoncé Knowles at seven, Justin Bieber at eight, Taylor Swift at nine and footballer Neymar Jr. at 10.
Incidentally PCJ is now the first ever Indian actor to sign a global multimillion-dollar First Look TV deal with Amazon. PCJ has now signed a two-year multimillion-dollar first-look television deal with Amazon. With the two big players in the entertainment business coming together for this exciting partnership, there’s definitely a lot to look forward to. After having a stronghold in the Indian film industry for almost two decades, the superstar switched base to the west and already has created a strong body of work within a span of few years.
“My quest really is to be able to tell female stories, work with creators from around the world and create a cross-pollination of storytelling. Amazon is such a great partner to do that because their reach and outlook is so global. My Amazon television deal is a global deal, so I can do Hindi language, I can do English language, I can do whatever language I want. As both an actor and producer, I have always dreamt of an open canvas of creative talent coming together from all over the world to create great content irrespective of language and geography. This has always been the DNA of my production house Purple Pebble Pictures,” gushes the actress.
On the work front, PCJ has projects like The White Tiger, Matrix 4, Sheela, Cowboy Ninja Viking among others coming up.