Padma Shri is a very important honour for me: Priyanka Chopra

Actress Priyanka Chopra, who has conferred the Padma Shri by President Pranab Mukherjee at an investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday, says Indian awards are very important for her.

The ‘Bajirao Mastani’ star, who has garnered international recognition through her stint in the American TV series ‘Quantico’, also added that her late father Ashok Chopra would have been “very proud” of her.

“Very important…First of all being from a defence family, this means a lot. My father would have been very proud. Getting an acknowledgement for my job is an another feeling all together…It’s an incredible feeling.”

Priyanka says she has left days of shooting for coming back to India, and also praised her the international team for understanding the importance the award is for her.

“Two days of shooting were put on hold to come here. Now the entire cast will work on Saturday because I had to come here. They (international team) never work on weekends, but they understood how important it was for me,” she said.