Mindy Kaling And Priyanka Chopra To Be Seen Together In New Hollywood Rom-Com

Mindy Kaling and Priyanka Chopra will be seen together in their new wedding-themed Hollywood rom-com. The film was first announced in 2019. The two will play characters hailing from different cultural backgrounds as the Hollywood film develops around a big fat Indian wedding.

Mindy Kaling and Priyanka Chopra will be playing cousins in their next Hollywood romance-comedy film which revolves around the big fat Indian wedding. Chopra will be playing the role of a Punjabi character from India while Kaling will be seen as an Indian-American Bengali from East Coast. The film was first announced in 2019 as Priyanka Chopra shared the news through an Instagram post.

In an interview with Forbes, Kaling mentioned about the two characters saying, "I have this movie with Priyanka Chopra, she’s Punjabi Indian from India and I’m an Indian American Bengali girl form the East Coast. It’s so different and that’s what makes our dynamic so fun together." With the idea of highlighting the diverse Asian experience, Mindy Kaling is currently producing shows like Never Have I Ever on Netflix and The Sex Lives of College Girls on HBO Max. Asserting that the Asian experience is not "monolith", Kaling further remarked, "On our show, we’re really proud of it, we show South Asian Americans that are from Southern India. Then we show a Muslim Indian girl. Culturally we see how they’re different from each other."

In an interview with FirstPost in 2020, Kaling mentioned that she drew inspiration from Priyanka Chopra and her love for India while writing the movie since she was able to gain a better understanding of India. "What’s so fun about writing that movie is playing with the expectations that Indians and Indian Americans have of each other. I’ve learned so much from Priyanka and her love of India. It’s enhanced my own love and understanding of India," she said.

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