Look Who’s Talking – “I am impatient to find a boyfriend who can live-in with me” - Parineeti Chopra

Fireball, dynamite, spontaneous – there are many terms to describe the phenomenon called Parineeti Chopra.

After Kajol, Parineeti is an actress who is known for the freshness and energy she brings on the big screen. Zee Café’s Look Who’s Talking hosted by Niranjan Iyengar invited Parineeti for a hearty chat this time. And boy, the talk was every bit entertaining!

Parineeti revealed many interesting details of her life that have remained hidden till now. Like for example, did you know that it was Rani Mukerji who motivated her to become an actress. It so happened that one day, while Rani was about to go to a reality show to promote ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’, her manager failed to turned up. It was then that Parineeti, who had just joined YRF, was asked to handle Rani’s work for the day. While sitting in the car for two hours, Rani noted the spark in Pari and inspired her to join films. Although Pari did not take Rani’s suggestion seriously then, but after two months, she did admitted to Rani that she would like to give acting a shot.

Niranjan asked Parineeti to talk about that not-so-confident part about herself. The actress answered, “I am not an insecure person at heart but I know that I am not so good looking as an actress. It is not about my weight as it can be shed off if I work out harder. It is about my body language actually. There are girls who look STUNNING! They look stunning on-screen.”

She went on to say, “I want to look stunning and I am working hard at it. It is not that I want to wear a bikini on-screen and show off my body. I just want to look good and feel like ‘oh my god! I am looking so good!”

Talking about her love for food, she said that she used to eat enormous amount of food once upon a time that resulted in an unhealthy weight gain. And till now, she loves eating pizza the most in her world.

However, it was shocking to know that during the days she was overweight, Parineeti used to eat 3 pizzas, huge cartons of chocolates and a box of Nutella, DAILY! “I had no neck. I was gigantic then. I used to think without eating,” exclaimed Parineeti.

Whoa! And look at her now. We think if she can lose weight, then anyone else too can. No?

Anyway, let’s move on to what more Parineeti said about herself.

Coming from a small town and then getting into acting in bold films, Parineeti’s journey has been quite interesting. But when asked straightaway about how different she is off-screen, here’s what she had to say:

“As open as I am in my films physically, I am exact opposite in my personal life. I am a very shy person. I am slightly orthodox. I don’t have one-night stands or affairs or just date men. I don’t do that. This sounds funny because I have had kissing and love making scenes in almost all films I have done so far.”

And she dropped a bomb, when she expressed a desire to share her house with a boyfriend. “I love living alone. I love coming back home to my own space. But yes, I am impatient to find a boyfriend who can live with me. I really hope I fall for someone soon. And I would really like to have a boyfriend,” said the actress.

Now when the topic was love, it was obvious for Niranjan to drop a question on her rumoured boyfriend Manish Sharma, who directed her in her first film. But, Parineeti came up with an honest reply on that question. She said that Manish is her best friend and she owes her financial and professional success to him. She loves talking to him and spends a lot of time with him. This makes everyone suspect that they are in a relationship. But now, people who have seen them closely say that “oh it is just a platonic relationship.”