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Meera Chopra
Indian actress
Meera Chopra | |
|---|---|
Chopra in 2018 | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Nila |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse | Rakshit Kejriwal (m. 2024) |
Meera Chopra is an Indian actress and model who appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi-language films. In Tamil films, she is credited as Nila. She went to SGTB Khalsa College, Delhi University, but later dropped out of college to pursue her career in movies.
Early life
Chopra was born in India. Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra, Parineeti Chopra, and Mannara Chopra are her paternal second cousins.
Film career
Meera's Tamil debut was with the 2005 film Anbe Aaruyire, in which she starred with S. J. Surya. Her second film was Bangaram, a Telugu-language film starring Pawan Kalyan, followed by her critically acclaimed performance in M. S. Raju's Vaana. Much later she made her Bollywood debut in Vikram Bhatt's 1920: London, with Sharman Joshi. She's also worked in Satish Kaushik's Gang of Ghosts, produced by Venus. Meera is set to work in Nastik opposite Arjun Rampal which is set to release in late 2021. She played Anjali Dangle in a 2019 film Section 375 with Akshaye Khanna and Richa Chaddha.
In 2023, she was cast in a movie dealing with women's asexuality called 'Superwoman'.
Personal life
Chopra married businessman Rakshit Kejriwal in Jaipur on March 12, 2024.
Filmography
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television
References
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I never got any work because I was Priyanka Chopra’s sister: Meera Chopra - Exclusive
Why did you decide to do Safed?
Two reasons primarily.One, I don’t get films like big actresses get. So, that bracket is already closed. Neither I can chase them nor I'm getting calls from them. So, the bracket that I entered with Section 375, Safed is in the same bracket. When Sandeep called me for this film, he gave me the script and wanted me to play the role. I went back home with the script. It was only a 70-page script so I read it quickly. I finished it but I was not sure, because it was a difficult read.
I hadn’t seen the world that Sandeep had written in the script. So, it was a completely dark, new space, yet very beautiful. When I woke the next morning, the script stayed with me. I couldn’t get over what I read. That’s when I called Sandeep and told him that I wanted to do the film.
Tell us something about the unconventional love story in Safed...
What Sandeep has tried to show is that these are two sections of societies that are completely rejected. We are not talking about transgenders, but kinnars (eunuchs) who are born like that. They can't reproduce. We are talking about that section of society, and then these kinds of widows who are thrown out of their houses. Sandeep decided to introduce two young people from these two sections of society and they fall in love with each other, because they find solace in each other's rejection and isolation.
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Priyanka Chopra’s cousin Meera Chopra says she would’ve had ’20 hit films’ with insider support, calls Bollywood ‘a cult’
Meera, who marked her acting debut with the 2005 Tamil film Anbe Aaruyire, recalled her successful career and said, “In the South, I never went out and looked for work. I was not even interested in the South because I am a very North Indian Punjabi girl. The language was always an issue for me. Every movie I did there, I told myself, ‘This will be my last film’. Yet, I ended up doing about 25 films. It was because they were offering me work and the money they gave was so tempting.”
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However, Meera’s journey was not as easy in Bollywood, where she had to start from scratch. She said, “I have heard stories of people who have been dying to work down South meeting the wrong people. I never faced that; in fact, I faced this in Bollywood. Here, I was going out and looking for work. I never got work served on a platter.”
She added, “Its a little scary to start with. Its a very close knit industry. A lot of people don’t know what goes inside. Nobody knows where to start. When I came here, I didn’t know if I need to meet a certain director, and how I need to go about it. Nobody shares their numbers, and even if they do, the person never replies to your messages.”
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Meera said that she let go of her ‘ego and attitude’ when she decided to look for work in the Hindi industry. “I came from a very successful career, and I had the confidence that I will be able to make it. When you come from a successful career in one industry, it becomes difficult to start from scratch in another,” shared Meera.
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Priyanka Chopra’s cousin Meera Chopra reveals designers ‘unabashedly’ declined to give her outfits for Cannes: ‘Only for A-listers’
During an interview with the Hitflik YouTube channel, she shared that there is a significant corruption problem in the country that adversely affects genuine talent. Despite having prestigious events such as IFFI and MAMI, many films are being accepted at IFFI through questionable means, often referred to as 'jugaad.' It is essential to eliminate these practices and prioritize authentic talent. When individuals attempt to promote their lesser-quality projects in festivals through unfair methods, it undermines the integrity of those festivals.
Meera further added that even the National Film Awards are ‘losing their mojo’. “We used to look up to National Awards even six-seven years back, but now you see mediocre films being awarded. I think people need to take it more seriously,” she said. She did, however, discuss her experience attending the renowned Cannes Film Festival, even though her film was not included in the official selection when she made her remarks about film festivals serving as platforms for self-promotion.
She further added, “I was more concerned about which designer’s clothes I’ll be wearing, where my jewellery and clothes were coming in from… In India, they’ve made such a huge deal of who’s wearing what at these international events. I was not getting the great designers I wanted, because all the gr