{"id":139040,"date":"2018-06-10T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/priyanka-chopra-sorry-for-quantico-hindu-plotline\/"},"modified":"2018-06-10T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T10:00:53","slug":"priyanka-chopra-sorry-for-quantico-hindu-plotline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/priyanka-chopra-sorry-for-quantico-hindu-plotline\/","title":{"rendered":"Priyanka Chopra &#8216;sorry&#8217; for Quantico Hindu plotline"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Supporters of Hindu Sena, a right wing Hindu group, shout slogans and burn posters of Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra during a protest in June 9 2018\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/13C59\/production\/_101958908_047331177.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Reuters<figcaption>Image caption                                      The plotline on Priyanka Chopra&#039;s show Quantico drew condemnation from some in India                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has apologised after outrage over a plotline on her US TV series Quantico.<\/p>\n<p>A recent episode of the spy thriller showed the main character, played by Ms Chopra, thwarting a plot hatched by Hindus ahead of a summit on Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Many Indian fans were outraged by the show&#039;s story and attacked her online.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Chopra declared herself a &quot;proud Indian&quot; in a tweet and &quot;extremely saddened&quot; by any hurt caused by the show.<\/p>\n<figure>                              Image Copyright @priyankachopra               @priyankachopra                      <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/contact-us\/editorial\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Report<\/a><\/noindex>       <\/figure>\n<figure>                   <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitter post by @priyankachopra: I\u2019m extremely saddened and sorry that some sentiments have been hurt by a recent episode of Quantico. That was not and would never be my intention. I sincerely apologise. I&#039;m a proud Indian and that will never change.\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/socialembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/priyankachopra\/status\/1005521373756903425~\/news\/world-asia-india-44429746\"\/>Image Copyright @priyankachopra                   @priyankachopra                              <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/contact-us\/editorial\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Report<\/a><\/noindex>           <\/figure>\n<p>The episode, The Blood of Romeo, aired on 1 June and showed the main character, Alex Parrish, stopping an attempted terror attack.<\/p>\n<p>Though ostensibly planned by Pakistanis ahead of a summit about Kashmir, the disputed territory in the Himalayas claimed by India and Pakistan, Ms Chopra&#039;s character discoveries it is in fact Hindu nationalists trying to frame the Pakistanis.<\/p>\n<p>Nuclear-armed Pakistan and India have fought two wars over the Kashmir region since partition in 1947.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why India and Pakistan dispute Kashmir<\/li>\n<li>Kashmir territories profile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fans reacted with fury online after the episode aired, with some declaring Ms Chopra &quot;an insult to India&quot; and the episode an attack on Hindus.<\/p>\n<figure>                              Image Copyright @JagratiShukla29               @JagratiShukla29                      <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/contact-us\/editorial\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Report<\/a><\/noindex>       <\/figure>\n<figure>                   <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitter post by @JagratiShukla29: ABC apologises to Indians for Hindu Nationalist Terror Plot portrayed in Quantico.What&#039;s holding Priyanka Chopra back from Apologising?Sell outs like her are an insult to India.She consciously consented for the act.Shame.More power to India &amp; Indians#JaiHind \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83d\udcaa #Quantico\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/socialembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/JagratiShukla29\/status\/1005129938893037568~\/news\/world-asia-india-44429746\"\/>Image Copyright @JagratiShukla29                   @JagratiShukla29                              <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/contact-us\/editorial\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Report<\/a><\/noindex>           <\/figure>\n<figure>                              Image Copyright @neha_aks               @neha_aks                      <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/contact-us\/editorial\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Report<\/a><\/noindex>       <\/figure>\n<figure>                   <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitter post by @neha_aks: That entire episode was not just an attack on Hindus but also an attack on India. Peddling Pakistani agenda that Indians make elaborate plots to frame Pakistan. Shame on @priyankachopra for even thinking such a storyline was acceptable. #QuanticoApology \" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/socialembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/neha_aks\/status\/1005161368146841600~\/news\/world-asia-india-44429746\"\/>Image Copyright @neha_aks                   @neha_aks                              <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/contact-us\/editorial\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Report<\/a><\/noindex>           <\/figure>\n<p>In a statement, ABC apologised for stepping into &quot;a complex political issue&quot; and defended Ms Chopra from the attacks online, clarifying she did not write, direct or cast the show, and nor does she have any input over plots. <\/p>\n<p>Ms Chopra has faced anger from fans before.<\/p>\n<p>She drew ire after she wore a dress that showed her legs in a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year.<\/p>\n<p>And her recent visits to Rohinyga refugees in Bangladesh also caused some anger online.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AFP\/Getty<figcaption>Image caption                                      Priyanka Chopra spoke about the Rohingya refugees after visiting camps in Bangladesh last month                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ms Chopra had won plaudits for her international success after starting her career in Indian cinema.<\/p>\n<p>She starred in more than 50 films there before moving to the US. <\/p>\n<p>Aside from her television career she appeared in last year&#039;s film Baywatch in which she played the villain.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle counts Ms Chopra among her friends, and she attended the recent royal wedding.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Press Association<figcaption>Image caption                                      Priyanka Chopra, centre, went to the royal wedding in May                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Priyanka Chopra: &#039;I hate that we are called Bollywood&#039;<\/li>\n<li>Priyanka Chopra: I don&#039;t like getting paid less than the boys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Quantico was cancelled last month before The Blood of Romeo aired, and only has eight episodes remaining in its third and final series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright ReutersImage caption The plotline on Priyanka Chopra&#039;s show Quantico drew condemnation from some in India Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has apologised after outrage over a plotline on her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}