She has always been her daddy’s girl. Standing by her father even when he was dogged by vicious controversy. And now, Priyanka Chopra is flying down to Ajmer Sharif to offer a special prayer for the ailing Dr Ashok Chopra. A source close to Priyanka revealed, “Dr Chopra was diagonsed with cancer in 2009. After prolonged treatment, he was quite alright. But it seems the problems have resurfaced.” A concerned Priyanka has been spending as much time with him as possible. The family has been together, with her mother Dr Madhu Chopra and her younger brother, by her father’s side almost all the time. The actress has had her hands full, hopping from Hyderabad, where she is shooting for Krish 3, to Darjeeling, where she is shooting for ‘Barfee’. “Dr Chopra had flown down to Darjeeling to spend time with Priyanka. Father and daughter are very close to each other,” said the source. It was in 2009, that Dr Chopra was diagnosed with the dreaded disease and was hospitalised for a while to undergo a major surgery. At that time he had fondly and proudly said of his daughter, “Priyanka looks after me very well. She was with me in the hospital throughout. There was brief spell of well-being. But in 2011 afgain, Dr Chopra complained of extreme weakness and his alarmed doctors advised him to take rest, but under supervision. At that time, he had gone to the US for the much-needed recuperation. Priyanka was there again by his side, flitting between the clinic and the studios, where she was recording her album.