Ever since her music video ‘Exotic’, featuring Pitbull was released, Priyanka Chopra has been under attack for not only the content, but also her outfits. But the actress sounded remarkably composed when TOI spoke to her about the criticism.
“I believe there is no need to be judgemental. Women have been wearing net dresses for ages now. I have worn it myself so many times, recent instance being at TOIFA. It is one of the most common combinations for a sexy outfit,” she says.
PeeCee draws our attention to the other outfits she has worn for the video. “I am also wearing this silver top and shorts with chains. Then there is this whole ‘80s style neon swimsuit with comic book shoes. All these things are not being talked about and instead, we are stuck debating this outfit which comes for barely 10 seconds,” she says and laughs throatily. Incidentally, the outfit in question looks quite similar to the ones worn by pop divas in the West and more recently by Jennifer Lopez in a music video with Pitbull.
The actress-singer says she does not really care about those who are consistently trying to write her off. “When somebody wants to pull you down and talk negative, then they will do so anyways. For me, it is a new thing to sing and perform in an international music video and I did it,” she says and adds rather candidly, “I may not be the most path breaking artiste in the world but then, I have tried to do something different. I am trying to expose the world to Bollywood music without it being stereotypical. They say that an India song is bound to have 100 dancers in the background. We have done it differently here. I wanted India and I to go mainstream. If that is an effort which cannot be supported, then it’s fine.”
