‘P iya ka
Chop a
is
best
thi g
to
come
out
of
I dia
afte
yoga’:
Ma age
A jula
Acha ia
ecalls
seve
yea s
of
st uggle
befo e
‘Qua tico’
b eakth ough
P iya ka
Chop a
Jo as
has
established
he self
as
a
global
sta
afte
t a sitio i g
f om
Bollywood
to
Hollywood.
He
lo gtime
ma age ,
A jula
Acha ia,
who
has
played
a
impo ta t
ole
i
guidi g
he
i te atio al
ca ee ,
has
ow
ope ed
up
about
the
yea s
of
ha d
wo k
that
p eceded
he
b eakth ough
i
the
US.
P iya ka
is
ow
p epa i g
to
etu
to
I dia
ci ema
with
SS
Rajamouli’s
Mahesh
Babu-led
‘Va a asi’.
She
is
also
set
to
appea
alo gside
Russell
C owe
i
the
sci-fi
actio
th ille
‘Bluefly’,
co ti ui g
he
wo k
ac oss
I dia
a d
i te atio al
p ojects.
P iya ka
Chop a’s
Hollywood
b eakth ough
came
afte
yea s
of
wo k
P iya ka
made
he
Hollywood
debut
i
2015
as
the
lead
of
Joshua
Saf a ’s
se ies
‘Qua tico’.
The
show
became
a
majo
tu i g
poi t
fo
the
acto
a d
helped
establish
he
as
a
p omi e t
I dia
face
i
the
Ame ica
e te tai me t
i dust y.Howeve ,
acco di g
to
he
ma age
A jula
Acha ia,
the
success
did
ot
happe
ove ight.
Acha ia
evealed
that
she
a d
P iya ka
spe t
seve
yea s
wo ki g
towa ds
c eati g
the
ight
oppo tu ities
befo e
‘Qua tico’
fi ally
cha ged
the
t ajecto y
of
he
ca ee .“With
P iya ka,
people
a e
like,
‘Oh
my
god,
she
was
a
ove ight
success.’
She
was
ot!
We
wo ked
eally
ha d
fo
seve
yea s
befo e
she
was
o
Qua tico
a d
b oke
out
a d
was
o
the
cove
of
Vogue
a d
Va ity
Fai .
We
we e
hustli g
fo
a
lo g
time,”
A jula
evealed
du i g
a
co ve satio
with
i flue ce
Masoom
Mi awala.Acha ia
also
ecalled
what
i itially
made
P iya ka
sta d
out
to
he
a d
why
she
believed
the
acto
had
the
pote tial
to
succeed
i te atio ally.“I
saw
P iya ka
o
televisio
yea s
befo e
I
we t
to
I dia
a d
co vi ced
he
to
come
back
to
Ame ica
with
me.
But
I
saw
somethi g
eally
special
i
he .
Yet,
I’ll
be
ve y
ho est
with
you,
if
whe
I
met
he ,
a d
that
had ’t
come
th ough,
it
would ’t
have
bee
wo th
my
time.
P iya ka
is
i c edibly
u ique.
She
is
o e
of
a
ki d,
a d
I
say
this
to
he
face
as
well.”
P iya ka
Chop a
was
eady
to
ebuild
he
ca ee
i
Ame ica
Acha ia
pa ticula ly
highlighted
P iya ka’s
willi g ess
to
put
he
established
Bollywood
positio
aside
a d
begi
agai
i
Hollywood.
Eve
afte
eachi g
the
top
of
the
I dia
film
i dust y,
the
acto
was
p epa ed
to
atte d
meeti gs
at
eve y
level
to
establish
he self
i
the
US.“The
lack
of
ego
i
that
woma …
Whe
she
was
at
the
top
of
he
game,
she
came
to
Ame ica
with
me
a d
took
meeti gs
with
the
assista ts
of
the
assista ts,
a d
pou ded
the
st eets
with
me.
It’s
so
ema kable
a d
admi able,”
she
mai tai ed.“The e
a e
a
lot
of
sta s
i
I dia
who
wo ’t
be
willi g
to
do
that
wo k.
Whe
they’ e
at
the
top
of
thei
game,
who
would
wa t
to
go
to
a othe
cou t y
a d
pou d
the
st eets?
They
would
wa t
it
all
laid
out
fo
them.
But
P iya ka
was
u ique.
That’s
why
I
say
she
has
o
ego.
She
taught
me
how
to
be
humble,”
A jula
added.Acha ia
said
he
visio
was
eve
simply
to
take
P iya ka
away
f om
I dia.
I stead,
she
wa ted
the
acto
to
become
a
b idge
betwee
I dia
tale t
a d
i te atio al
audie ces.“Whe
I
fi st
came
to
I dia,
eve yo e
was
like,
‘You’ e
goi g
to
steal
P iya ka
f om
us.’
But
I
always
said,
‘No,
I’m
goi g
to
take
I dia
to
the
wo ld
th ough
he .
She’s
goi g
to
be
ou
biggest
ambassado .’
I
thi k,
afte
yoga,
she’s
the
best
thi g
to
come
out
of
I dia.”
Music
ve tu e
p eceded
Qua tico
success
Befo e
P iya ka
fou d
success
o
Ame ica
televisio ,
Acha ia
had
attempted
to
lau ch
he
as
a
si ge .
The
ve tu e
did
ot
wo k
out
as
pla ed,
p ompti g
the
ma age
to
ethi k
the
acto ’s
i te atio al
ca ee
a d
eve tually
stee
he
towa ds
televisio .“I
fou ded
a
label
with
Jimmy
Iovi e,
fo
which
I
sig ed
P iya ka
Chop a
17
yea s
ago.
It
failed
a d
did
ot
lau ch
P iya ka
as
a
si ge .
I
pivoted
to
ma agi g
he
a d
the
ma aged
he
ca ee
i to
televisio .
Although
she
questio ed
it
fo
a
lo g
time,
we
eve tually
came
to
the
co clusio
that
it’s
a
path
wo th
taki g.
I
was
still
i vesti g
i
compa ies
a d
doi g
multiple
thi gs,
juggli g.
At
that
poi t,
we’d
made
o
mo ey.
Qua tico
b ought
ou
fi st
eal
paycheck.”The
success
of
‘Qua tico’
eve tually
ope ed
the
doo
to
seve al
i te atio al
oppo tu ities
fo
P iya ka.
Si ce
the ,
the
acto
has
co ti ued
to
build
a
ca ee
spa i g
both
I dia
a d
Weste
e te tai me t.
