ACTRESS Priyanka Chopra apologised last Sunday (10) after a furore over a US TV series that showed her uncovering a terror plot hatched by Indian extremists.
The episode of Quantico showed Chopra’s character, an FBI agent named Alex Parrish, thwarting the plan and noticing one of the terrorists wearing a Hindu rosary.
The terrorists had tried to frame Pakistanis for the attack planned ahead of a summit on Kashmir.
The episode, which aired on June 1, triggered outrage in India, with many fans taking to social media to “shame” the actress and calling her a “traitor”. A street protest was also held in New Delhi last Saturday (9) by a fringe Hindu outfit that demanded that she be sent to Pakistan as a punishment.
Chopra, who lives in the US and India, said she was “a proud Indian and that will never change”.
“I’m extremely saddened and sorry that some sentiments have been hurt by a recent episode of Quantico,” Chopra, 35, wrote on Twitter.
“That was not and would never be my intention. I sincerely apologise.”
ABC Studios, the producers of the crime drama, also offered an apology while defending Chopra, who is the lead actress of the show.
“The episode has stirred a lot of emotion, much of which is unfairly aimed at Priyanka Chopra, who didn’t create the show, nor does she write or direct it,” US media quoted the studio as saying in a statement.
“The show has featured antagonists of many different ethnicities and backgrounds, but in this case we inadvertently and regrettably stepped into a complex political issue. It was certainly not our intention to offend anyone.”
