Parineeti Chopra, the chirpy and jovial actor was recently on Koffee with Karan with a co-actor Aditya Roy Kapoor. She opened about a lot of things which included Depression as well. She confessed about the difficult time she had to go through as she hadn’t experienced any low point in her career. She felt depressed during this time.
“After Daawat-e-Ishq and Kill Dil flopped, I hadn’t seen such a phase in my career. I went through a low phase on my personal front, my financial situation, my house, everything; all the departments in my life were down.”
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Pareeniti like many people did not speak about her turmoil with depression in one go. She herself realised this as she said,
“You asked me “are you depressed” and I so happily said “No”. But there was a time when I was really depressed. Actually, you’ve (Karan) also seen me, I’ve cried in front of you.”
She spoke about people who were there to stand by her side and supported her during this difficult phase of her life. She has come out of her ordeal only to be stronger.
“I always thought that I am a very strong person but my down time showed me that I was actually quite weak. But today, I’m a stronger person. Now if anything goes wrong, God forbid, but, I know I have the strength to handle it.”
Parineeti Chopra has boldly fought through a low phase of depression. There have been many other celebrities from Bollywood like Deepika Padukone, Karan Johar and even other celebrities like Selena Gomez who have bravely fought depression.
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