Priyanka Chopra on takeaway from working on Shah Rukh Khan’s Don: ‘Focus on craft, not relationship with co-actors, director’

The global star shared that to prepare for her introduction scene in Don, she learned Tai Chi under the guidance of her director, Farhan Akhtar. “I took Tai Chi classes and worked really hard to perfect it because I wanted to do it right,” she added.

Talking about a major take away from Don’s shoot, Priyanka Chopra said, “By the time I came to Don, I had realised that the most important thing to focus on is my craft, not your relationships with your director, co-actors, not how you behave on set, but what you do between action and cut.”

The actor added how she began prioritising detailed character homework to ensure each role felt distinct and shared, “A lot of training went into the action sequences in Don, and I tasted blood a little bit,” she quipped, adding humorously, “I look really good with a weapon in my hand defending my country; what can I say?”

Priyanka Chopra ‘s photos and video from the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) 2024:

Don originally starred Amitabh Bachchan and was written by Salim-Javed. After the 1978 film, Farhan remade the film with SRK as the lead in 2006. He then made a sequel in 2011, yet again with Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan in the lead roles.

However, the duo will not return for the third installment. Filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has announced Don 3 but it will star Ranveer Singh as the new Don, alongside Kiara Advani in the female lead. Despite exchanging ideas with Shah Rukh Khan for Don 3, Farhan Akhtar said he decided to cast Ranveer Singh as the script needed a ‘next generation actor’.