Desi girl Priyanka Chopra signs Disney's animation film Planes

After cementing her position in the Indian film industry and taking the music world by storm with her latest album, Priyanka Chopra has now landed a Disney-UTV Hollywood animation film Planes.

The model-turned actress will lend her voice to an aircraft called Ishani. The film Planes is being directed by Klay Hall, who has also directed The Simpsons.

According to sources, the makers of the movie were looking for an Indian voice for the Asian character of Ishani. Apparently, when Klay's office got in touch with UTV's Siddharth Roy Kapoor, he recommended Priyanka to them.

The actress will be dubbing for the original English version of the film, which is slated for release later this year. No decision has yet been taken taken on the Hindi version of the film.