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Conquering Hollywood: Deepika Padukone takes the lead over Priyanka Chopra

PC has made her presence felt in the West, and now DP sets the ball rolling..

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Priyanka Chopra has done it all. Stared down from billboards, been to all the top talk shows, partied with Hollywood actors and even dined at the White House. She is now a known face across America. And now it’s Deepika’s turn. 

The trailer of DP’s xXx: The Return of Xander Cage is just out, and naturally, comparisons will happen when Ms Padukone gets into promotion mode. Which actress dressed better,  which actress was seen at the ‘it’ parties, which actress got more press,  and finally, who won. 

To be fair, one should wait for the trailer of PC’s Baywatch to release before going into the who-did-it-better mode, but Deepika does have the first-mover advantage with the big screen, while PC did with her TV show Quantico.

The xXx promo shows Deepika as gun-toting badass Serena Unger. The Paramount release in India (via Viacom18 Motion Pictures) comes a week before the big Republic Day clash between Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees and Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil and hopes to give the Bollywood biggies a run for their money.

Priyanka’s role in Baywatch sees her as a villain named Victoria Leeds, the film is more about Dwayne Johnson and his team of lifeguards, which has a star-studded line-up. She was introduced in the film’s promotion campaign far later than the rest of the cast. Incidentally, her film (backed by the same studio) releases in India four months after DP’s xXx. The teaser isn’t out yet.

Says an industrywalla, “For now, PC’s everywhere in the US,while DP isn’t. The novelty factor works for her and she might soon amass a legion of fans, like PC did.” The Return of Xander Cage will release in five languages in India and will have more prints and screens in India than any other Hollywood film including The Jungle Book. The first round goes to DP?

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