Bigg Boss season 17 has been making headlines since its premiere episode on Sunday, October 15. Among the contestants, Priyanka Chopra’s cousin Mannara Chopra is also a participant in the Bigg Boss 17. Meanwhile, Priyanka Chopra shared best wishes for Mannara in a heartwarming Instagram post.
Priyanka shared a picture with Mannara, which was captured after Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World 2000 pageant. She wrote in the Stories, “Throwback to little Mannara Chopra. Good luck little one.”
In the photo, Priyanka is seen wearing the Miss World crown and the young Mannara is standing next to her. The post made headlines after the latest updates from the Bigg Boss 17 where Mannara Chopra was seen going through an emotional breakdown and having anxiety attacks.
Mannara expressed that she has been feeling overwhelmed as she claimed that the other contestants have been persistently questioning her about her family. However, at the grand premiere of Bigg Boss 17, Mannara was the first contestant to enter the house and she also received special powers from Bigg Boss.
Mannara, whose real name is Barbie Handa, is Priyanka and Parineeti’s paternal cousin as her mother, Kamini Chopra Handa, is the sister of Priyanka and Parineet’s father Ashok Chopra and Pawan Chopra.
Mannara has been an actress and she primarily worked in South film industry. She starred in the Telugu films including Rouge (2017) directed by Puri Jagannadh, Anubhav Sinha’s Zid (2014), Prema Geema Jantha Nai (2014), Jakkanna (2016), Thikka (2016) and Sita (2019).
Meanwhile, the Salman Khan-hosted reality show is creating a storm not only on television but also on social media. Besides Mannara, the contestants of the current season of Bigg Boss include Abhishek Kumar and Isha Malviya; Rinku Dhawan, Arun Mashettey, Sunny Arya, Firoza Khan, Soniya Bansal, Jigna Vora, Sana Raees Khan, Anurag Dobhal, Munawar Faruqui, Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain, Navid Sole, Neil Bhatt, and Aishwarya Sharma.
(Edited by : Asmita Pant)
