At the age of 17, Priyanka Chopra Jonas won the title of Miss India 2000, Priyanka`s parents, both Indian Army physicians who had recently established a hospital in the Uttar Pradesh town of Bareilly, abandoned their thriving private practice to relocate to Mumbai because her career had taken off, the decision which Priyanka took for granted at the time, until she became a mother, as per the actor.

The mother of the performer was in her 40s, which is the same age as Priyanka at present, when she prioritized her daughter`s profession over her own. Priyanka mentioned in a recent interview that she would readily surrender her career and relocate to a different country if required for her daughter, Malti Marie Chopra Jonas. Malti was born to Priyanka and her singer spouse Nick Jonas in January of last year.