Priyanka Chopra Jonas turned her festive lens inward this week. The actor shared candid moments from her family’s Diwali celebrations alongside husband Nick Jonas and daughter Malti Marie, stepping away from film sets to mark the holiday with candles, marigolds, and home-cooked Indian spreads.
She wore maroon and gold. The ensemble carried dense hand-embroidery across the borders, while Jonas showed up in an ivory kurta layered beneath an embroidered jacket. Photographs from the evening traced quiet rituals: Chopra adjusting her attire to highlight the detailing, the couple laughing beside Malti, and plates of festive sweets lining the table. "Some camera roll favourites from this Diwali. Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali," Chopra posted, drawing immediate greetings across the industry, including a warm note from Namrata Shirodkar. The holiday also follows Jonas’s recent remarks reflecting on their multicultural home, where he noted that raising Malti with Hindu values has been both profound and grounding.
But the quiet domestic pause sits against a relentless work calendar. Chopra is steering her production banner, Purple Pebble Pictures, into an ambitious new development cycle that bridges regional storytelling with major franchise scale.
Purple Pebble recently locked development on 'Ventilator 2', reuniting Chopra with filmmaker Rajesh Mapuskar. Mapuskar, who directed and scripted the original 2016 Marathi-language comedy-drama 'Ventilator', returns to write and helm the follow-up. The original production turned into a critical triumph, taking home three National Film Awards and proving Chopra's instincts as an independent regional producer with an eye for ensemble storytelling. Mounting a sequel signals her intent to maintain deep roots in Indian regional cinema even as her international career commands headline space.
Then comes the tentpole. Chopra is preparing for the rollout of 'Varanasi', the upcoming spectacle directed by SS Rajamouli that pairs her with Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu and Malayalam heavyweight Prithviraj Sukumaran. With Rajamouli steering the ship after a string of worldwide box-office runs, the production represents one of the most closely watched pan-India packages in development.
Pre-production schedules on 'Ventilator 2' are slated to firm up over the coming quarter, while principal updates on 'Varanasi' will dictate Chopra's travel slate into the new year. For now, the lights in the Chopra-Jonas household are dimmed to festive mode, catching a brief breath before cameras roll again.