Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been lighting up big screens for nearly 25 years, but across the past decade, her focus has been on bringing South Asian representation to Hollywood as an actress and producer with projects like Quantico, Baywatch and as the lead of the Citadel cast. Her latest project, "Varanasi," has Chopra Jonas returning to Indian cinema for the first time in years in a huge way. She spoke to CinemaBlend about one reason why she absolutely had to play the mysterious role of Mandakini in the globetrotting action film coming in 2027.<br /><br />In November, I had the opportunity to travel to Hyderabad, India where Varanasi is currently filming to learn about the film from "RRR" filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli. When I sat down with the main cast, i.e. Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mahesh Babu and Prithviraj Sukumaran, we talked about a major part of the film: the music numbers.
