Mehul S Thakkar (MUMBAI MIRROR; February 3, 2014)

Last we heard, Parineeti Chopra was looking for a new house. Ask her if she has found her dream home yet and she giggles, "No, I blew up the money I'd saved on a Jaguar. So now I have my dream car but will have to wait for my dream house." The actress points out that growing up in Ambala, she is used to spacious bungalows and her current residence in the city does not match up. "Mumbai apartments are small and cramped. I am living on rent till I can find something better," she says.

So what keeps her rooted to Mumbai? Parineeti confesses it’s the acting bug that has bit her. It’s what she's grown to love even though her dad wanted her to be a doctor. "For him it was either doctor or an engineer, there were no other career options" laughs the actress, admitting that when she told her father that she wanted to study business management he told her that only those who didn’t want to study got into business.

However, he eventually gave in and sent her to London. "After I returned, I told him I wanted to act and he was like yeh kahan se aa gaya. But he didn't stop me," she recalls.

Today he is proud of his little Pari but finds it difficult to put his joy into words. The actress admits that communication has always been a problem with her father and even though they speak everyday their telephone conversations last no more than 30 seconds. "While mom and I can chat for hours, but with dad if I ever speak for more than 30 seconds I wonder if anything is wrong," she says.

Meanwhile, Parineeti's once generous curves have shrunk. Has she finally realised that a heroine's waist size is as important as her talent for histrionics, if not more? "It's not!" she retorts. "Today, the audience is reacting to the heroine’s role as well. No one has a favourite actress anymore, which is great because it gives actresses like me an opportunity to experiment with the roles I want to do and not get stuck with a stereotyped image. Today, viewers go for films they want to see and are ready to give everyone a chance. Waist size should never be the criterion."

So what is? Kisses? After Emraan Hashmi, she seems to have become B-town's new serial kisser. After the steaming lip-locks in Ishaqzaade and Shuddh Desi Romance, a kiss seems to have become an integral part of her movies. Even her upcoming rom-com Hasee To Phasee is being promoted with a kiss. Parineeti seems uncomfortable with the ‘honour’. She says, “I've just kissed in three odd movies! You can give me the tag after I do it in 20 films. For now just wait and watch."
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Upala KBR (DNA; February 3, 2014)

It’s not just men who drool over machines. Ladies do it too, and have super cars on their wish list.
Just a month after Priyanka Chopra bought a swanking Rolls Royce, cousin Parineeti followed suit by gifting herself a Jaguar — for which she had been saving up for some time now.

Says a source close to her, “Parineeti is majorly into cars and had been planning to buy one for years. Last year, she gifted her parents a medium sized car and last week, she surprised everyone on the sets of Daawat-E-Ishq when she drove in a custom-made Jaguar XJL.” Ever since she entered the film industry, Parineeti has been saving to buy the car as it’s her dream machine.

The source adds, “After she bought the car, Parineeti sent a message to her team saying, ‘Bought a Jaguar XJL 2 days ago! Loving it. Just sharing with you since you all have been a reason, I could buy it! Thank you.’ Parineeti feels that whatever she is today is because of her team and she wanted to thank them for it.” No doubt, her team loved the gesture.