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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Possessive punjabi streak, drama-momma, had better be listening

The Punjabi men in Priyanka Chopra's life had better be listening. At 28 today, she's all grown up - till yesterday the actress was daddy's little girl, but now on her birthday... she has one wish to make. "I'd like to settle with a nice Punjabi boy five years down the line,'' Priyanka says. If she is hinting at Shahid Kapoor or Ranbir Kapoor, both full-blooded Punjabis, it's hard to tell.

However, PC adds, "He can be fair, dark or yellow but he must be Punjabi. I have grown up in a Punjabi household and I like the male chauvinist Punjabi. Actually, my choice of partner is a bit more complicated. While I like the possessive Punjabi streak in a man, I also want him to be my best friend. I don't want a father figure. I want someone who gives me space and doesn't stifle me altogether. I'd also love it if my man got into a brawl for me. I'm a complete drama-momma. I'd marry a guy who punches someone's eye because he looked at me. But God normally disposes what I propose. So he may give me the exact opposite of what I am looking for.''

Since her publicity machinery has been on an over-drive, everyone knows that PC and her gang of girls are lounging around like beach bums on a foreign island. "It is only my second vacation in eight years,''
says the Bollywood superstar. And it is only twice in her 28 years that she has been away from her parents on her birthday. Birthdays in the past have usually been at-home affairs.

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had better be listening = ought to be / should be paying attention possessive Punjabi streak = Punjabi possessive streak = Punjabi men like to 'possess' (= dominate) women drama-momma = a woman who likes overt drama and romance in her love life

  • had better be listening = ought to be / should be paying attention possessive Punjabi streak = Punjabi possessive streak = Punjabi men like to 'possess' (= dominate) women drama-momma = a woman who likes overt drama and romance in her love life
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had better be listening = ought to be / should be paying attention
possessive Punjabi streak = Punjabi possessive streak = Punjabi men like to 'possess' (= dominate) women
drama-momma = a woman who likes overt drama and romance in her love life

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