The first promo of Goldie Behl’s Drona which began airing from last week, might have got the filmmaker good feedback, but has left the leading lady of the film, Priyanka Chopra, completely shaken and miffed, according to her close friends. The entire promo, which lasts for a minute, does not even feature the briefest glimpse of Priyanka Chopra. It’s Abhishek Bachchan all the way. Our source says, “The first teaser promo of Drona is out, and surprisingly, Priyanka is nowhere in it. It might be the strategy of the producers to start with the promotion of Abhishek Bachchan since he plays Drona, but Priyanka, who is one of the top stars in the industry today is not terribly happy about being ignored completely.” Reportedly, she sulked and moped for a whole day when she saw the first promo. When contacted, Shrishti Arya, producer of the film, said, “It’s not true that Priyanka is upset. Priyanka is a very close friend and she has loved the promo. If she was upset I would have known about it, since I have already met her twice after she saw the promo. She gave me no indication. It is all part of the promotions and she will also feature in the promo later, that’s been decided already.” Priyanka remained unavailable for comment. However, her spokesperson did attend to our call, and said, “Priyanka is not the kind of person to get affected by all this. She knows the marketing strategy of producers.” Meanwhile, the relationship between Abhishek Bachchan-Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra-Harman Baweja is somewhat fractured. Abhi-Ash are a little allergic to Priyanka’s boyfriend Harman, and this probably rubs off on her as well. Recently, the Bachchans even enquired if Harman’s publicist had spread the story of Ash being tipsy and giggly during a recent awards function. Wonder if this has anything to do with Priyanka being left out, or is it purely a marketing strategy. ... read more »