Priyanka Chopra has always worn her grief quietly, but sometimes, she lets you in. In a recent podcast appearance, the actor said something that stopped the room — her late father Ashok Chopra, had he been alive, would have handpicked Nick Jonas as her husband. The reason she gives is specific, musical, and deeply moving.
The Music Connection Her Father Never Got to Witness
Priyanka made the revelation on Mythical Kitchen, reflecting on what her father would have made of Nick. She said Nick is exactly the kind of person her dad would have chosen — because Ashok Chopra’s first love was music. Therefore, Nick’s identity as a musician and songwriter is not a coincidence to Priyanka. It feels, in her words, like alignment.
She described watching Nick work in the studio as a source of reinspiration for herself. He creates from instinct, from ideas, and puts things together beautifully, she said. For a father who loved music above most things, that would have sealed it.
“I Am Not Wise — Nick Is My Balance”
Beyond the music, Priyanka gave a remarkably candid reason for why she believes her father would have approved. She called Nick “a very wise soul” and, with characteristic self-awareness, added that wisdom is not something she would claim for herself. The balance you need, the yin to your yang — that was her framing. It is rare for a celebrity to describe their own marriage with that kind of honesty.
Consequently, the picture she paints is not simply romantic. It is of two people who genuinely complete each other in temperament. Furthermore, it speaks to how consciously she understands her own relationship, even years into it.
A Father Who Kept Asking About His Wedding Suit
Ashok Chopra passed away in 2013, five years before Priyanka married Nick at the grand Umaid Bhawan Palace ceremony in Jodhpur. The wedding spanned three days and included both Hindu and Christian ceremonies. However, one presence was missing — the man who had asked again and again, “Main suit kab silwaau?” — when should I get my suit stitched?
In a 2018 Zoom interview, Priyanka revealed that her father’s absence was deeply felt during the wedding. Her mother stood alone doing what both parents should have shared. That image has never quite left the public memory of Priyanka’s wedding coverage, and it remains one of the most quietly heartbreaking details from that otherwise joyful event.
From Wedding Day Loss to a New Family of Three
Priyanka and Nick welcomed their daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas in 2022 via surrogacy. In the Mythical Kitchen conversation, Priyanka said her greatest wish would have been for her father to meet both her husband and her daughter. That sentence carries an enormous weight — three generations in one room that never happened.
She continues to honour Ashok Chopra’s memory publicly. A wrist tattoo bears his name as a permanent reminder. Meanwhile, it seems she also honours him privately — in the man she chose, and in the music that still connects them across time.
