Is Planes director Klay Hall enamoured with Priyanka Chopra?

The Hollywood director tells why he roped in the Indian actor to lend her voice for an interesting character called Ishani
Klay Hall is quite excited with the response his recently released animated movie for Walt Disney has received. Titled Planes, this movie is a 3D computer-animated adventure sports comedy film. It’s a spin-off of Pixar’s Cars farnchise. Interestingly there’s a fun character in the movie called Ishani for whom our very own Priyanka Chopra has lent her voice. “For India, I wanted somebody who could represent an exotic, Pan-Asian feel. I looked at several Bollywood and all different types of Asian films,” said Klay Hall about getting Priyanka on board.

But how did the enthusiastic director zero in on Priyanka, we wonder. “I saw this girl in Dostana and she could sing, she could dance and man she could act. Although she is just drop dead beautiful to look at, she really has chops and I mean that in a sincere way. We talked on the phone and there is a depth to the tone of her voice, where she is so sweet and genuine when you speak to her. I found her to be really impressive,” adds Klay.

After being a singing sensation, Priyanka has now become a voice artist. Isn’t PeeCee flying high just like those funky machines from the movie Planes?

Where has the fun, feisty Priyanka Chopra gone?

There was a time when this Exotic babe wouldn’t hesitate to spill the beans about everything under the sun in an interview, even if it raised eyebrows. But wethinks that ever since PC stepped into the international music arena, the conversationalist in her has disappeared

Remember the vivacious Priyanka Chopra who set temperatures a-soaring when she appeared on Koffee with Karan along with her then alleged boyfriend Shahid Kapoor? The dusky beauty was fierce and even took jabs at Kareena Kapoor Khan. Now that was one of the most interesting interviews that Ms Chopra has given, mostly ‘coz she wasn’t trying to be diplomatically correct…except about her oh-so-happening relationship with SK! But the question is – has she consciously replaced what was interesting with what she thinks is safe? Now that she is going global with her music and the Disney movie Planes, is she trying to portray a Miss Goody Two Shoes image? Well, going by her recent interviews, it certainly seems so.

The Barfi! babe is all over the media internationally – be it newspapers, magazines or TV. Every other day there is something said about Priyanka and how she is going all out with her new single Exotic and her role as Ishani in Planes. While she turns up looking uber chic everywhere, the B-town beauty has nothing new to say. And though we can let her get away with that new found ‘exotic’ accent of hers – which is mercifully less twangily American than it has been – she should be fined for singing the same old raag again and again in every interview. Don’t believe us? Check out her chats with various firang reporters online and you will know what we are saying.

We know that the Zanjeer babe – Pinky….really! – is too busy with her work to change things right now, but she needs to understand that her efforts will be in vain if she doesn’t roll a little bit with the wave in her chats. All we are saying is – will the bold, feisty, outspoken Priyanka Chopra stand up and speak…please!