Scared to go on sets: Priyanka Chopra

National Award winner Priyanka Chopra admits playing an autistic character in Barfee has been her toughest assignment to date. The actor recalls visiting several homes in and outside Mumbai to understand autism after agreeing to work on the project.

I’ve never been so afraid of visiting Kolkata as I have been while shooting for Barfee,” says Priyanka Chopra, who plays an autistic character in the movie directed by Anurag Basu and shot largely in the City Of Joy. The National Award winner admits that it’s the toughest assignment of her career so far.

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“Getting into the deep dark world of my character gives me the jitters although Anurag and Ranbir have always helped me get my cues and scenes right. Sometimes, I’m just so scared to go on the sets because I turn into someone who is difficult to relate to in a normal situation. I’ve to get into the person’s psyche and act in such a way that I don’t look as if I went overboard or simply overacted.”

Without taking names, the actor, who is also going to make her singing debut with a private album next year, recalls that after agreeing to work on the project, she visited several homes in and outside Mumbai to understand autism.

“In many cases, I’ve seen that the individual possesses extremely high levels of intelligence. Like someone is excellent at solving mathematical problems without using a calculator or a paper and pen. Some are gifted with memory that’s sharper than an elephant’s. Meeting them amazed me. It made me realise that we’re way inferior, although we seem normal,” states Priyanka, who has just completed work on Agneepath with Hrithik Roshan and will start filming Krrish 2 with him in December.