Priyanka Chopra gives a shoutout to cousin Mannara as she navigates her way in ‘Bigg Boss 17’

Indian reality show ‘Bigg Boss 17’, hosted by actor Salman Khan, had a grand premiere on October 15 and it kickstarted with much-needed enthusiasm and drama.

At the grand premiere, Mannara Chopra was the first contestant to be introduced by Salman Khan and she also received special powers by Bigg Boss.

For the unversed, Mannara is the cousin of actors Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Parineeti Chopra.

Less than 48 hours after the show premiered, Mannara was seen teary-eyed as she claimed that her fellow contestant Vicky broke her heart and backstabbed her when she trusted him the most.

She said, ‘Mujhe Vicky ke wajah se bahut bura laga hai. Itne double standards (I am really hurt because of Vicky. He has double standards)’.

Priyanka Chopra has now given a shoutout to her cousin Mannara Chopra. The global actor took to her Instagram stories to share a picture from 2000 where she had won the Miss World title.

She wrote, ‘Throwback to little @memannara. Good luck little one (sic).’

About 'Bigg Boss'

'Bigg Boss 17' is streaming on JioCinema and alternatively also airing on Colors TV from 9 pm.

The theme of the house is 'Iss baar game nahi hoga sabke liye same to same', suggesting that Bigg Boss might not carry on with his time-honoured principle of equality.

'Bigg Boss 17' is also divided into three houses this time namely Dil, Dimaag aur Dum.

The contestants of the show are exes Abhishek Kumar and Isha Malviya, Rinku Dhawan, Arun Mashettey, Sunny Arya, Firoza Khan (popularly known as Khanzaadi), Soniya Bansal, Jigna Vora, Sana Raees Khan, Anurag Dobhal, Munawar Faruqui, Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain, Navid Sole, Neil Bhatt, and Aishwarya Sharma.

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