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Priyanka Chopra tries to conquer new shores with her role in Quantico

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami
Oct 10, 2015 09:39 PM IST

Has American network television finally moved beyond the tired old tropes of typecasting where Indian characters are concerned?

I caught the first episode of Quantico in the strangest of places: Siem Reap in Cambodia (home to the fabulous Angkor Wat and other equally amazing temples). And such are the quirks of television scheduling that I saw it several days before it was aired in India.

Indian achievers: Kunal Nayyar (left) plays a science nerd in The Big Bang Theory; Mindy Kaling (centre) is the first Indian-origin woman to play a central character; and Archie Panjabi (right) went beyond the stereotype of the academic Indian.
Indian achievers: Kunal Nayyar (left) plays a science nerd in The Big Bang Theory; Mindy Kaling (centre) is the first Indian-origin woman to play a central character; and Archie Panjabi (right) went beyond the stereotype of the academic Indian.
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