Madhu Chopra opens up on daughter Priyanka Chopra's strength after losing her father, "Priyanka has been like a mentor..."

When grief struck the Chopra household with the death of Dr Ashok Chopra, it was Priyanka Chopra who became the emotional anchor for her family, mom Madhu Chopra revealed in her latest interview.Speaking with Debina Bonnerjee, Madhu spoke about how her actress daughter Priyanka dealt with the loss and how the family stayed close and supported each other during that tough time.

Although they knew he was unwell, his passing was still painful. Priyanka later took her mother and brother on a quiet holiday to help them heal. Although the family had some time to prepare for the loss, knowing Dr. Chopra was unwell, the pain of his passing was no less heavy. "We knew he was ill but when the loss actually happened, all three of us were living on our own," she said.When asked how she and the family managed to deal with the loss, she gave due credit to her daughter PC.

“About six months after it happened, Priyanka said, ‘This isn’t working. We have to share with each other, we have to be together,’” Madhu Chopra recalled. “So she took us on a quiet holiday to Turks and Caicos—just the three of us. We weren’t doing anything extravagant, just moving around silently, almost as a defence mechanism, out of care for each other.

”“We spent a week there, bonded deeply, spoke about what we needed to say.

And when we came back, we felt refreshed—ready to get back to work with a new perspective. The pain doesn’t fade, it doesn’t go away. It stays. But you learn how to live with it. It becomes easier when you unite as a family, talk about the person, and process it together,” she said.“A great circle of family and friends is so important,” she added. “It truly helps a person live a healthier, more balanced life.”Professionally, Priyanka will be seen next in the action film 'Heads of State'. She will also be seen in the film The Bluff and the web series Citadel Season 2. Currently, the actress is busy working with director SS Rajamouli on his next.