After winning the Miss World title, Priyanka Chopra made her debut in the 2002 Tamil film 'Thamizhan' alongside Vijay, in which she also sung playback number.
The following year, she made her Bollywood debut with Anil Sharma's 'The Hero: Love Story of a Spy' (2002).
Her first commercial success came with her second release, 'Andaaz' (2003) opposite Akshay Kumar.
Priyanka’s next few films like 'Plan', 'Kismat', 'Asambhav' which released in 2003 performed poorly at the box office.
In 2004, her film 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi' released and became the third highest grossing film of that year.
Priyanka Chopra’s next release, 'Aitraaz' (2004) was a Hindi remake of the Demi Moore starrer 'Disclosure'.

In the same year, she participated in a world tour titled Temptations 2004 with several of Bollywood's leading stars, including Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji and Arjun Rampal.