"I am triple-qualified. I'VE done triple honours in Business, Finance and Economics. I'VE grown up desirous to be a banker, so studying finance was an automated thing," the 23-year-old said.
"I went to England and studied in Manchester Business School. Then I went to London because I NEEDED to work in an investment bank. But recession hit in 2009 and that i wasn't getting jobs and it was not as a result of my qualification, it was because they couldn't give jobs to who weren't British nationals," she added.
That's when she needed to return home.
"I came back to India and that i desired to do an internship for 6 months and that i happened to come back to the Yash Raj Films (YRF) office and that i was very intrigued by this massive studio in Mumbai. So I said let me try," said Parineeti, who made her debut with YRF's "Ladies vs Ricky Bahl" in 2011.
Parineeti, who happens to be actress Priyanka Chopra's cousin, says her close proximity with the profession increased her interest in acting.
"I used to work with actors at very close quarters. My respect for the profession increased, I fell in love with acting, I loved what actors used to do and that i always felt like I MAY do that and that i could do that well. So I MADE UP MY MIND to become an actor," she said.
In "Ishaqzaade", Parineeti is paired opposite filmmaker Boney Kapoor's son Arjun.
