Priyanka Chopra first Indian celeb at Twitter's HQ in New York

Priyanka Chopra

My number one rule of doing something is that no else should have done it before, Priyanka Chopra tells hitlist. The actress-producer, who commands a 14.7 million-strong following on Twitter, engaged with fans on August 15 (August 16 in India) via live periscope at the microblogging site's headquarters in New York.

"I started a Twitter account because no one else had," she chuckled as she went live. Priyanka chatted with Rishi Jaitly, vice president, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Twitter, which was broadcast live.

What makes her visit remarkable is not just that she is the first Indian to visit the NY headquarters but also the fact that the last public figure to be invited was US Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. In 2010, Priyanka had been invited by Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, to visit their headquarters in San Francisco. At that time, she had the highest number of followers on the social networking site among Bollywood celebrities. Now, it's Amitabh Bachchan.

Pratiksha Rao, head of media partnerships, Twitter South-East Asia, says Twitter had long planned to invite Priyanka to visit the headquarters given her rising popularity in the US.

"We planned it around Independence Day since Priyanka, as an Indian, is doing a lot of good work here in America. She discussed the future of entertainment in India as well as globally. She is not just a Bollywood celeb, but a global icon. Fans from various parts of the world tuned in to the live periscope and asked her questions. Some of her fans in New York were also part of the open interaction. She used the Twitter QnA app for the first time too," adds Pratiksha over phone from New York.