Parineeti Chopra opens up about overcoming depression with brother’s help!

Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra reveals she was "down in the dumps" for almost a year, but her brother Sahaj assisted her in overcoming depression.

Parineeti spoke about the person close to her heart ahead of the TV premiere of Hollywood romantic drama movie "Me Before You" on Romedy NOW on Saturday.

"I think every human being who considers themselves to be emotionally evolved, always have this one very big event or one person who comes into their lives and completely changes the way they think. And I can say very confidently that happened in my life," Parineeti revealed in a statement.

"A couple of years ago, I went through a very low phase emotionally in my life where I was really down in the dumps. It wasn't like a person especially came into to my life, but it was a person who has always been in my life my brother Sahaj. Sahaj was the guy who was my voice of reason, he was the calming factor. He is the guy who knows me, he knows my pulse, he understands me, he understands the grain that I am made of. So, speaking to him, being with him everyday really used to give me that confidence in myself and really took me out of that phase," she further added.

Parineeti told her battle against depression lasted for "almost a year", but she fought it and emerged a "more positive" person.

"So, Sahaj thank you and I love you. You are my baby, you are my brother, you are my life, you are my soulmate, and no man will be able to ever replace that, and I am proud to say that I love you," Parineeti revealed.

My brothers know everything about my love life and the gossips, reveals Parineeti Chopra!

Parineeti Chopra shares a very warm relationship with her brothers - Sahaj Chopra and Shivang Chopra. In spite of staying in different cities, the siblings manage to stay connected with each other and are aware about every minute particulars of their lives.

Given that Parineeti is often busy with her shoots and her brothers stay in the different cities, the trio isn't able to catch up with each other on Rakshabandhan. When questioned about it in an interaction with a tabloid, Parineeti told, "All of us are in different parts of the country. I am in Mumbai, Shivang is studying in Pune and Sahaj is working in Ambala, so the last time we were together for this festival was in 2006, when I was living in India."

She further adds, "We talk to each other and video chat. I make sure that my rakhis reach them and it's the time of the year when I spoil them, so I send them traditional gifts and money as well."

Probe Parineeti if her celeb status has ever affected her equation with Shivang and Sahaj and she disagrees, "They always tell me how their friends are like 'oh you are Parineeti's brother' and they would be like 'We forget that are you a famous person and the world knows you'. When my brothers talk to me or scold me, or whenever I am crying or I need to talk about my life, me being an actor doesn't matter."

Like any other brother-sister, Parineeti-Shivang-Sahaj share a very close bond and they are the first to know about any happenings in the actress' life. She concludes, "I talk to them almost every day. They know everything about me; my personal life, my relationships, all the gossip, my love life, my financial problems... they know every single decision I am making before the world knows about it."