Film Om Shanti Om accomplished 10 years in Bollywood lately
and with this movie, Deepika Padukone completes 10 years in Bollywood as well.
The actress has gone on to astonish all with her acts in flicks like Piku,
Cocktail, Goliyon Ki Rasleela - Ram Leela and Bajirao Mastani.
When a tabloid questioned Deepika how it feels to be at the
top of her game in Bollywood presently, the actress responded, "Sometimes,
I find it hard to believe that 10 years have gone by. One of the life-lessons
my father (Prakash Padukone) gave me when I started out was that getting to the
top may not be as hard as staying there. For some reason, that thought keeps
coming back to me. And today, I understand what he said. It has not been easy.
At the same time, I value everything that I have today because I have worked
very hard to get to where I am. There have been struggles, sacrifices, immense
amount of dedication and discipline that I have given to my career because I
love what I do so much. I value what I have because it has not come easy. In
the initial years of my career, I faced a lot of criticism. But I have never
been afraid to take risks, to acknowledge that there might be areas that I need
to work on. I had made my weakness my strength and worked further to enhance my
strengths and to keep on learning."
On how fame has affected her daily life, Deepika disclosed,
"If I break it down to the brass-tacks, I don’t really think that much of
my stardom or status. I’m a regular girl who wakes up each morning and goes to
work. It is as simple and basic as that. I run my own home, the way anyone else
may run their home. I am a self-made woman. I moved out of home at a very young
age. So, I always knew how to juggle my professional and personal
responsibilities. Personal life doesn’t only mean relationships. It means
juggling your family time, it means running a home. Taking care of your staff,
of your plumber or carpenter or electrician. When I break it down, my life is
no different from anyone else’s."
On the film front, Deepika will next be seen in Sanjay Leela
Bhansali's Padmavati which also starsRanveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor. Padmavati
is scheduled to release on December 1, 2017.
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