Deepika Padukone Talks About Her Upcoming Films With Shah Rukh & Prabhas; Feels The Pandemic Panned Out Creatively

The reigning queen of Bollywood, Deepika Padukone was last seen on the big screen last year in Meghna Gulzar’s critically acclaimed film Chhapaak, in which the actress portrayed the role of an acid attack survivor. It was her first film after a break of two years post Padmaavat. Well much to our delight, the beauty has many exciting projects in her kitty for the coming year and fans can’t wait to see her shine on-screen in one masterpiece after another. During the pandemic, Deepika gave a nod to many scripts as she was able to connect with the characters that came her way and soon after the lockdown lifted, she jumped right into work. The beauty began with Shakun Batra’s next, co-starring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ananya Panday.

In an interview with Femina, the talented and versatile artist shared, “It (Shakun Batra's film) is a relationship story that we haven’t seen in Indian cinema before. Then there is Pathan, an action film with Shah Rukh Khan, next is Nag Ashwin’s multilingual film with Prabhas. Then I am doing which is a remake of Anne Hathaway’s movie The Intern, which is so relevant in today’s times when you have the millennial and the older generation coming together. And then, the most famous story coming out of our country, Mahabharata, in which I am playing Draupadi; I want to tell that story to the world.”

When asked which one is her favorite, Deepika replied that choosing one would be like having five different children and being asked to pick one. She stated that she has always been someone who only says yes to a film when it comes from her gut and she knows for sure that she has something special to offer. She explained, “This year I am going to be doing five films. I think in some ways the pandemic panned out creatively because it was a time when people in the arts were writing and they were coming to me with stories I really connected with.”

Other than these exciting films, Deepika will also be seen in Kabir Khan’s sports drama ’83 with husband and actor Ranveer Singh, and will share the screen with Hrithik Roshan for the very first time in Siddharth Anand’s Fighter.