Deepika Padukone To Begin Shooting For Shakun Batra’s Next Post Lockdown; Here’s How She’s Preparing

After leaving the audience in awe with her performance in Meghna Gulzar’s Chhapaak, based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal, Deepika Padukone was all set to win hearts with her upcoming projects. However, the actress had to take a mini break from work along with the rest of the world due to the coronavirus lockdown. While the release date of her sports drama ‘83 was postponed indefinitely, her romantic drama with Shakun Batra was put on hold.

However, the beauty has been making the most of her time at home amid the lockdown and has been reading a few pages of the script every day. In a report shared by Mid-Day, a source was quoted saying, “Deepika dedicates some time of her day daily to read at least a few pages of her Shakun Batra film script. While she doesn't want to over-prepare, she also doesn't want to lose touch with her character completely as that's the film she will start shooting for after the lockdown is lifted.”

Deepika, who is excited to collaborate with Shakun, will be sharing the screen with the gorgeous Ananya Panday and Gully Boy star Siddhant Chaturvedi for the very first time. Other than the untitled romantic drama, the reigning queen of Bollywood will be producing and acting in a retelling of the Mahabharata from Draupadi’s perspective and will also star in a remake of American comedy The Intern.