Deepika wants to do a sports film

Sports and Deepika Padukone are inextricably linked, what with her father being a badminton champ.

And now Deepika has gotten together with her father Prakash Paudokne in a project to help needy sports people.

Says Deepika, "My father has just started an organization to help promising individual sports persons. I've decided to be associated with it. I want to contribute not just financially but also by being there for it physically. I'm dying to do a sports film. But no one has offered me any so far."

Deepika moves away from her Lucy Lieu act in Chandni Chowk To China to do a very 'today' film about a contemporary relationship in Imtiaz Ali's film with Saif Ali Khan.

And the extremely contemporary film often found Deepika drawing references from her own relationship.

"It's a very contemporary take on relationships, the way couples feel in this day age. It's a very unusual film. Very real. It will connect with contemporary couples. I sure did connect with it."

Deepika is thrilled to be compared with Lucy Lieu. "I come from a very athletic background. And I wanted to do an action scenes. To be doing somersaults and flips for all those guys who supervised the stunts for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill ... was a big treat."

She did injure her ankle, permanently she thought. "But it has healed miraculously. And I'm raring to do another action film."

Like Kareena, Deepika has decided to stay mum about her personal life. "The only time Ranbir and I have spoken is about each other is when we wanted to confess our love. Then they've been bringing us together, splitting us up ... I'm very secure and happy in our relationship."

Sidelining all speculation about Ranbir Kapoor's mother being disapproving of her, Deepika says, "I've only met her a couple of times and hardly interacted with Ranbir's parents. I've the highest regard for her. Ranbir and I will get to know each other's parents when the time is right. At the moment we're both focused on our careers."

About being called a female Akshay Kumar Deepika laughs, "That was picked up by a journalist who asked me if I wanted to be a female Akshay Kumar. If my words are twisted and played around with, what can I say? I'm just here to enjoy myself. Now I've another chance to be a female Akshay Kumar when we start Sajid Khan's Houseful."

It's choc-a-bloc routine for Deepika.But she says she has time for everything. "Time management is something I learnt very young. I make sure I work very hard. I also get time to relax. We're in a business where we need to get look good."

Then she adds, "But I'm glad people don't think of me as a decorative doll. I take my own decisions on what films to do. Ranbir and I don't discuss work."

A recent trip to Tirupathi with her family also gave the actress a big high, and not just spiritually. "It's nice to know that people recognize me even in the South. We were obviously there for a religious visit. People were extremely well-behaved. They did of course take photographs and ask for autographs.I'd have been disappointed if they didn't."

"It was fantastic working with Saif" - Deepika Padukone

We caught up with Deepika Padukone at the Idea Filmfare Awards 2009 unveiling event at a Mumbai star hotel. The beautiful actress was missing boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor at the event. When asked about Ranbir's absence from the event she replied, "You'll have to ask the organizers that"

Talking about her recent debacle Chandni Chowk To China, Deepika stated, "I would still count it as a great experience. If you work hard on a film or anything and then it doesn't do well, you are obviously disappointed but it was a great experience for me. I learnt a lot from it. It's an experience that pushes me to better myself and my performances."

Speaking about her Imtiaz Ali film, Love Aaj Kal with Saif Ali Khan, she said, "Imtiaz Ali was always on my wish-list of directors to work with and I am glad I am working with him so soon in my career. It was fantastic working with Saif. He is brilliant yet he needs to be taken care of like a child. My character in the film, Meera, is a modern yet traditional girl. She is practical yet emotional in matters of the heart. I think youngsters will relate very well to the love story in the film."

Deepika has also made a small appearance with her debut film hero Shahrukh Khan in coming Friday's release, Billu Barber. Recalling his shooting experience for the same, the tall beauty said, "I shot for three days for Billu Barber shooting the song Love Mera Hit Hit. It actually brought back memories of Om Shanti Om for me. In fact even the caterer, Muthuswamy was the same. Farah and SRK are like family to me and I would do anything for them."

Finally when we asked her plans for Valentine's Day? she cleverly replied, "I am spending the day with my parents."

Deepika Padukone Filmfare Awards Pictures from Idea Filmfare Awards press meet

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A game called love

Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone came together quietly under dramatic circumstances more than a year ago. There was talk that Ranbir was seeing his first costar Sonam and Deepika was oscillating between Yuvraaj Singh and M S Dhoni after her break up with Nihar Pandya.


They have been officially seeing each other for a while but there have been some uncertainties. Of late, there is talk about Ranbir getting close to his new co-star Katrina Kaif and Deepika being spotted with some mystery man.

In the beginning, Neetu Singh seemed confident about her son Ranbir’s relationship with Deepika. Both Rishi and she seemed to accept her as their bahu. In fact, she was even spotted with Deepika at the Lakme Fashion week, which caught the attention of all and sundry.

But now things have changed. Because of the differences, the parents too are uncertain about what the future holds for the young couple. Neetu recently said, “Deepika is just another girlfriend in Ranbir’s life. Both are very young.

There’s a long way to go before marriage. No one knows what the future holds.” The bad thing is that both of them are busy and don’t have time to sort things out. We too wonder what the future holds for the young love birds.