Two
films.
Two
hits.
And
Deepika
Padukone
is
comfortably
placed
amongst
one
of
the
top
choices
for
a
heroine
when
it
comes
to
mainstream
Bollywood
cinema.
No
wonder,
she
finds
herself
on
the
hot
seat
as
Sajid
Khan
chats
up
with
her
on
'Sajid
Superstars'.
Find
her
smiling
and
blushing
for
almost
an
entire
episode
as
she
charms
one
and
all
while
facing
the
most
scandalous
and
tricky
questions.
Example?
On
being
asked
to
choose
her
favourite
actor
between
Shahrukh
Khan
and
Akshay
Kumar,
she
replied
-
'When
Shahrukh
Khan
acts,
the
nation
rocks
with
him.
And
when
Akshay
acts,
he
rocks
the
nation'.
A
reply
that
prompted
Sajid
to
insist
that
she
join
the
politics.
Deepika
tells
facts
about
herself
as
a
kid.
Apparently,
she
took
badminton
quite
seriously
in
her
growing
up
years
and
was
amongst
the
Top-3
in
her
state
(Karnataka)
when
she
was
15-16
years
old.
Even
today,
she
maintains
that
given
a
situation,
she
can
give
quite
a
few
a
run
for
their
money
if
asked
to
step
on
the
badminton
court.
Just
the
right
reason
for
Sajid
to
hand
her
over
a
shuttle-cock
as
a
gift.
The
world
is
aware
about
her
alleged
involvement
with
Yuvraj
Singh.
Hence,
it
was
inevitable
that
she
was
thrown
a
query
about
his
presence
at
her
birthday
party.
Deepika's
reply?
'Well,
he
is
a
friend
and
was
there
having
dinner
with
us.
Period.'
Before
being
paired
with
Shahrukh
Khan
in
Om
Shanti
Om,
Deepika
had
made
her
small
screen
debut
with
Himesh
Reshammiya.
Remember
the
video?
Sajid
plays
it
for
the
audience
in
the
show.
Meanwhile
she
appears
to
be
quite
confident
about
one
of
her
upcoming
films
about
which
she
is
confident
that
it
would
be
the
biggest
hit
of
2009.
The
film
has
Akshay
Kumar
as
her
co-star
and
is
titled
Housefull.
The
director?
Sajid
Khan
himself.
Remembering
her
growing
up
years,
Deepika
confesses
that
she
had
a
huge
crush
on
Arjun
Rampal.
Apparently,
the
man
was
understandably
embarrassed
when
Deepika
told
him
the
same
during
the
shooting
of
Om
Shanti
Om.
However,
currently
she
is
all
loyal
and
committed
to
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
admits
that
she
belongs
to
the
'pati
parmeshwar'
variety
who
would
love
to
see
herself
married
to
him
10
years
down
the
line
with
number
of
kids
around
her.
There
was
some
fun
in
store
though
when
she
got
into
'How
well
do
you
know
Ranbir'
round.
When
asked
about
Ranbir's
stint
as
an
assistant
director
in
his
early
years,
Deepika
was
confident
that
Black
was
the
first
film
where
he
assisted
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali.
However,
that
is
not
the
case
since
years
back;
Ranbir
had
started
his
career
with
a
different
director.
Any
guesses?
Story first published: Monday, October 13, 2008, 16:52 [IST]