One
catches
Deepika
Padukone
in
a
fiery
mood.
And
rightly
so.
Right
after
a
very
public
break
up
with
Ranbir
Kapoor,
she
has
found
herself
in
the
midst
of
one
rumour
after
another.
Whether
it
was
her
alleged
proximity
to
Farhan
Akhtar
during
the
making
of
Karthik
Calling
Karthik
(something
which
was
rubbished
in
no
uncertain
terms
by
both
the
actors)
or
her
so-called
refusal
to
work
with
Ranbir
(which
was
again
passed
off
as
idle
gossip
by
people
close
to
the
actor),
Deepika
had
to
face
an
unnecessary
storm
when
she
would
have
rather
spoken
about
her
work.
In
a
happy
professional
scenario
that
she
is
currently
enjoying
with
a
line
up
of
projects
round
the
corner,
she
is
also
(unnecessarily)
forced
to
spend
her
time
and
energy
in
response
to
insinuations
that
she
could
well
be
dating
Siddharth
Mallya.
For
the
uninitiated,
Siddharth
is
the
son
of
liquor
baron
Vijay
Mallya
who
is
also
the
owner
of
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore,
an
IPL
team
for
which
Deepika
Padukone
is
the
Brand
Ambassador.
"If
I
am
sitting
with
the
owner
of
my
IPL
team,
there
is
no
reason
why
I
should
be
linked
up
to
him",
Deepika
flares
up
the
moment
this
topic
of
discussion
opens
up,
"If
I
am
the
face
of
the
team,
isn't
it
obvious
that
I
would
be
sitting
up
with?
I
would
be
there
with
him
supporting
my
team,
right?
It's
but
obvious
that
I
would
also
be
photographed.
But
does
that
mean
I
am
going
around
with
a
guy?
Come
on,
let's
grow
up.
All
of
this
just
doesn't
make
any
sense
at
all."
Perhaps
this
is
also
because
of
her
current
'single
status'.
"You
know,
all
of
this
has
become
way
too
predictable",
Deepika
forces
a
smile
here,
"Every
fortnight
there
is
one
link
up
or
another.
Today,
even
if
I
go
out
with
my
cousin
brother,
I
am
sure
to
see
a
headline
next
morning
with
announcement
of
yet
another
new
relationship
of
mine.
Really,
it's
all
such
a
big
joke
now."
How
are
her
parents
reacting
to
such
'jokes'?
Don't
they
get
furious
when
stories
about
her
daughter
fill
tabloids
for
all
the
wrong
reasons
when
instead
she
should
have
been
in
news
for
the
plethora
of
work
that
she
currently
had
in
hand.
"I
think
even
my
parents
have
really
given
up
now",
she
sighs,
"There
is
absolutely
nothing
for
my
parents
as
well
to
react
at
all.
There
are
no
clarifications
required.
All
they
want
now
is
to
read
about
the
work
that
I
am
doing
and
this
is
what
they
expect
from
people
as
well.
Of
course
initially
it
used
to
bother
them
as
well
as
me.
I
used
to
clarify
about
these
news
pieces
and
everyone
would
understand
that
eventually
there
was
no
truth
in
it
all.
However,
now
since
I
have
been
in
the
industry
for
3
years
now,
all
of
us
understand
that
most
of
the
written
word
is
untrue
after
all."
Story first published: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 13:54 [IST]