She
may
have
made
her
Bollywood
debut
with
superstar
Shahrukh
Khan
and
worked
with
biggies
like
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Saif
Ali
Khan
but
actress
Deepika
Padukone
feels
that
she
is
still
not
a
star.
"I
don't
think
I
am
a
star,
I
consider
myself
like
any
other
girl
who
is
of
my
age.
Others
may
be
working
in
office
and
doing
different
jobs.
Similarly
I
don't
think
I
am
doing
something
different..
I
am
also
working.
For
me
it
is
like
I
am
doing
something
that
I
love
and
enjoy
just
like
others
do.
I
don't
see
anything
different," Deepika
said
in
an
interview
here.
From
her
debut
film
Om
Shanti
Om
in
2007
to
her
upcoming
release
Race
2,
Deepika's
journey
has
been
eventful
having
worked
with
the
likes
of
Prakash
Jha
and
Imtiaz
Ali.
"It
has
been
learning
experience.
Every
film
teaches
you
something,
every
experience
on
every
film
set
with
every
co-star
teaches
you
something.
You
learn
something
new.
I
think
the
challenge
is
to
keep
working
harder
and
doing
better.
I
am
enjoying
my
work,"
she
said.
"I
feel
today
I
have
become
a
lot
more
comfortable.
I
think
hard
work
and
always
trying
to
better
myself
is
something
that
is
an
on-going
process,"
she
added.
The
27-year-old
feels
one
can
achieve
anything
purely
on
basis
of
hard
work.
"I
don't
think
you
need
any
kind
of
backing
here
in
the
industry.
I
think
what
you
achieve
in
your
life
is
the
result
of
your
own
talent
and
hard
work.
I
think
I
have
been
lucky
and
fortunate
enough
to
work
with
good
people
starting
with
SRK
and
Farah
Khan
who
gave
me
an
amazing
launch,"
she
said.
"I
am
thankful
to
all
the
directors
as
they
have
shown
faith
in
my
craft.
So
I
don't
think
backing
has
anything
to
do
with
it,"
she
said.
"The
backing
from
my
family,
the
support
has
been
my
strength,
the
fact
that
they
never
questioned
me
about
my
career,
they
never
put
any
pressure,
they
never
stopped
me
from
moving
to
Mumbai,
at
every
level
they
have
supported
me,"
she
added.
Deepika
would
be
seen
in
the
Abbas-Mustan
action-thriller
where
for
the
first
time
she
is
playing
a
grey
character.
"This
is
the
first
time
I
am
playing
a
grey
character
of
a
seductress
who
misuses
her
beauty
and
intelligence
to
get
what
she
wants.
I
don't
identify
with
this
role
as
I
am
not
this
kind
of
a
girl.
But
this
isn't
a
negative
character,
she
isn't
a
bad
girl
but
her
ways
to
get
things
done
are
bad,"
she
said.
"In
real
life
I
am
not
grey,
negative,
my
character
is
like
that.
I
think
the
challenge
in
doing
these
kinds
of
roles
is
that
people
should
love
you
in
the
end
after
watching
the
film.
I
think
that
is
the
biggest
challenge."
The
film
is
a
sequel
to
2008
hit
film
Race.
It
has
an
ensemble
star
cast
including
Anil
Kapoor
and
Saif
Ali
Khan
reprising
their
roles
while
Deepika,
John
Abraham,
Jacqueline
Fernandez
and
Ameesha
Patel
are
the
new
additions
to
the
cast.
"Race
2
just
like
Race
is
very
similar.
It's
very
true
to
Abbas
Mustan's
style
of
filmmaking
with
lots
of
twists
and
turns
right
till
the
end...
You
don't
know
what
to
expect.
All
the
characters
in
the
film
have
grey
shades.
Everyone
has
an
agenda
or
wants
to
take
advantage
of
the
other,"
Deepika
said.
The
dimpled
lass
is
happy
that
she
got
to
work
in
a
stylised
action-thriller.
"This
genre
of
action
thriller
is
forte
of
Abbas-Mustan.
I
haven't
done
a
film
in
this
genre.
When
they
are
directing
you
as
an
actor
they
expect
a
stylised
performance
from
actors.
Everything
is
in
hushed
tones,
very
intense,
not
too
much
movement
and
dialogues
and
I
haven't
done
that
earlier
and
it
was
great
doing
it,"
Deepika
said.
The
film
is
set
to
release
on
January
25.
PTI