Today
(July
13,
2020),
one
of
the
most
promising
films
of
Deepika
Padukone,
Cocktail,
turns
8.
We
clearly
remember
Deepika
mentioning
in
many
interviews
that
she
understood
cinema
properly
after
the
release
of
Cocktail,
as
the
film
has
helped
her
a
lot
in
exploring
her
acting
arena.
While
we
celebrate
8
years
of
Deepika's
iconic
character
'Veronica',
we
bring
to
you
an
old
interview
of
the
actress,
wherein
she
had
revealed
why
she
didn't
want
to
play
Meera
(Diana
Penty's
character)
in
the
film.
Deepika
had
told
a
tabloid,
"I
would
never
have
taken
up
the
film
if
it
had
any
resemblance
to
Love
Aaj
Kal's
Meera.
That's
precisely
why
I
didn't
take
up
Diana
Penty's
role.
Playing
Veronica
out
of
the
two
friends
was
more
challenging."
Speaking
more
about
her
character
Veronica,
Deepika
had
said,
"When
I
took
on
the
role,
I
knew
I
had
to
play
this
role
with
a
lot
of
confidence.
I
had
to
look
uninhibited,
yet
not
over-the-top.
I
wanted
Veronica
to
look
like
an
extension
of
myself.
Believe
me,
she's
a
loud,
free-spirited
character
and
it
would
have
been
easy
to
over-act.
I
did
not
want
to
get
carried
away."
Directed
by
Homi
Adajania,
Cocktail
also
marked
the
third
collaboration
of
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Deepika
on
the
silver
screen
after
Love
Aaj
Kal
and
Aarakshan.
In
the
same
interview,
when
Deepika
was
asked
how
it
was
to
work
with
Saif,
she
had
said,
"Creating
chemistry
with
Saif
is
never
tough.
We
have
worked
in
two
films
together
and
in
theory
we
should
have
been
bored
at
seeing
each
other.
Strangely,
that
hasn't
happened
to
us.
It's
like
working
with
the
same
set
of
technicians
for
more
than
one
project,
the
relationship
just
improves.
We
feel
the
same.
Also,
I
have
always
felt
that
chemistry
we
share
is
an
intangible
feeling.
Either
you
have
it
or
you
don't."
Cheers
to
Veronica
aka
Deepika
Padukone!
May
she
bring
more
iconic
characters
to
the
table.