Deepika
Padukone
has
been
in
a
tizzy
ever
since
Shammi
Kapoor
asked
her
out
for
coffee
via
Twitter.
The
actress
is
very
fond
of
the
veteran
actor
(and
vice
versa)
despite
her
break-up
with
actor
Ranbir
Kapoor
(Shammi
is
Ranbir's
grand
uncle).
What's
in
a
name...
Talking
about
it
Deepika
says,
“I
was
very
excited
when
Shammiji
messaged
me
on
Twitter.
I
didn't
know
he
had
messaged
me
because
I
was
busy
performing
for
the
IPL
opening
ceremony.
After
my
performance,
I
was
flooded
with
messages
in
my
BlackBerry
Messenger
and
Twitter
about
Shammiji
tweeting
me.
Till
then,
I
didn't
even
know
Shammiji
was
on
the
website
as
his
name
comes
as
Shamsher
Raj."
Deepika
says
she
is
very
excited
when
Shammi
asked
her
over
for
coffee.
"I
remember
him
as
the
Paan
Parag
uncle
and
in
the
Yahoo
song
in
Junglee.
I
have
always
been
a
big
fan
of
his.
It
was
really
sweet
of
him
to
message
me.
I
thanked
him
immediately.
“I
am
jumping
at
the
opportunity
to
meet
him
for
coffee.
I
have
finished
the
first
schedule
of
Pradeep
Sarkar's
Lafange
Parinde
and
now
starting
on
Kunal
Kohli's
Break
Ke
Baad.
After
I
complete
my
shooting,
I
will
go
out
on
my
date
with
Shammiji."
Deepika
has
recently
changed
her
Twitter
ID
from
@DeepikaCalling
to
@deepikapadukone.
"Now
it's
verified
too
and
I
have
finally
got
my
proper
name."
What
did
Shammi
Kapoor
say?
Last
week,
Shammi
Kapoor
had
tweeted,
"Hi
Deepika
-
would
like
you
to
communicate
maybe
could
meet
over
a
cup
of
coffee
at
my
place
-
love,
Shammi
uncle." And
after
Deepika
had
performed
at
the
inaugural
function
of
IPL
at
Mumbai
he
had
tweeted
again,
"You
were
the
best
that
IPL
offered
today
-
Love."
Story first published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 15:40 [IST]