Director
Farah
Khan,
considered
the
mentor
of
Deepika
Padukone,
says
the
actress
is
like
a
polished
diamond
now.
Farah,
49,
gave
the
'Chennai
Express'
actress
her
first
break
in
Bollywood
seven
years
ago
with
the
romantic
reincarnation
film
Om
Shanti
Om.
"She
has
really
grown
as
an
actress.
She
was
a
rough
diamond
when
she
started
her
career
in
2007
but
in
these
seven
years
I
feel
she
has
become
a
polished
diamond.
She
is
like
my
kohinoor," Farah
said
during
the
promotion
of
her
upcoming
directorial
venture
Happy
New
Year
in
the
capital.
Though
Deepika
has
improved
as
a
performer,
Farah
feels
she
is
still
the
same
for
her.
"She
has
not
changed
as
a
human
being
for
me.
We
are
still
like
mother
and
daughter.
I
feel
the
equation
never
changes
with
family
no
matter
how
big
you
become,"
she
added.
Deepika
plays
the
role
of
a
bar
dancer
Mohini
Joshi
in
Happy
New
Year,
which
also
stars
Shahrukh
Khan,
Sonu
Sood,
Abhishek
Bachchan,
Boman
Irani
and
Vivaan
Shah.
Asked
who
is
the
best
dancer
among
the
lot,
Farah
joked,
"Vivaan
was
the
best
and
happy
dancer
in
the
film
because
he
never
tried
to
learn
steps
and
did
whatever
he
felt
like
during
the
shooting."
The
film,
which
will
release
on
October
24,
is
a
story
of
a
team
of
six
losers
participating
in
a
dance
competition
in
their
attempt
to
pull
off
the
greatest
diamond
heist
ever.
"I
feel
this
is
the
biggest
and
toughest
film
of
my
career.
We
had
fun
during
the
shooting
of
the
film.
It
was
tough
to
make
them
shoot
together
because
they
were
busy
in
their
own
pranks,"
Farah
said.
PTI