Deepika Padukone On Her Bollywood Journey: I Walked Into The Unknown
Deepika Padukone recently opened up that whenever she used to watch cinema as a kid, there was always something familiar about it, and she knew that this was what she was meant to do.
Deepika
Padukone
has
been
ruling
the
Hindi
film
industry
for
a
while
now.
Her
talent,
charm
and
beauty
have
floored
Bollywood
cinephiles.
Apparently,
Deepika
always
knew
that
she
was
going
to
be
an
actress.
She
recently
opened
up
that
whenever
she
used
to
watch
cinema
as
a
kid,
there
was
always
something
familiar
about
it,
and
she
knew
that
this
was
what
she
was
meant
to
do.
Read
on.
In
an
interview
with
Harper's
Bazaar,
Deepika
said,
"I
think
I
just
walked
into
the
unknown.
We
didn't
watch
too
many
movies
growing
up,
and
most
of
my
childhood
went
into
school
coursework,
and
professional
badminton.
As
a
family,
we
led
a
very
disciplined,
structured
life.
Everything
was
planned.
Cinema
didn't
feature
too
much,
but
whenever
it
did,
it
felt
familiar.
I
always
felt
like
this
is
what
I
was
meant
to
do.
And
it
all
happened
very
quickly."
Talking
about
how
her
Bollywood
journey
began,
she
said,
"Two
years
after
I
became
a
model,
Farah
[Khan]
offered
me
Om
Shanti
Om.
The
rest
of
the
journey,
until
a
couple
of
years
ago,
was
really
about
understanding,
absorbing,
and
discovering
Bollywood
and
myself,
and
making
my
mistakes
along
the
way."
Her
mistakes
strengthened
her,
and
she
began
to
get
more
comfortable
with
herself.
"I
felt
I
finally
understood
what
the
medium
really
is,
and
the
impact
cinema
can
have
on
people
and
society.
I
began
to
get
more
comfortable
with
myself,
and
everything
just
started
making
sense
to
me.
When
you
see
the
film
fraternity
as
an
outsider,
you
imagine
it
to
be
a
certain
way,
and
I
was
not
fearful
anymore," she
said.
After
Padmaavat,
Deepika
will
next
be
seen
in
Chhapaak.
It
is
directed
by
Meghna
Gulzar,
and
is
based
on
the
story
of
acid
attack
victim,
Laxmi
Agarwal.
The
film
is
slated
to
hit
theatres
on
January
10,
2020.