By: DhrithiGulvadi
Deepika believes romantic relationships are difficult to maintain once one reaches the top. She believes it is tough to find a person who can handle the success of their partner.
Deepika said on losing many relationships during the course of her career, “Some of my personal relationships have become stronger with time but I have seen some of my friends, who have distanced themselves from me. Some of my school friends have become much closer than before because we all make efforts to stay in touch. A lot of people could not handle the success that came my way and sort of disconnected. I am not upset about it. That’s just the way life goes. People who are closest to you and matter understand.”
Deepika also admitted that it is not easy to have a man who is okay to earn lesser than his partner. She said, “As far as romantic relationships are concerned, they are complicated because it is difficult to find someone, who understands your success and your passion for what you do. Someone who understands that maybe you earn more money (than him). It (at the top) is a complicated place to be in.” Deepika spoke these statements at the launch of the biography of veteran actress Hema Malini titled Beyond the Dream Girl.
She added, “To be honest, I don’t think it’s (being number one) something I have given too much thought to. Like Hema ji said, it’s more something that is given versus what you want or expect for yourself. The intention really is to do just good work. All of us are extremely passionate about our work. The constant endeavour is to work with challenging directors, learn and grow. Maybe somewhere along the way, success happens and tags that are given are given. It’s a very unique and an interesting place to be in. There are many sacrifices. You have to be extremely dedicated. Like, I haven’t gone to college. My 11th and 12th also I just managed to finish because by then I had become a successful model, and while I lived in Bengaluru then, I still had to go to Mumbai and Delhi a lot of times for work. Then I tried doing my first year of degree, I couldn’t do that. I tried distance education, I couldn’t do that as well. So, I am just 12th pass, which back then my parents had a lot of issues with. They only wanted me to start working after I completed a basic degree (course). That’s a very conservative Indian way of looking at it that you need to have something to fall back on. But somewhere along the way, they realized how passionate I was about what I wanted to do and one day, things just changed. They felt I was extremely focused and overnight, I had wings to fly. I don’t think I would have achieved what I did had they not been so supportive.”
On the professional front, Deepika Padukone will be next seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati along with Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh in the lead roles. The film is scheduled to release on December 1.
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