Deepika Padukone on the Cover Page of Time Magazine as a ‘Global Star’ and talked about her connection with Ranveer Singh and India’s involvement with the Oscars.
Deepika Padukone talked about the political backlash she has received for speaking about politics in an interview with Time Magazine. Deepika Padukone is on the front page of a famous magazine, called Time, as a famous person around the world. She is known for introducing Bollywood to the rest of the world through her work. In 2018, a magazine recognized her as one of the 100 people who had a lot of power.
Deepika was called the most famous actress in a crowded country during her interview. She is wearing a large beige suit on the cover page and no shoes.
TIME's new cover: @deepikapadukone is bringing the world to Bollywood https://t.co/iH3eOa6DV9 pic.twitter.com/5qHimI348t
— TIME (@TIME) May 11, 2023
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Political controversies around Deepika Padukone
Deepika’s movie Padmaavat had protests from Karni Sena, and when she went to Jawaharlal Nehru University to support students who were attacked by a mob caused an uproar.
People have been doubting if she can make money as a famous person, especially since politics in India became more conservative and focused on Hindu beliefs over the past ten years. She acted in a movie called Padmaavat in 2016. It was about a Hindu queen who a Muslim Sultan falls in love with.
Hindu people who were keeping watch set fire to the place where a movie was being made because they heard that two characters were going to have a love scene. A person from a powerful political party called BJP offered $1.5 million to anyone who would chop off Padukone’s head, which made many people very upset.
.@deepikapadukone is bringing the world to Bollywood https://t.co/sqkkn2MM57 pic.twitter.com/E1bYAmsPPz
— TIME (@TIME) May 11, 2023
Last year, Padukone joined a quiet protest by students against a law made by the Indian government which Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads. It is not common for Bollywood stars to join political protests, so it was unusual for Deepika to be at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.
In January, people got upset about the orange bikini that Padukone wore in a song in the movie Pathaan. A minister from BJP party did not like the orange bikini. The reason behind this is that orange is a holy colour in Hinduism and is also used as a symbol by Hindu nationalists.
Despite facing criticism, Padukone did not let it stop her from accepting acting jobs, such as playing a Pakistani spy in Pathaan. She chose not to speak about the controversies.
Workfront
Deepika Padukone is going to act in a new movie called Project K with Prabhas. The movie has a lot of action scenes and will be shown all over India. She has a new movie called Fighter with Hrithik Roshan coming up, which is an action movie directed by Siddharth Anand.
This is her second movie with Siddharth Anand after they made a really popular movie called Pathaan this year. A new movie called Fighter will come out on January 25th. It will have Karan Singh Grover and Akshay Oberoi in it too.