Deepika Padukone reveals Farah Khan forged her in ‘Om Shanti Om’ with out an audition: ‘By no means felt like I used to be an outsider’ | Hindi Film Information
Deepika Padukone lately spoke about her Bollywood debut and mentioned she by no means felt like an outsider, all due to director Farah Khan. She shared this in the course of the opening session of WAVES 2025 in Mumbai, the place she joined Shah Rukh Khan for a chat titled The Journey, moderated by Karan Johar.
Through the chat, Karan introduced up the insider versus outsider debate within the Hindi movie business. Deepika, who entered Bollywood in 2007 with Om Shanti Om, mentioned, “These are phrases that we appear to be discussing now, insider-outsider. Once I started, it was only a new world. I used to be a 16-17 12 months previous lady, got here from Bangalore, and Farah Khan confirmed curiosity in casting me in a film. I used to be transitioning between Bangalore and Mumbai on the time. She did an audition. I keep in mind doing a gathering together with her as soon as. She mentioned, I needed to fulfill Shah Rukh as soon as. He was taking pictures for Chakde in Australia on the time. She mentioned as soon as he’s again, we’ll do a gathering. That was it. For me, it simply occurred as a result of I used to be a mannequin earlier than that. They’d seen a few of my work. However I by no means felt like I used to be an outsider attempting to make my place in a brand new business. I had the dedication, I had the fervour, I had the dedication, the laborious work. These had been the issues in my management. And people had been the issues that I utilized to what I used to be keen about.”
Debut movie
Deepika’s first movie, ‘Om Shanti Om’, made her a star and marked the beginning of some of the profitable careers in at this time’s Bollywood.
Shah Rukh Khan, who additionally didn’t come from a movie background, shared his personal expertise of getting into the business. He mentioned that when he got here to Mumbai, he by no means felt like an outsider.“Jab essential yahan (Mumbai) aaya tha, I by no means thought ki essential outsider hoon iss liye essential iss duniya ka hissa nahi ban sakta… I believed that is my world… Mujhe laga yeh duniya meri hai… yeh jagah meri hai.”
