Snap Chat
Deepika Padukone

What made you decide to do this film?
Siddharth called me up sometime before my first film Om Shanti Om released and he said that there was this script he wanted to narrate to me and when I met Siddharth it was so exciting that I said ‘yes’ to the film that very second and Siddharth was like do you want to take three/four days off, do you want to think about it and then come back. But I knew I want to do the film the minute he gave me a narration.
Which is your favourite song in the film?
My favourite song is Khuda Jaane because I love the lyrics and I love the way it is shot and I can relate to the song and lyrics because I feel the same way. Apart from that I like the title track which is a great remix and I think Vishal and Shekhar have done a fantastic job.
Can you tell us something about your character in the film?
I play the character of Gayatri who is independent yet at the same time traditional. In a certain way she is someone who believes in herself and is very confident and beyond that she is also an emotional person.
How is your look in the film?
Aki Narula has designed my look in the film. It was great working with him. The kind of styling he has done is very trendy yet caters to the Indian cinema and what the audiences are looking for these days. The kind of clothes that he has given my character is very interesting and something that has never been done before. The kind of style and silhouette is new and different.
How was the shoot schedule in Italy?
Italy was great fun. It was 10 days of shooting for this lovely romantic song. I don’t think I would have discovered this beautiful place had we not shot this song there and now since we have discovered it; it’s a place I would like to go for a holiday or honeymoon. The most exciting part of shooting this song was that we would shoot everyday and travel in the evening to another location, set up in the next place and shoot again the whole day. I don’t think anyone has ever travelled so much to shoot one song.
How was it working with Minissha and Bipasha?
I didn’t have much interaction with Bipasha or Minissha except when we shot the music video but they are great girls and hopefully the three of us have been able to contribute enough for Ranbir’s film.
How was it sharing screen with Ranbir? Ranbir is a great co-star; he is really fun to work with. He is someone I have learnt a lot from. Considering this is just his second film, I think he has had a lot of training and experience and he has been able to teach me a lot, at the same time I noticed that he has this kind of equation with Siddharth where he and Siddharth go back and forth on certain ideas and sometimes it is used and sometimes it’s not used but the important part is that he is just so creative and his mind is thinking all the time. It was great working with him.
One memorable incident during the shoot.
For me the most memorable incident was the shooting of the song Khuda Jaane. We were shooting at Puglia and Ranbir and I had to stand on this rock in the middle of the water so we had to go in this little speed boat, both of us were dropped there and the boat had to leave otherwise it would be in the frame. It was the most unreal experience; you have this beautiful clean water with three different shades and with just the two of us standing there and wondering whether something is just going to come out from under the water like a water snake or some scary spooky thing like that, but it was just unreal.