BOLLYWOOD’S POWER COUPLE
They are the power couple of the Hindi film industry and it isn’t just their screen pairing that makes for hit films, but also their off-screen chemistry. The rumours of an imminent wedding only add to the mystique surrounding the gorgeous Deepika Padukone and the flamboyant Ranveer Singh.
That was the first and most pertinent question that was posed to Deepika and Ranveer after they walked in hand in hand at the 16th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. “There have been many November weddings, as per the media, we have been married several times," said Ranveer, who could not stop complimenting Deepika through the session. “I keep thinking how does one manage to look the way she does,” he said at one point, and “she is the classiest chick I have ever come across" at another.
Deepika said it was dramas and school plays that interested her, “even if it meant playing a tree and standing at the back on stage”. Ranveer, too, was clear about his dreams. “As far as I can remember, I wanted to become a Hindi film hero, big muscles and big guns.” Ranveer said he likes to go through a process to get into character, including isolating himself in a locked room to play Alauddin Khilji in Padmaavat. Deepika, however, said she "can't be as methodical." On the #MeToo movement, Ranveer said it needed courage to come out and talk about something "wrong and unfortunate" and one should stand by the victim. Deepika agreed, and said that #MeToo is not about gender, it is about the right to say no.