It’s evident she anticipates a question about Priyanka Chopra, who
is also negotiating the waters in Hollywood. The Quantico star is set to appear in the Baywatch movie opposite another heavyweight
action star, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. There have been murmurs that the
friendship between DP and PC, who swore undying loyalty only a year ago while
filming Bajirao Mastani,
has subsequently soured. On that, Padukone will say nothing. On their
relationship and the parallels being drawn, she is characteristically stoic.
“We have had very different beginnings. I still remember I was in school when
she won Miss World! I’ve known her for many years and nothing has changed.”
Rejecting the notion that the two actors are in competition over similar career
trajectories, Padukone insists that “everyone will have a different path and a
different journey.” “What she wants from her career will be very different from
what I want and that needs to be understood and respected,” she says.
Is it lonely at the top? “Well, I wouldn’t know. My focus has
always been on the journey… on doing good and challenging work and enjoying the
process,” she says.
Padukone would rather focus on the positives. In the weeks
ahead, she’ll reunite with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and her boyfriend Ranveer
Singh for their third film together, an ambitious costume drama on the life and
tragic death of Rani Padmavati. She’s chuffed that the conversation around
mental health and depression has only gotten louder since she set up the Live
Love Laugh Foundation less than a year ago. Vanity
Fair recently
featured her in their prestigious portfolio, Hollywood’s Next Generation. And Forbes has her down as the 10th richest
actress in the world (the only Indian on a list comprising Jennifer Lawrence
and Julia Roberts), noting that “she earns less than her Hollywood counterparts
for roles but compensates with over a dozen lucrative endorsements.” “I’ve
never been driven by money. It has never been my priority or ambition. But it
makes me happy to know that when I focus on the things that I love doing and
I’m so passionate about, it can result in something like this,” she says of the Forbes ranking.
For Padukone, success is measured by the journey and not the destination, she
insists. “As long as I can sit here and enjoy the experiences I’m having, the
rest is gravy.” Some pasta with that can’t hurt.
Read
the complete interview in Vogue India’s November 2016 issue that hits
stands on November 7, 2016.
Photographed by Tarun Vishwa; Styled by Anaita Shroff Adajania;
Creative direction by Sabyasachi Mukherjee
Concept: Sabyasachi Mukherjee. Hair: Daniel Bauer/Artist Factory.
Make-up: Anil Chinnappa. Production: Temple Road Productions; Divya Jagwani.
Art direction and prop styling: Dipankar Dasgupta. Photographer’s assistants:
Raju Raman; Nishant Radhakrishnan. Assistant stylist: Priyanka Kapadia.
Production assistant: Janine Dubash
Rajeev Masand is the entertainment editor at CNN-News18
In this story: DEEPIKA PADUKONE, FOUNDATION, JENNIFER LAWRENCE, JULIA ROBERTS, LEELA,PRIYANKA CHOPRA, RANVEER SINGH, SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI
From: Vogue India
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