Deepika Padukone celebrated her 40th birthday on Monday (January 5) and just a few days before the occasion she had hosted a fan meet in Mumbai. Videos from the event have been going viral on social media and one of them shows expressing interest in starring in a rom-com. In the video, fans cheer for her to do it with Ranveer Singh, Hrithik Roshan or Shah Rukh Khan.
When she was asked when she will be doing a romantic-comedy, Deepika replied, “I really hope very, very soon. As you all know, it is also one of my favourite genres, as an audience, and also as an actor. I just feel like the climate right now or the environment right now…I feel like the audience is seeking something else. But if so many of you want a rom-com, I’m sure that’s a large part of the public that wants that.”
As soon as Deepika said that, a fan screamed Hrithik Roshan’s name from the sidelines, while another wanted the film to star two men. The host also took a poll on whom the actor should star with in this rom-com: Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan, or her husband, Ranveer Singh. While Hrithik and Shah Rukh also received cheers, the loudest were those for Ranveer.
Deepika also asked the audience if they would be upset if she worked in a rom-com for an OTT versus a theatrical. The actor also spoke about how producers and writers aren’t backing films in lighter genres, saying, “This is something that even my team and I keep looking out for constantly. We’re constantly looking for drama, love story, rom-com, these genres. But I feel like there are very few producers backing that kind of content or very few writing that right now.”
Deepika was in news recently for stepping away from Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit and the sequel of Kalki 2898 AD. She will next be seen in Shah Rukh Khan’s King, directed by Siddharth Anand.