Om Shanti Om girl Deepika Padukone, who was apparently seeing cricketer Yuvraj Singh at one time, is now reportedly set to tie the knot with Ranbir Kapoor. But she says she is annoyed with the press for publishing stories about her romantic link-ups saying they will dent her reputation and cause future embarrassment.
“The media needs to be a little restrained. I am a simple girl and from a respectable family. And loose talk about me harms my reputation,” says Deepika, “One day, like any other girl, I intend to settle down and have children. How would those write-ups look at that time? I’m so glad I’ve found a man who comes from the same space and understands the pitfalls of sensational journalism.”
Deepika, Ask her why she and beau Ranbir went public about their relationship, Deepika said: “Because this is the first time I’ve actually and truly fallen in love. Being in love is the loveliest feeling. When two people are getting close they need time to understand one another.” Both of them will be seen together for the first time on screen in “Bachna Ae Haseeno”.Is the image of the boyfriend deserter hurtful?
The media needs to be a little restrained. I am a simple girl and from a respectable family. And loose talk about me harms my reputation. One day, like any other girl, I intend to settle down and have children. How would those write-ups look at that time? I’m so glad I’ve found a man who comes from the same space and understands the pitfalls of sensational journalism. I feel after a point no one will take these write-ups making a tamasha out of my life seriously.
Why did you and Ranbir decide to go public about your mutual feelings?
Because this is the first time I’ve actually and truly fallen in love. Being in love is the loveliest feeling. When two people are getting close they need time to understand each other. I’ve reached an age when I can’t be in a frivolous relationship. Linking me to so many men at a time when I wasn’t sure about my feelings was unfair.
What do you and Ranbir talk about?
Well…we do know what’s going on in each other’s careers. But otherwise we try to keep cinema out of our conversation. We try not to get into one another’s workspace.
It’s amazing but both of you started your careers in Hindi films as fierce rivals in “Saawariya” and “OSO”?
That rivalry was more media-created than anything else. Comparing me with Sonam Kapoor was so uncalled for. We come from two totally different spaces and we started differently. She assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali. I come from the modelling world. And our debut vehicles are so different. Fortunately, we were too involved with our own projects and had no time to think of each other as competition.
How do your parents react to your link-ups?
It used to affect them initially. Now they’re fed up reading new things every morning. We’ve decided to continue with our normal lives.Did the earlier link-ups collapse because of the excessive attention they got?
Quite possible. At the end of the day it was just destiny that I was meant to be with Ranbir and we’re very happy together.
Do you get time to be with each other?
We try to be together as much as possible. We did a film together, “Bachna Ae Haseeno”. That’s when we got close. We had met and interacted earlier, but we didn’t get a chance to know each other well enough. He was busy with his film. I was busy with mine. We were under all kinds of pressure. Everything became very messy. In Australia, when we shot together we started afresh. We almost met like two new people. There was no baggage to be carried forward from the past because even in the past we didn’t part bitterly.
