New Delhi: Deepika Padukone has been a part of many successful films since her debut with ‘Om Shanti Om.’ Her growth, both as an artiste and as an individual has been visible throughout her journey as an actress, in the choice of films and how she portrays her character.
Every Padukone film has left a mark on the minds of the audience where relationships are concerned. Whether it was ‘Cocktail’, ‘Tamasha’, ‘Piku’, ‘Bajirao Mastani’ or ‘Padmaavat’ each of her roles makes us question the way we look at relationships. With ‘Gehrayiaan’, she has gone a notch above her former self, daring to do the kind of role, which not many actresses have attempted so far convincingly and that too, after getting married in real life.
What is more, she has never shied away from playing the ‘other woman’ e.g. ‘Cocktail’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani.’
When Cocktail was released in 2012, people were astounded by Padukone playing the third woman in the film and her character was stereotyped to be ‘bold’ and ‘outgoing’ because her character Veronica was an opinionated woman who made her own choices. The film also featured Saif Ali Khan as Gautam and Diana Penty as Meera. The three leads were shown as friends who met under unexpected circumstances and begin living together. The film smoothly delves into the different aspects of relationships-friendship and romance. Veronica was not an antagonist but a woman with various emotions. The film took the audience into the depth of that.
Cocktail
In this film, Padukone’s character Veronica has no regrets about not getting the man in the end. Not that she doesn’t have problems in living the life of her choice with the man of her choice (Saif Ali Khan). But she is mature enough to exit from his life when she comes to know that he loves her friend Meera, played by Diana Penty.
Tamasha
Although it was not a commercial hit, this Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor – starrer successfully portrays the inner turmoil of two individuals who are drawn to each other in a foreign land, where they can be who they want to be, not who they are. It explores the complexity that both are facing in the relationship. Padukone’s character whose heart and mind are at loggerheads over the man she loves.
Piku
This film shows Deepika Padukone both in the role of a dutiful daughter and a single working woman who want to have a life of her own. But she is duty-bound to her stubborn father played by Amitabh Bachchan whom she also greatly loves. She is mature about her relationship with Irrfan Khan’s character who drives the father and daughter to Kolkata.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewane
This film shows Padukone as a studious girl aspiring to become a doctor. She has been conditioned by her mother but one day, the rebel in her wants to explore the other world of her fun-loving friends. She goes for a trek with her old school friends and we see her coming out of her cocoon. But she does not give up her individuality and her dream of becoming a doctor for the sake of the boy she loves.
Gehraiyaan
In this upcoming movie, Deepika Padukone’s character gets into an illicit relationship with the man her cousin sister is engaged to. The film will be released on February 11.
