She is among the most sought-after faces in the modelling industry today, especially after featuring in the 2006 Kingfisher calendar. The daughter of badminton star Prakash Padukone, Deepika will now take the next logical step — into cinema.

But, even as rumours of her acting in Hindi films did the rounds, she signed a Kannada film called Aishwarya, opposite Upendra. She has also, reportedly, bagged a role in Farah Khan’s Happy New Year.

On the sets of Aishwarya, Deepika sets the record straight.


What happened to your film with Farah Khan, starring Shah Rukh Khan?


I don’t want to talk about any Bollywood offers because talks are at a preliminary stage. Some of them have been proposals, that are yet to come to an initial discussion stage. I want to make a good decision. For now, my focus is on this Kannada film.

Tell us about your music video with Himesh Reshammiya.

I heard the track and liked the music. The lyrics were also good, not sleazy. I enjoyed working on it, but I have no plans of working on anything similar.