Deepika Padukone has revealed her dream roles and genre as she opened up about industry challenges.
The Om Shanti Om actress turned 40 on Monday, January 5. Ahead of her big day, Padukone hosted a fan meet-and-greet event, Hindustan Times reported.
During the event, the Pathaan starlet expressed her desire to star in a rom-com movie while noting the producers are not interested in making such films.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani actress told her fans, “I really hope very, very soon. As you all know, it is also one of my favourite genres, as an audience member 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.”
Following Padukone’s revelation, fans started to scream Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and her husband, Ranveer Singh’s names for roles opposite to her in a rom-com movie.
The post then took a poll for all three actors; while Roshan and Khan also received fans' votes, the loudest cheers were for Singh.
The Bajirao Mastani actress also opened up about how the rom-com movies face challenges by the writers and producers, as they did not back films in lighter genres.
She said, “This is something that even my team and I keep looking out for constantly. We’re constantly looking for drama, love stories, and rom-coms – these genres. But I feel like there are very few producers backing that kind of content or very few writing that right now.”
Padukone, who last starred in Fighter, Kalki 2898 AD, and Singham Again in 2024, is all set to make a comeback on the cinema screen with Siddharth Anand’s King alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Atlee’s yet-to-be-titled film with Allu Arjun.
