Deepika Padukone reveals she will always be ready to star in an SRK film irrespective of the length of her role
Deepika Padukone on Friday said she never thought about the length of her role in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Jawan' as she has a lot of love for the actor and would always be there for him. Deepika, who made her debut opposite Shah Rukh in 'Om Shanti Om' in 2007 and has collaborated on films like 'Chennai Express', 'Happy New Year' and 'Pathaan', had an extended cameo as Aishwarya Rathore in the Atlee directorial, which has become a blockbuster at the ticket window, raising close to Rs 700 crore in worldwide gross.
At the film's success press conference, SRK joked that he and Atlee «fooled» Padukone into believing that she had a cameo in the film when she was one of the main characters.
«Deepika is feeling the most awkward, I will tell you why, because she feels, „main to dosti me chhota so role karne aa gayi thi', but between me and Atlee, we fooled her and shot a full length movie with her.
“When she saw the film she was like, 'Oh I am one of the main characters'… but thank you Deepika from the bottom of our heart for being part of this film,» he said, calling the actress «a family».
Padukone said the team of 'Jawan' approached her with the part when she was shooting for Nag Ashwin's 'Project K', now titled 'Kalki 2898 AD', in Hyderabad.
«They narrated the whole story to me and told me this very important part of Aishwarya and for me, it was not about the length of the role.
It was the impact that this character is going to have on the entire film. So it was two-fold for me, one is everyone knows my love for him (SRK).
Whenever he wants, I will always be there.
»But also, the movie was so special that as any actor, not just me, if offered the part, they would say yes to it because it was about the vision. I think all of
