Praksh Jha signed her for Aarakshan as Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter, her first with the mega star. I would say that Cocktail in the year 2012 was a turning point in Deepika’s career followed by Ayan Mukherjee’s Ye Jawani Hai Deewani and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Goliyon Ki Raasleela/ 2013.
This was the first time she was discussed as a sex symbol, the first time critics got up and made note of her and the first time she was on the list for The Best Actress in all the award events of the season. She looked radiant at all the public events and was the first choice of all her directors. She had everything that a young girl desired: love, money, movies but clearly something was missing that nobody had noticed and discovered one morning…
To be continued…
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