Deepika reveals why she preferred Marriage over Live-In with Ranveer Singh!

Bollywood superstars Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone got married last year in November at Lake Como in Italy. The couple had met on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ram Leela and were in a serious relationship for six years after that. There hush-hush dual ceremonial wedding in a quiet little village had been something akin to a fairy-tale happily ever after.

Now after completing almost a year of togetherness, during a recent media interaction, Deepika opened up about her marriage with Ranveer Singh and why they opted for getting married instead of trying a live-in relationship first. 

As quoted by Koimoi, the 33-year-old actress said, “If we had started living together earlier, then what would we be discovering later on? That’s what this year has been, living together and discovering each other. I like to say we made the best decision of our lives. I know people are cynical about marriage, but that hasn’t been our experience. We believe in the institution, and we’re enjoying every bit of it.”

The Chhappak actor further revealed, “There was a lot of temptation to move away from the traditional, especially for the two of us, who are constantly travelling, but it was important to me. Ranveer has always been okay with whatever. He’s always said, ‘Whatever makes you happy makes me happy.’ But for me, it’s about wanting to do everything at the right time. It’s how I saw my parents do it, so I didn’t know any other way.”

Recently, the actress had attended the Joi MAMI Mumbai Mela 2019 where she opened up about how she had to burn her prosthetic make-up in order to heal emotionally. Talking about it Deepika shared, “I literally had to burn the piece of prosthetics that I was wearing on the last day of the shoot. Because it impacted me in a way that I never experienced before. That was my way of trying at least to let go everything that I experienced. I literally burnt it. 

“Prosthetics are expensive, we get charged per piece of prosthetics that the artist makes. But I took a call as a producer, I said I don't care, I need to heal emotionally. It takes about 2-3 days to prepare one piece. On the last day of the shoot, I gave my makeup artist a heads up that I need an extra piece. She made one and the day we finished, I remember taking the piece, taking some alcohol, went into a corner, poured the alcohol on it and set it on fire. I stood there watching it burn until it had disappeared completely in front of me. 

“I don't think it left my system entirely but that vision of the piece burning is stuck in my head. It affected me in a way that no other movie has before.”

On the work front, DP will be seen in Meghna Gulzar’s Chhapaak, a story that revolves around the struggles of an acid attack victim, alongside Vikrant Massey. She will also be playing the role of Romi Dev, Kapil Dev’s wife, in Kabir Khan’s ’83 alongside Ranveer Singh.

Apart from producing the above-mentioned movies, Deepika had recently revealed that her next project would be a dark romance.

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