Deepika feels like she is a resident of London

Hi Deepika, can you tell us about the SLAM! Tour so far?

It's my first World Tour and I remember a year ago these guys kept saying You know we should do a world tour' and I was like Yeah yeah yeah, these discussions keep happening all the time and I don't think it's going to materialize' but it happened finally and before we knew it we were on that flight and we were six shows down. We've become one family and I think that's why we've had such a good time.

Will you be performing songs from Happy New Year?

Yes, but I think people are under the misconception that we'll only be performing tracks from Happy New Year. Abhishek, Shah Rukh and myself, will also be performing lots of popular tracks from our other films.

Can you tell us about your character Mohini?

She's a bar dancer who is passionate about dance - but obviously she's not very happy with the fact that that's her only means to support her family. Eventually she wants to become famous and have enough money to open a dance school for all the young kids and to be able to teach dance.

How difficult was it to learn how to pole dance for the song Lovely?

It's tough to lift yourself up when you're tall. Farah (the director) seemed very impressed and she's not someone who lets you off easily. We took about three and a half days to shoot that, where ideally we should have shot over six or seven days. It was one of the toughest songs I've done.

Is there anyone that you take inspiration from?

No not really because acting is something that is so personal. I've always believed that there's no right and wrong to acting. It's just about being true to that moment at that point. There are a lot of actresses whose work I admire but I've not grown up saying that I want to be like so-and-so because you have to have your own identity and be remembered for the roles that you play.

Do you come to London very often?

I love coming to London. In fact I miss it because there was a phase where I shot three or four films back to back and I felt like I was a resident. Every time I went back home I felt like something was off. I think there are a lot of similarities culturally, between India and England.

Do you get recognised a lot here?

It's almost the same as being in India. That's the reach of our films today. It's not limited to an Indian audience. It's a nice feeling to be appreciated and recognised.

ntity and be remembered for the roles that you play.