Ranveer on the cover of IndiaToday (full interview) - Page 3

Originally posted by: Eggon_Snow

How can people call this guy a sexist? I mean he stays in her prabhadevi house after marriage, agrees that she is more famous and successful than him and is so proud to be her husband.

"I genuinely believe she is a far more evolved and wholesome person than I am," he says. "She is more responsible, mature and independent. Duniyadaari mein woh mujhse aage hai." Deepika, who had come off a break-up, would take time to commit fully. The couple remained rock steady even as she battled depression and then pursued a career in Hollywood. "I was never unsure about him," she told a film magazine in her first interview after their wedding. "We've fought, we've had our ups and downs. But we stuck together through all of that. He was extremely patient with me through all my doubts, my insecurities." Ranveer has been secure with his now wife's fame and success. He acknowledged her role in ...Ram-leela's success. "Deepika was killing it in 2013," he says. "Some credit has to go to her for the opening numbers."

One of Ranveer's most trying times came in late 2017 when Deepika received death threats from right-wing fringe groups for defending freedom of expression in response to protests against Padmavati (before the name was changed to Padmaavat). "It was very frustrating because you are unable to express yourself and it's just burning inside you," says Ranveer. "I was very close to putting out a video saying what was on my mind. But I didn't want to validate them by a responding. I had to be professional and follow the instructions of my producers. Their money was at stake."

Bonded by their nuclear family upbringing and outsider tags in Bollywood, #DeepVeer aspire for a long and successful relationship of the kind their parents have. "I've grown up seeing a marriage where the attitude is to make it work regardless of anything," says Ranveer. "A marriage is a commitment, out is not an option. So whatever you have to work through, you do." Ranveer currently stays in the Prabhadevi apartment that has been Deepika's home for years. "The most sensible and convenient thing was for me to move into her set-up. She is comfortable there and I don't want to displace her," he says. "I always try to give her priority." That said, they're hunting for a bigger home.