Why did Deepika take so long to star in a female-centric movie?

Chapaak will be Deepika's first full-fledged female-centric project. Considering her star power, why did she take so long to star in this kind of film? She is easily the most sought-after actress in India and has a solid fan following.

Thoughts???

She paid meghna to make film for her. Nobody wants to cast her in women centric films.

She said in various IVs that she is not getting good scripts that she wants or feels to do..it took that long for one such movie to come..it is sad state of affairs..south superstar vijayashant once said even though u prove that ur films do more than the heroes films, which she did and on par own action stunts all rounder, scripts are written more for heroes keeping them in mind, very less heroine centric stories are made..and even made they are all same..so she took gap..this happened in 90s - 2000s but it is still the same..i wish this patriarchy ends soon