Deepika Padukone is one of the most popular actresses in Bollywood. The actress enjoyed a massive fan following. Deepika several times opens up on Depression and mental health-related issues. Deepika Padukone joined Meghan Markle, former actor and the Duchess of Sussex, on her podcast Archetypes to discuss mental health. The actress revealed that when she talks about mental problems people things they are promoting their movies.
Meghan Markle in her podcast, She praised Deepika for the mental health foundation she started after her battle with depression, and also discussed the taboo around the illness. The actress revealed that while many people felt relieved after she spoke about her mental health, some suspected she was doing it for a film promotion or a collaboration with a pharmaceutical brand.
Deepika Padukone in the podcast said, “For most of India, it felt like this huge burden lifted off their shoulders. That finally, someone acknowledged the fact that okay, there is such a thing as mental illness but with everything good that you do they’ll always be sort of that skepticism.”
She further said, “So there were a bunch of people who felt that either I was doing this to promote a movie or they thought that I was being paid by a pharmaceutical company. And there were articles where they thought I was being paid by a pharmaceutical company and you know that I’m now going to start advertising for some sort of medication.”
On the work front, Deepika Padukone will be next seen in Pathaan alongside Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham. She also has Project K with Prabhas in the pipeline.
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