Homi Adajania's directorial film which changed the career graph of Deepika Padukone i.e., Cocktail has completed five years of its release.

On this occasion, Homi spoke about casting DP as Veronica, "Deepika came with a bunch of not-so-successful films behind her. So she was hungry to break the mould. At our first meeting, I told her, ‘Let’s forget your pretty face…I want people to leave the theatre knowing that Deepika Padukone is a reliable actor." He further said, "Making her Veronica — a free-spirited party girl — was my biggest challenge. She was my favourite character in the film."

On casting Diana Penty in Cocktail. Homi said, "We made a choice and once we did that, an established actor [I can’t say who] piped up and said that she wanted to play the role. But once Dinesh (Vijan, producer) and I had made a commitment, it wasn’t right to go back on the decision. I think, honestly, it worked out for the best."

About Diana, he also said, "Coming from a modelling background and then doing a film with Saif and Deepika, and that, too, in my debut venture… I was literally nervous. But on the sets, neither of them nor others, made me feel like a newcomer. The way in the film Gautam ( Saif Ali Khan ), Veronica (Deepika), and Meera become friends, we came close to each other in real life."

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