Throwback Thursday: Deepika Padukone’s pics from her days as a struggler

Speaking of the actor’s growth, Farah Khan said, “Deepika in Om Shanti Om was a very different person and Deepika in Happy New Year was a very different person. When she was in Om Shanti Om, she was completely raw and she was all in awe.”

Deepika Padukone at Anupam Kher Actor Prepares with her batchmates.

Further, she said, “She got confidence in her acting abilities because after Om Shanti Om, she did various movies and I would look at the movies and think why is she wasting herself doing these movies and she’s worthy of a lot more. Till Cocktail came and suddenly I was like ‘Oh, Okay!”

The 30-year-old actor, who has fetched the second position in the list of Top 50 sexiest Asian women, is now heading for her big release that would mark her debut in Hollywood. The actor will share the screen space with Vin Diesel in xXx: The Return of Xander Cage.