With an emotional portrayal of an acid attack survivor, Malti in Meghna Gulzar directorial Chhapaak,
Deepika Padukone has definitely outdone herself. As much as we love her portrayal of the character, the actress has oftentimes mentioned that Chhapaak was an exhausting movie for her to play, both mentally and emotionally. And after creating a much hype with this Meghna Gulzar directorial and also her ‘controversial’ JNU visit, Deepika has backed away after speculations over her next project.
There have been reports lately that the actress has approached for filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar’s upcoming directorial Nati Binodini biopic. Reportedly, the movie will base on Binodini Dasi popularly known as Nati Binodini a popular courtesan who went on to carve a niche as a renowned theatre artist in Kolkata. The media reports said that while Deepika approached for the role of Nati Binodini and she had liked the narration of the movie. Moreover, she also agreed to read the script of the Pradeep Sarkar directorial. However, the reading session got delayed due to Chhapaak. Now the recent reports suggest that Deepika has turned down the movie saying she is looking forward to doing some light movies at the moment and nothing intense like Nati Binodini.
"The makers met Deepika a couple of months ago to give her a story narration. She liked the story and agreed to read the script. But then she got busy with Chhapaak promotions and kept them hanging in limbo saying that she would get back to them. Finally, her team reverted after more than a month saying that she couldn’t do the movie as she wanted to do light-hearted subjects and not heavy or serious movies, which would consume her emotionally,” a source quoted saying.
