Deepika Padukone photographed at an event in Delhi (Image courtesy - deepikapadukone)
Highlights
- Deepika featured on Variety's International Women's Impact Report 2018
- She ranked 33 in the list
- The list also featured Salma Hayek, Emma Watson, Guneet Monga, Gal Gadot
"
Padmaavat" star Deepika Padukone has featured on
Variety's International Women's Impact Report 2018, along with other celebrities from 'Asia and Africa, Europe and Latin America'. Deepika Padukone shared a tweet by one of her fan clubs, which announced the news and wrote, "Honoured & humbled joining these amazing achievers! Thank You @Variety ..." In the list reported by Variety, Deepika ranked 33.The list of 50 women achievers also featured celebrities such as Salma Hayek, Emma Watson, Guneet Monga, Gal Gadot, and J K Rowling.
Variety has hailed all these women from the entertainment industry for 'leading the way for women's rights' around the globe.
Here's what Deepika posted on Twitter:
Variety featured Deepika Padukone on the list for withstanding 'death threats and verbal abuse' that she received prior to the release of her film "
Padmaavat" and the philanthropic work to raise awareness about mental illness. Deepika's bio on Variety's International Women's Impact Report 2018, reads as: "The star of the recent Bollywood blockbuster "
Padmaavat" faced death threats and verbal abuse from various fringe groups with poise and elan. Deepika Padukone, whose father, Prakash, was a star badminton player, used to participate in the sport before becoming a model. She is now one of the highest-paid Indian actresses and has made the leap from Bollywood movies such as
Om Shanti Omand
Chennai Express to Hollywood titles including
xXx: Return of Xander Cage last year. She is also philanthropically active, starting her own Live Laugh Love Foundation, which focuses on mental illness."
The release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed "
Padmaavat", which starred Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, was protested by Rajput Karni Sena and other fringe outfits. They alleged that the director has distorted historical facts in the film. "
Padmaavat" was released worldwide on January 25.
In 2015, Deepika Padukone had
revealed for the first time on TV that she struggled with depression. "If I can impact one life in this entire process of speaking up and letting people know that it's something I have been through and something that I could deal with because I had a fantastic support system," she told NDTV.
Deepika is currently gearing up for her next film,
an untitled project by Vishal Bhardwaj, starring her
Piku co-star Irrfan Khan.