Time and again Deepika Padukone has been vocal about her mental health in public. The actress has earlier opened up about her depression at an event and spoke about how she struggled with her dark days throughout. That being said, not many know that she also hired a therapist while shooting for Chhappak, as she was trying to cope with the traumatic experiences.
In a talk with Vogue India, Deepika Padukone said, “Something I personally hope to do in the next few years is to have a therapist present on film sets. We have a doctor on set, so I don’t see why we can’t have a mental health professional too,”
The actress further revealed that she had a therapist on the sets of Chhappak, she said, “During Chhapaak (2020), I brought on a therapist for myself because there were days where I would have a panic attack or feel claustrophobic-it wasn’t easy carrying the emotion that came from playing Malti for so many months. To have a therapist hold my hand through that was important to me. In fact, I had a similar process for Gehraiyaan as well,”
She added, “I have already started doing this at an individual level, but as a producer, I would like to make therapy available to the whole crew,” as quoted by Bollywood Hungama.
