It was back in 2014 when a leading Indian newspaper decided to showcase pictures of Deepika in their paper, from the movie Finding Fanny, where Deepika’s pictures were clicked from an awkward angle, and the newspaper deliberately headlined the pictures with “OMG: Deepika’s cleavage show”.
To this, Deepika took it to her social media handle and slammed the newspaper saying, “YES! I am a Woman. I have breasts AND cleavage! You got a problem!!??.” The actress got endless support from Bollywood, starting from Priyanka Chopra to Arjun Kapoor to her husband Ranveer Singh all stood by DP with their individual tweets.
Taking it to her Facebook, later on, the diva wrote, “I am not naive about my own profession; it is one that requires lots of demanding things of me. A character may demand that I be clothed from head to toe or be completely naked, and it will be my choice as an actor whether or not I take either. Understand that this is a ROLE and not REAL, and it is my job to portray whatever character I choose to play convincingly.”
She further wrote, “In a time where women should be applauded for making headway in a male-dominated society, we blur the lines between REEL and REAL life and dilute all our efforts by making a one-year-old back sliding piece of news a headline. Digging out an old article and headlining it “OMG: Deepika’s Cleavage Show!” to attract readers is using the power of influence to proliferate recessive thought.”
Adding on, the Chennai Express wrote, “When an actresses inner wear decides to do a “peek-a-boo”, she most definitely did not step out with the intention to do so. So instead of zooming in, circling it and pointing arrows at it, why don’t we give her some ‘respect’ and let it go instead of making it ‘headlines’!? Are we not human? Yes we marvel, envy and drool over a male actors eight pack abs in a film, but do we zoom in on the man’s ‘crotch’ when he makes a public appearance and make that ‘cheap headlines’??!!,”
Concluding, she said, “For me this topic ends here. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. I have little interest to take this further as it might get more attention than it deserves and might be further misconstrued and twisted to sell more undeserved headlines.” As quoted by Koi Moi