“In the past, beauty, for me, was what the magazines sold and what the movies showed. Today, my definition of beauty is linked to a centred mind and body. When I feel centred, I feel the most beautiful. And when I see people in their most authentic, honest states, I find that to be very attractive.”
n my way to the studio where we are to meet and photograph Deepika Padukone for India, I have already encountered the actor a dozen times. There’s Deepika, on a billboard off Mumbai’s Worli Sea-Face, staring into the distance in contemplation, her jawline sharper than shears. Her voice comes through my Spotify account, urging me to listen to the (very catchy, admittedly) songs from her new film, . She pops up on my Instagram feed, looking impossibly glamorous in a siren-red, leather dress. And there she is again, on a gigantic poster near a stoplight, a beacon of elegance, enveloped in a. But also because, well, it’d be almost impossible to miss the magnetism and colossal influence that comes with Ms Padukone.
