‘Keep calm and carry on’! Well, this is the mantra we all need to stay sane in this time of the global pandemic. The Coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China has now become the cause of over 95,000 deaths across the world. The COVID-19 outbreak in India has led to the shutdown of our routine life as the Government has declared 21-days of curfew. While the lockdown has started taking a toll on people’s mind, celebrities are doing their best to spread positivity by sharing how they are handling the quarantine. And Bollywood actress, Deepika Padukone is also inspiring her fans on how to combat boredom.
From Ranveer Singh being willing to take up Deepika’s surname to the actress turning into a master chef for her hubby, DeepVeer have been redefining the couple-goals ever since they got married.
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And, thanks to the nationwide lockdown, Deepika and Ranveer are getting to spend a lot of time together. Talking about their life in quarantine, Deepika recently joined Anupama Chopra in an interview from her home, sharing tidbits about surviving lockdown, her thoughts about the film industry, and the arguments she has had with husband Ranveer Singh.
Deepika speaks on importance of mental health
Deepika shares her mental health struggles actually informed her approach to the uncertainty and stress of COVID-19,
“Post mental illness, I feel like I was on this journey already, of understanding life beyond materialism, and wanting to grow and evolve as a person. I feel like that journey for me already began in 2014, so I am not finding this period difficult at all. In fact, there is a lot of introspection and self-realisation that I am enjoying. I seem to be at peace about what is coming our way.”
Deepika on her life in quarantine with Ranveer
Deepika has started a quarantine productivity series on her Instagram, has been cleaning her closet, labelling her groceries and working out at home.
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“My mother always says it, Ranveer keeps saying it, ‘Can you sit in one place? Can you not have to do something all the time?’ And I don’t know. I am always up to something, my mind is always occupied. He calls it ‘phat-phat’ and then he complains on the family group.”
Sharing a recent incident, Deepika said,
“I sprained my back two days ago when I was ‘cleaning’. And then I was bored. So he made sure before he went down to the gym, he said ‘You’re not moving from here you’ve sprained your back’. And he made a surprise visit in 20 minutes and I was not in my bed I was up on a shelf, trying to clean something and he got really wild. ‘Can you not do this phat phat all the time? Can you sit in one place you have injured your back’?”
Deepika has started a series called (un)productivity in the times of COVID-19 on her Instagram handle
While many celebrities have been chastised for the content they’ve been putting out during this time, Deepika is headstrong about her mission.
“I think first of all people need to stop thinking of actors as dumb people. You know, there’s this thing that it’s all about vanity, and this sort of life. I’d say the majority of us are pretty smart and pretty intelligent. And I think we know what is happening, we understand the seriousness of the situation. We are doing everything in our capacity to stay indoors, to be careful with social distancing, being responsible towards our nation in terms of what we can give back to the have-nots. Plus, there are people who live with mental health on a daily basis, so they’re probably looking for content that helps them get their mind of everything that’s going on in the world.”
Deepika brushing up her cooking skills
Deepika Padukone’s cooking, cleaning and organising sessions have been well-documented, and she’s been enjoying the process. She shares ways of how she is dealing with the self-quarantine. A few days ago, she had shared how she is organising her kitchen by putting customised labels on the jars of pulses and spices. In the caption, she had even called herself ‘wannabe Marie Kondo’.
“It’s given me time to reconnect with my home. The last couple of years was so busy, and you’re out all the time. People make fun—oh she’s labelling her groceries. But I cooked a Thai meal yesterday, and it was easy because I knew where everything was. A lot of people feel like that is the life I always lived, but I worked to get to where I am. I started off living in a rented apartment in Bombay, I lived alone. You didn’t have the home delivery as easy as it is today. There were days I would order in food, I didn’t know how to cook, so I’d come back late at night and eat cold food—eat half an idli that was left—cleaned the house, did laundry. So, this is easy for me.”
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Season 1:Episode 8 COOK.EAT.SLEEP.REPEAT. Productivity in the time of COVID-19!😷
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Deepika on postponing the release of ’83
Deepika Padukone also spoke about sticking with the same thought process as she and Ranveer dealt with the postponement of their upcoming film release, ’83.
“I don’t think professionally there was any concern. It’s not like ’83 is the only movie that gets affected. You feel like, it’s okay. We’re all in this together. Whether it is production getting delayed, or films taking a beating, or releases getting pushed. We’ll all have to deal with it together when we get out of it.”
Watch the complete interview below:
Well, Deepika is just like most of the wives right now and Ranveer is the caring husband. And they both are couple goals, indeed!
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