They say marriages are made in heaven, and when one looks at Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, they cannot agree more. Ranveer and Deepika look like two very different pieces of the same puzzle, as they complement and complete each other. Their relationship is made of several beautiful and funny anecdotes. Also, since they have worked together on the screen, there are many hilarious BTS tales from their time together on the sets. Today, on the occasion of their anniversary, let’s have a look at one such BTS story.
This tale dates back to 2015 when during an interview, Ranveer Singh revealed the ‘bizarre request’ he made to Deepika on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Bajirao Mastani.’
Ranveer Singh, who is known to get into the skin of the character, shared the challenges he faced while playing the Peshwa of Maratha. It took both time and effort for him to get all set for portraying the part. Deepika Padukone revealed that the actor thus wanted everyone to call him by his character name ‘Bajiroa’ on the sets of the movie and not Ranveer Singh.
Talking about the same in the interview with Rediff, Ranveer elaborated, “It’s a very difficult process to get into such a distinct character. I changed the way I looked, changed my body, my voice and accent… I would come on set, go to my make up room and take about two hours to get ready, with all the scars, eye make up, earrings, angrakhas, layers over layers… At one point, I also had a fake moustache. I would change, do exercises for my voice and body, so that I would get into my character completely before the shooting.”.
“It has never taken me more than 30 minutes to get ready for my characters before. So, after spending these two hours getting ready, and after I stepped out of the room, completely in character, if the AD (assistant director) said, ‘Ranveer is walking on the set’. I would be like, ‘Mere saare kaam pe unhone paani pher diya (You have spoilt all my hard work). Why are you reminding me that I’m Ranveer, when I’ve done all this work to leave Ranveer behind and step into this distinctive characterisation? It was a bizarre request, but it really helped,” he added.
However, for good or worse, bizarre or normal, Ranveer and Deepika are in for the long haul. And now with their little Dua in the picture, they have achieved one more milestone!
Ranveer-Deepika romance each other in ‘Aayat’ from ‘Bajirao Mastani’