Would love to do more realistic films with Ranveer: Deepika Padukone on ''83'

Actor Deepika Padukone is set to reunite with frequent co-star and husband Ranveer Singh for sports drama "'83" and she says it was a "refreshing" change for couple who have previously collaborated on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's spectacle films. 33-year-old star will play Romi Dev, wife to cricketing legend Kapil Dev, to be played by Ranveer.

Directed by Kabir Khan, "'83" will chronicle India's win under Kapil's captainship, when team defeated West Indies in final to clinch ir first-ever World Cup trophy in 1983. Deepika, in past, has worked with Ranveer on larger-than-life movies such as "Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela", "Bajirao Mastani" and "Padmaavat".

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"It was nice to work with Ranveer in a slightly more realistic setting. t having to mouth such intense dialogue with that kind of langu like we did on three films. It was refreshing. In fact, we had to remind ourselves that 'this is same actor that I've worked with'. " characters are completely different, era is completely different. costume, sets are so, so different and even refreshing. We both looked at each or and said, 'wow, we should do stuff like this more often toger'," she told PTI in a telephonic interview from Mumbai.

actor revealed she doesn't have many scenes in "'83" and she took up project as role gave her an opportunity to explore personal side of public figures like Kapil and Romi Dev. " reason I wanted to do this film is because I've seen what an important support system my mor has been in my far's life as an athlete and her contribution to his success. I saw many similarities when it came to Romi and Kapil Dev.

"While ''83' is really three week journey from time y left India to time y won World Cup, re are smaller moments of ir personal side of ir personality as well which I thought was very exciting," Deepika, daughter of former Indian ace badminton player Prakash Padukone and homemaker Ujjala Padukone, added.

actor will next start working on a romantic thriller, directed by Shakun Batra. A Dharma Productions project, movie will also star Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ananya Panday. "re is going to be ar actor. It's basically about two couples and domestic ir is genre. We start filming in March," Deepika added.

She is also set to play central role of Draupadi in a retelling of epic story of Mahabharata from female perspective. Deepika said, when it comes to Mahabharata, audience has always been "fed" a unidimensional point-of-view. "re's a lot of excitement within audience to see this film as it is t a narrative that we're very familiar with... "I think we've always been fed a certain perspective on Mahabharata and it'd be interesting for us to see a different perspective. Same narrative, different perspective," actor, who will co-produce film with Madhu Mantena, said.

actor is looking forward to release of "Chhapaak", which also marks her production debut. Meghna Gulzar-directed film will hit screens on January 10.

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