'Gehraiyaan' Reiterates Deepika Padukone's Prowess As A Phenomenal Actor, EXCLUSIVE

After consistently great and nuanced performances over the years, came Gehraiyaan’s Alisha, a role Deepika Padukone took to like a fish to water.

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New Delhi: Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone is garnering all the appreciation for her intense role in her recent movie 'Gehraiyaan'. The actress, who is known for her exemplary acting prowess, has once again left the audience in awe of her acting prowess.

After consistently great and nuanced performances over the years, came Gehraiyaan’s Alisha, a role Deepika Padukone took to like a fish to water. The actress stood out for her performance and walked away with rave reviews from the critics and audiences.

The superstar has reiterated with every passing film that she has a knack for picking distinct characters and portraying them with much conviction. As Alisha, an ambitious yoga instructor developing an app who’s at a crossroad both on the professional and personal front, she is strong-headed and opinionated but also anxious and vulnerable.

Having been let down by every male figure in her life, one can sense her loneliness and disparity and your heart goes out to her. The biggest value addition Deepika Padukone brought to the film is that one doesn’t come out disliking Alisha, even though the choices she makes aren’t the most favorable or idealistic; that is the magic of Deepika Padukone.

As a troubled woman whose frustration with her situation leads her down a path of recklessness, she brings softness and vulnerability to her character which is truly the mark of a phenomenal actor.

The superstar may have headlined the biggest commercial potboilers in the past, but with films like 'Piku', 'Tamasha' and now 'Gehraiyaan' reinforces how effortless she makes depth look, much like every perfect yoga move she displays in the film.

In the recent past, Deepika Padukone has also been vocal about her personal fight against depression and this character seemed closer to home, making the subject an extremely personal one.

Despite having to relive and confront her struggle with anxiety, Deepika grabbed the opportunity with both hands, and with her performance made the character one that millions of millennial Indian women related to.