Without even screen test, Shah Rukh Khan, Farah chose Deepika for Om Shanti Om

From Bollywood to her Hollywood debut, Deepika Padukone has come a long way in her flourishing career.

Next up on Famously Filmfare is Bollywood’s ultra-glam diva Deepika Padukone, where she will talk about her first film Om Shanti Om and how Farah Khan and Shah Rukh Khan took her for the role without holding a screen test.

Deepika Padukone poses on the red carpet for the screening of the film Loveless in competition at the 70th Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 18, 2017. (IANS)

Reminiscing about the career changing opportunity, Deepika says, “I had never been to a film set, didn’t know how to say dialogues and basics about body language. It gives me goose bumps thinking, without knowing whether I will deliver or not, but Farah and SRK trusted me. They literally hand held me through the entire process.”

The Tamasha star will speak at length about how at a later stage in her career, a director, after having given a confirmation, backed out from signing her for a movie she was keen to be a part of, while Farah kept her word on casting her for Om Shanti Om despite being a newbie.

From Bollywood to her Hollywood debut, the Piku star has come a long way in her flourishing career.

On the work front, Deepika is busy with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum-opus Padmavati which also stars Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor.