Deepika Padukone on ‘difficult’ Covid-19 battle: ‘I was unrecognisable due to steroids’

Deepika Padukone was among the several individuals who were infected with Covid-19 during the second wave last year. The actress and her family including father Prakash, mother Ujjala, and sister Anisha, all tested positive in April 2021. In a recent interview, Deepika talked about on how the illness made her ‘physically unrecognisable’.

In an interview with Film Companion,  Deepika  said, “Life after Covid changed for me because physically, I was unrecognisable completely… I think (due to) the medication I was given, the steroids that I was put on. So Covid in itself was weird, your body feels different, your mind feels different.”

She added, “I felt that when I had the illness it was still okay but after that, I needed to take two months off work because my mind wasn’t working. The phase for me was very, very difficult.”

Deepika is as of now preparing for her next release Gehraiyaan, which is directed by Shakun Batra. The movie, which also features Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday, and Dhairya Karwa, is set to release on Amazon Prime Video on February 11.

Talking about the film, director Shakun Batra said in a statement, “Gehraiyaan for me is a not just a movie. It is a journey into the intricacies of human relationships, it is a mirror into modern adult relationships, how we traverse through the maze of feelings and emotions and how each step, each decision we make affects our lives and the lives of those around.”