Being a star at 23 is not easy. Deepika has no friends in Mumbai. And she doesn’t have any qualms in admitting it.

So busy is the stunning actress that she went off for the North American and London premieres of Chandni Chowk To China just when her sister Anisha was playing at a national golf tournament in Pune.

“Yes Anisha who’s five years younger to me and the baby of the family was playing in Pune just when I left for my premieres. I’d have definitely liked to watch her, ” says Deepika wistfully.

“But then maybe having family around to watch her play would make her selfconscious. She needs to find her own identity away from the family cocoon. And for that we need to leave her along to swim in the waters and face the storms. So in a way it was good that I wasn’t around when she played.”

Deepika has been traveling unchaperoned all through the year. “Both me and my sister have been taught to be selfdependent. I am 23 and very proud of it. I’m young and raring to go.

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Stars happily do cameo for their industry friends when they are approached to do so. Whether it is Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya, Shahrukh Khan, Kareena, Sanjay Dutt or whoever he or she may be though established, they never hesitate to appear for a small role in films and most of the time they even appear for free of cost. But money matters a lot for Om Shanti Om gal Deepika Padukone, she is not ready for a cameo even for the sake of friendship. Though she made her debut with Shahrukh Khan, the actress readily accepted the cheque when SRK paid her for an item number in Billo Barber.
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