Deepika Padukone, Beautiful-Inside Out!

Bollywood's reigning Numerro Uno heroine will soon give Hollywood hotties a run for the money! Whether eating healthy or Thinking healthy, she shares her tips in this interaction with Cine Blitz in association with Reliance General Insurance.

How does it feel to be touted as the Number One actress today?

It’s a nice feeling! When I say it’s a nice feeling it’s not really about people calling me No. 1 and being on magazine covers or being called No. 1 in trade… Of course, that’s nice too! What is overwhelming is the intangible quality of love and appreciation that you get from your audience and it is beyond just my films. I feel that people are giving me a lot of love for the work that I am doing or for the person that I am. I don’t know what it is that I have done that they are giving me this back in return. But whatever it is, it’s a nice feeling. It’s not really a tangible thing and it’s not the number or the race or any of that. It’s really the feeling when I step out of the house… It warms my heart!

You are clearly blessed with great genes as far as your slim athletic structure goes!

That’s true but I must add that while I was in school, badminton practice from 5 am to 7 am was a daily routine for me. That wasn’t all – once school had ended, another two-hour practice routine would follow! It was a tough routine but I adhered to it every single day while I was growing up. I’ve said this before that this training must have had a big role to play in terms of how my body developed and maintained itself. The good part is that even after I quit playing and stopped exercising, the earlier training helped me come through this period with not many ill effects!

With summer around the corner, do you adopt any particular skin and hair care routine?