Riding on the horse of success of her movie Gehraiyaan, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone is enjoying the spotlight these days. With many big Bollywood movies in her hands, Deepika Padukone is prepping up to make 2022 and the coming year a blockbuster. Deepika Padukone on Friday took to her Instagram and shared a series of her photos for fashion magazine allure. Deepika shared her photos with a caption expressing her struggle.
However, Deepika Padukone's caption backfired and fans started expressing their displeasure on her Instagram post. Deepika Padukone in her caption outlined that she was made to feel like a 'person of colour' and now she has made it to the world's prominent magazine. Deepika Padukone 'person of colour' post tried to her express her 'uphill and ardous journey', however, it was not taken well by a section of her fans. Many found Deepika's 'person of colour' post to be racist.
"From being made to feel like a person of colour for as long as I can remember to making it to the cover of one of the world’s most prominent beauty magazines, it has been an arduous and uphill journey of learning, unlearning, growth and evolution. Thank you @allure for your faith, generosity and kind words…," wrote Deepika Padukone.
Fans express displeasure over Deepika Padukone's 'person of colour' post
Deepika Padukone was last seen Sakun Batra's Gehraiyaan which was released on Amazon Prime Video. Deepika earned a lot of praise for her performance in Gehraiyaan which was about complex and layered human relationships. The movie also featured Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday, and Dhairya Karwa. Coming to Deepika Padukone's future project, the actress will seen opposite to Hrithik Roshan in movie Fighter. Furthermore, Deepika is working in Pathaan along with Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham. She also has Project K with Prabhas and the Hindi remake of The Intern alongside Amitabh Bachchan.