Deepika Padukone appealed to have a mental health professional on film sets

Deepika talked about the importance of mental health and the need for a mental health professional on sets.
According to her the same courtesy needs to be extended to mental illnesses.
During Chhapaak (2020), I brought on a therapist for myself because there were days where I would have a panic attack or feel claustrophobic.

Deepika Padukone has been a popular actress for over 15 years. Her career started with TV commercials, modelling, and background dance, then a Kannada film, and then the huge Diwali release with Shah Rukh Khan. In her remarkable career, the actress has appeared in Om Shanti Om, Chennai Express, Ram Leela,

In a throwback interview, Deepika talked about the importance of mental health and the need for a mental health professional on sets. When she was asked about how much further she thought the society needed to go in terms of a more thorough portrayal of mental health in Indian cinema and how they’d get there, Deepika Padukone replied, “understanding and empathy”.

Deepika discussed the significance of mental health and the need for a mental health specialist on set in a throwback interview. Deepika Padukone responded, “understanding and empathy” when asked how far she believed Indian cinema needed to go in its portrayal of mental health and how it could do so. She stated that if an actor were portraying a character with a physical ailment, for instance, they would conduct study and exercise due diligence to determine precisely how to portray the character’s condition. The same consideration must be provided to those with mental problems. She believes that performers, writers, and directors should not wing it.

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Deepika Padukone further added that one thing she personally hoped in the next few years was to have a therapist present on the film sets. She appealed, “We have a doctor on set.

Deepika Padukone, who was last seen in the direct to digital release Gehraiyaan, is having a busy shoot year. The actress will next be seen alongside Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham in Sidharth Anand’s directorial Pathaan. Her other projects include Sidharth Anand’s Fighter with Hrithik Roshan and Anil Kapoor, Nag Ashwin’s Project K with Prabhas and Amitabh Bachchan, the remake of The Intern with Amitabh Bachchan and a cross-cultural Hollywood film mounted on a massive scale.