Deepika Padukone Instagram – “I think that focusing on the importance of #mentalhealth is my calling,” said our April cover star, #DeepikaPadukone. In 2015, the #Bollywood actor made headlines after sharing her struggle with #depression. As Padukone reports, in India, there’s still considerable stigma around discussing mental health, which prompted her to speak out.
With box office hits, a flourishing relationship (with now-husband @ranveersingh), and lucrative ad campaigns, it would have seemed to any outsider that Padukone was on top of the world. But, she didn’t feel that way, grappling with her depression in silence until her mother intervened. “I struggled and I suffered for many months because I didn’t know anyone who had been through something like this,” she said. “I felt if I shared my experience and even just one person was like, ‘I identify with these symptoms,’ then my purpose would be served.” Enter the Live Love Laugh Foundation.
In 2015, Padukone established @tlllfoundation to keep the conversation going and to provide resources for those who are suffering. “It’s work that I will continue to do. And hopefully the foundation will survive even beyond me,” said Padukone.
Read her full interview with @diannamazzone at the #linkinbio.
Photographer: Rid Burman @ridburman
Stylist: Priyanka Kapadia @priyankarkapadia
Hair: Yianni Tsapatori @yiannitsapatori
Makeup: Daniel Bauer @danielcbauer
Manicure: Pooja K and Sunita P
Set Design: Sandesh Kambli @sandesh.kambli
Production: Khatri Productions @ikp.insta Mumbai, Maharashtra | Posted on 10/Mar/2022 20:04:55