Despite being a global icon, she is delightfully old-school about writing. “I prefer pen and paper,” she shrugs, showing her notebook.
It’s a habit passed down from her father, badminton legend Prakash Padukone. “He always writes things down, and that rubbed off on me.”
Even better, she always carries a pencil, and not just for notes. Deepika shares a classic acting hack: holding a pencil in your mouth while practising dialogue to improve clarity. “It works!” she says.
