Deepika Turns Chinese

From which angle does Deepika Padukone look Chinese? This and many other questions about her Baghdad street-theatre style acting should have crossed Nikhil Advani’s mind before he cast her for his next movie Chandni Chowk To China. But as always, he ignored these glaring instances of inauthenticity and went ahead with it anyway. When it was time to shoot, make-up artists brainstormed and came up with a suggestion which will go down as one of the worst ideas since American Pie. They asked to tape the sides of her eyes for every 12-hour shoot so she’d look Chinese!

Luckily, Deepika didn’t agree like most other dimwit newbies would have, but instead consulted her doctor about it. He told her not to go through with it unless she wanted to permanently look Chinese. Knowing that looks are pretty much all she has right now, she decided against it. They finally just used make-up to make her eyes look slanted. This bonanza of bad choices comes full circle with the fact that Deepika is playing two characters in the movie; another double role. Fantastic.