Earlier, during the Academy Awards, Deepika Padukone was spotted arriving at an airport in Los Angeles. The photographers mistakenly identified Deepika as Priyanka Chopra. Though Deepika wasn’t seen concerned after being called by Priyanka’s name. But finally, the gorgeous diva of Bollywood has opened up regarding the ignorance and mistaken identity incidents.
On this Friday, Deepika was speaking to media when she admitted that she has been falsely identified for her colleague, not for once but for several times. She said that it is ‘offensive, ignorant and racist.’ She said, “It’s not just about me being offended. It’s you all in this room who should be offended. It’s not just ignorance, it’s also racist.”
Though Priyanka and Deepika don’t look like each other but we all know that Priyanka has already been projected as a girl next door to all the American audiences. She has begun her career in Hollywood with the American drama series, Quantico. The series has given the wide exposure to the former Miss World and now, she is familiar to Americans. Besides Quantico, Priyanka’s been to dozens of American talk shows and being a major part of the upcoming movie, Baywatch. On the other hand, Deepika is just one movie old and went unnoticed for several red carpet events.
During her interview, Deepika also accused media as being complicit. She said, “Two people of similar color are not the same people. So, you as fellow Indians should actually be calling them out and educating them instead of encouraging it. Ignorance is ignorance. I feel bad for them.”
Even Priyanka has supported Deepika previously in one of her interviews, when she said, “I guess I’m the most popular brown face that everyone has known. Every brown girl does not look the same. Don’t mistake it. Let’s try and tell us apart. That was not right and it’s not fair. She’s a massive star from India.”
It isn’t the first time when an Indian actress has been falsely identified. Even, Priyanka Chopra has faced the same issue when the ABC network which also airs the Quantico, displayed a picture of Yukta Mookhey instead of Priyanka. Later, the network was forced to correct itself.
Our sincerest apologies @priyankachopra . Here is the corrected story: http://t.co/9IYV8kXfbn
— Nightline (@Nightline) September 29, 2015
Well, later in this month, Deepika Padukone will head to Cannes with the fellow L’Oreal ambassadors which include Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor.
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Tiru Dehariya
