Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who is busy taking care of of her eight-month-old daughter Dua Padukone Singh has started to open up about her ‘complicated’ pregnancy. Having been with each other for more than a decade, she and Ranveer Singh have made sure to keep their daughter away from the limelight as much as possible. During a recent interview she opened up about that choice and even revealed how her husband had left her with the choice of when they will have a kid.
Opening up about the decision to keep her daughter away from the paparazzi and social media spotlight, she told Marie Clair, that they want to give her a normal childhood. Sharing her own experience in the matter, she shared that her father, Prakash Padukone never sat her down and told her that he is a professional badminton player, a celebrity. Following his footsteps, they also want to do the same for Dua.
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Quoted by News18, she shared, “We weren’t burdened with our parents’ hopes and dreams. I don’t ever remember my father sitting me down and saying, ‘Hey, I’m a professional badminton player and I’m a celebrity.’ I remember it being he was a father first, and everything that we got to know of him was based on just our own curiosity and the fact that everything was just so normal.”
The 39-year-old actress also shed light on why they chose the name Dua for their daughter. According to her, the most important thing for them to do was to hold her in their arms and allow her personality to develop a little bit, before naming her. Seeking inspiration from poetry and, they chose her name which means prayer in Arabic. She added, “It felt like a beautiful summary of what she means to us and why she means what she means to us.”
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She went on to recall how it was husband who left the decision of having a child on her as it was she who had to go through the pregnancy. Quoted by News18, Padukone said, “He was like, ‘It’s your body. Yes, it’s a together decision, but eventually it’s your body that’s going to go through it. So whenever you feel ready’.”
For the unversed, having met on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram Leela in 2012, Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone fell in love while working together. They tied the knot in 2018, after years of dating. They welcomed their daughter Dua Padukone Singh in September 2024.
