THE BUZZ

Deepika: Demure yet desirable

She may have topped the list of Times 50 Most Desirable Women of 2012, but Bollywood actress Deepika is embarrassed by compliments. The actress claims that she is not good at fielding compliments and adds that beauty and physical attributes are ‘artificial’.

“It is a bit embarrassing. I mean, I don’t know how to take compliments! I don’t know how to react! It must be a good thing,” said the 27-year-old recently.

Deepika prefers people to appreciate her personality traits and not just her looks saying, “I have always said that people should find me desirable for the person I am - whatever little they know [about] me through my interviews and interactions. I hope it doesn’t have much to do with beauty and physical attributes because that, for me, is all artificial. They are superficial things”.

Deepika has been a part of the film industry since 2006, and has hit films like Om Shanti Om, Cocktail, Love Aaj Kal and Housefull under her belt. She also has Ayan Mukerji’s Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Rohit Shetty’s Chennai Express in the pipeline, and is likely to carry away compliments for these. So get used to it Deepika, because people like you for who you are!

Soha is no Sharmila

She may be the product of a famous family, but Soha Ali Khan insists that she is her own person, not a clone of her famous mother, veteran actress Sharmila Tagore.