Deepika is now an all-rounder: Farah

Isn't it interesting that when Farah Khan wanted a newcomer for her 2007 film Om Shanti Om, she zeroed in on then debutante Deepika Padukone? And when she wanted a ‘star’ for Happy New Year, it was the same name that struck her.

‘I'm so happy that Deepika is in Happy New Year,’ Farah said. For Farah, Deepika is an all-rounder. ‘Maybe she was very good-looking, she had a fabulous body and she could dance, but in Om Shanti Om, we presented her really well.

‘After that I felt her potential wasn't being exploited - either she was not acting too well or the directors were not using her well. But I think in the last two years, she has really come into her own and it's not shocking that sometimes she does a scene and I'm like 'great',’ said Farah.