As the entertainment industry has almost come to a standstill in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, Deepika Padukone is spending her time on something 'productive'. Deepika Padukone shared a picture of her wardrobe on Instagram, and said she was busy cleaning it.
Deepika had cancelled her trip to the Paris Fashion Week earlier this month because of the coronavirus scare. "Deepika Padukone was scheduled to travel to France to attend Louis Vuitton's FW2020 show at the ongoing Paris Fashion Week but had to cancel her trip with news coming in that the coronavirus epidemic has now entered a new stage in France," her official spokesperson had said.
She was last seen in Chhapaak, directed by Meghna Gulzar, in which the actress essayed an acid attack survivor. She will next be seen along with husband Ranveer Singh in '83 that traces the journey of Kapil Dev's captaincy as Indian cricket team lifted the World Cup in 1983. While Ranveer essays Kapil in the biopic, Deepika will play his wife Romi Dev. Directed by Kabir, the film also features Tahir Raj Bhasin, Pankaj Tripathi, R. Badree, Chirag Patil, Ammy Virk among others.
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To contain the spread of novel coronavirus, film bodies in India including Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE) and Indian Film & Television Directors' Association (IFTDA) on Sunday decided to put shootings of films, TV shows and web series on hold from March 19 to March 31.
The meeting was also attended by the representatives of Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA), Western India Film Producers' Association (WIFPA) and Indian Film and TV Producers Council (IFTPC). "Important bodies of film and entertainment industry met today to deal with the issue of coronavirus. After a lot of discussion, we came to this conclusion that from this coming Thursday, all shootings will stop till March 31. After that, we will take a call," Ashoke Pandit, president of IFTDA, told reporters.
The pandemic has led to the cancellation of various events, award functions, interviews and shooting schedules. On Saturday, actor Shahid Kapoor announced that the team of his upcoming film Jersey has decided to suspend the shoot of the film to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Yash Raj Films also delayed the release of Dibakar Banerjee-directed Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar. Akshay Kumar-starrer Sooryavanshi has been pushed indefinitely and Tillotama Shome's film Sir has been postponed.
-with PTI inputs