Did you know? Deepika Padukone had to clear her house to switch from Malti in 'Chhapaak' to Romi Dev in '83'

After wrapping up her maiden production, Chhapaak, in which Deepika Padukone essays the role of an acid-attack survivor, Malti, inspired by the real-life personality Laxmi Agarwal, the actress got on board for '83 based on India’s Cricket World Cup victory in 1983. The film, which she is also co-producing, has Ranveer Singh stepping into the shoes of Kapil Dev as the team’s captain and Dippy essays his wife Romi Dev. 

Incidentally, this will be the first film the duo is doing together after their marriage and what’s interesting is they play a married couple on screen as well. The leggy beauty had less than 48 hours to switch from her character as Malti to Romi as there was only a gap of two days between the shoots. She finished her last schedule of Chhapaak in Mumbai and the next day left for the shoot of '83 in Glasgow, London. “Deepika plays an intense character in Chhapaak, where she had to go deep into the life of Laxmi. Romi is completely different, so she had to let go of the emotional journey of the former and have a clean slate before starting her next shoot,” says the source.

Deepika shares that detaching herself from a role always takes a while especially if it’s an intense one. “In fact, I’ve always believed that a character never really leaves your system entirely. This time around, I took to cleaning and organising things around my home to help me cope with switching from Laxmi to Romi Dev in '83. It helped me de-stress and clear my mind of any clutter,” she reveals.