Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali talks about how Deepika Padukone was finally cast as Veronica in the film cocktailSharing details about the early casting process and his perception of the actor at the time.

Talking about the development of the film news18Imtiaz Ali said that the team was initially casting for different roles and Deepika Padukone was asked to read for the character of Meera, which was later played by Diana Penty.

During the same conversation, Ali also recalled how it was a quiet scene pageant The inclusion of Ranbir Kapoor and Padukone in Corsica was not planned in the script and they came together during the shooting. He said the moment, which unfolds in silence with no music, was captured spontaneously.

talking about cocktailAli said, “I wrote a story named cocktailAnd they were trying to mold it. He asked Deepika to read the role of Meera, which Diana later played.” He further said, ”Then he called me and I asked him to play the role of Veronica. I said, ‘Why don’t you read it for Veronica?'”

Ali said that Veronica was very different from Padukone’s public image at that time. He said, “Veronica is very different from the image Deepika had at that time. But since I have been in the room and attended parties with her, I know how crazy and wild she can be, even though she was projecting a very ‘good girl’ image at that time.”

He further added, “Now people have seen through the facade. So I thought it would be a completely new thing for Deepika to do. I knew the emotional base was there, so it was exciting.”

In the 2012 film, Padukone played Veronica Maleny, a spunky, rich and fiercely independent party girl living in London. Veronica is shown as a wild and carefree socialite who hides her emotional emptiness behind nightclubs and a glamorous lifestyle. Despite that image, she is also deeply caring, taking Meera, played by Diana Penty, into her home and treating her like family.

cocktail This is often seen as a turning point in Deepika Padukone’s career. Before the 2012 film, she was largely associated with glamorous and relatively conventional romantic roles. However, Veronica allowed her to explore a more emotionally layered and unpredictable character, which many critics and audiences viewed as one of her strongest performances at the time.

Meanwhile, Imtiaz Ali also talked about a scene pageant In which Ranbir and Deepika’s characters sit on a mountain range in Corsica and watch the sunset. He said that this scene with silence and absence of music was not written in the script. “That shot wasn’t actually planned in the movie. It just happened that way. The place was right there and we weren’t supposed to go there because it was dangerous… and I went up there first to have a look.” can this happen (Can this really happen)? When I reached there I called Ranbir to come there immediately. This shot was just of him sitting there quietly,” he said.

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He further said, “Then I remember this thing from Ranbir, ‘no sir i will not climb up (I will not climb there)!’ So I said yes no need to come here, just come a little closer and he anyway came to that place and sat there. Just then Deepika also came and said- Sit there. I didn’t even tell them anything, they just felt it. I just turned the camera!”

Ali’s comments make him revisit his decision to cast Deepika as Veronica cocktail and unplanned pageant Scenes in Corsica, the filmmaker described how instinct shaped both moments.

pageantThe film starring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone remains popular among the audience even years after its release. Many scenes and dialogues from the film are frequently discussed on social media, with audiences often praising its emotional story and visual style.