How am I going to romance her: Siddhant Chaturvedi on being intimate with Deepika Padukone in Gehraiyaan

Bollywood actor Siddhant Chaturvedi has been all over the news these days courtesy of his upcoming movie Gehraiyaan. Helmed by Shakun Batra in the lead, the movie has been one of the most anticipated releases of 2022 and marks Siddhant’s first collaboration with Ananya Panday and Deepika Padukone.

The Gully Boy actor and Deepika’s intimate chemistry in Gehraiyaan has also been grabbing a lot of attention. Interestingly, Siddhant recently opened up on portraying intimacy with Deepika and admitted that he was panicking a bit about it. 

During his conversation with a news portal, Siddhant said, 

“In my head, I was like, ‘Wow’ she’s Deepika! How am I going to romance her! She has worked with the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor. Look at my competition.’ It is a romantic film and I didn’t want people to say, ‘Nahi kar paya.’ Of course, Shakun narrated the story to me and since I was eager to work with him, I said I am on. We knew there was intimacy, but we didn’t know to what extent. The screenplay didn’t particularly mention that because it wasn’t erotic poetry or something. The workshops and readings happened later”. 

Chaturvedi further emphasised that he did get a little conscious when he got to know about having an intimacy director on sets. He added,

“Pehli baar jab maine suna toh thoda dar gaya ke itna kya hai picture mein jo intimacy director ki zaroorat pad gayi (smiles)! But I realised that’s how Shakun likes to work. His portrayal of intimacy isn’t just physical, but emotional and nuanced. The camera doesn’t tell you that look, two people are kissing. It flows organically." 

While the makers had unveiled the trailer last month, it has opened to rave reviews from the audience. Gehraiyaan is slated to release on February 11.