हम फिल्म पद्मावत में दीपिका को रानी पद्मिनी के अवतार में देख चुके हैं. दीपिका ने इस किरदार को निभाने के लिए बेहद मेहनत की है. उन्होंने इस किरदार के साथ न्याय करते हुए गरिमा और उस व्यक्तित्व को अपनाया, जिसने उन्हें रानी पद्मिनी के गुरुर को निभाने में सहायता की. भले ही फिल्म रिलीज हो चुकी है, लेकिन अब भी वे उस किरदार को अपनाए हुए है. इसकी एक झलक हाल ही में तब दिखाई दी, जब उन्होंने जाने-माने डिजाइनर सभ्यासाची मुखर्जी के लिए फोटोशूट किया.

The homes of North Calcutta always fascinate me. Through winding lanes and decrepit alleys, one often stumbles upon ‘Paradise lost’. Humble tea stalls, crumbling book binding factories and dingy mustard oil presseries make way for forlorn palaces and music rooms of erstwhile ‘zamindars’. A lesson in sheer hedonistic maximalism. Osler and Baccarat chandeliers, completely engulfed in a shroud of cobwebs occasionally twinkling in the late afternoon sunlight, Devonshire china holding on for dear life on creaky cabinets, jostling for space amidst hand-painted tin and an occasional Lifebuoy soap perched precariously on a silver salver. Works of great European and Bengali masters co-existing in communal harmony with a calendar from a local pharmaceutical company, a withering taxidermy and Fuji-colour rendered black and white family portraits. As a parakeet and a cockatoo chirp in unison from the courtyard, my fingers swipe the dust from the walls to unveil yet another treasure. A hand-painted wallpaper from Paris, finely outlined with 18 carat gold! And one thought one knew the city! #Sabyasachi #TheWorldOfSabyasachi #TheSabyasachiArtFoundation #DeepikaPadukone #AsianPaints #Nilaya #SabyasaschixAsianPaints #SabyasachiForNilaya @worldofnilaya @asianpaints @deepikapadukone

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इन तस्वीरों को देखकर ये जाहिर होता है कि सुंदरता और राजसी रूप-रंग में दीपिका का कोई सानी नहीं है. सब्यसाची के नए वॉलकवर कलेक्शन 'निलाया' के लिए ये फोटोशूट किया गया है. आज तक आपने सुना होगा कि अदाकाराएं अपने स्टाइल से जोड़कर कपड़ों के कलेक्शन के लिए फोटोशूट करती हैं, लेकिन दीपिका ने फोटोशूट सब्सयसाची के नए वॉलकावर के लिए करवाया है.

In 2002, I rented my first apartment. And moved in there with my tailors and pattern makers. It was all under a thousand square feet. It would become my home, my factory and my atelier! I hand-painted the walls in ‘Bengal Red’ with motifs of flora and fauna inspired by the tree of life! The horses back then did look like rabbits and one bird I am sure looked a bit like a nondescript reptile. Old habits die hard and so a better version of the tree of life makes a second appearance. In Coromandel Red – dextrously hand-painted by The Sabyasachi Art Foundation. #Sabyasachi #TheWorldOfSabyasachi #TheSabyasachiArtFoundation #DeepikaPadukone #AsianPaints #Nilaya #SabyasaschixAsianPaints #SabyasachiForNilaya @worldofnilaya @asianpaints @deepikapadukone

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आप इन तस्वीरों में खास तौर पर बैकग्राउंड देख सकते हैं, जिसमें बेहद बेहतरीन और खूबसूरत वॉलकॉवर्स दिखाई दे रहे हैं. वॉल्कवेर्स के इन डिजाइन के साथ दीपिका के पद्मिनी अवतार को देखना आपके लिए एक खास अनुभव साबित हो सकता है.

If you grew up in Bengal at the time I was growing up, sometime between late seventies and early eighties, you would know that the consumer was the designer. I spent hours watching my mother and her friends stretching organdy sarees over hand frames and hand painting exotic blooms on them. More often than not, they would match the blooms in their sarees to the real blooms on their hair. Talk about style! This is my homage to them. My mother and all her Bengal art school friends. What they lacked in terms of resources, they always over compensated with imagination. That is the true art of dressing well and good housekeeping! #Sabyasachi #TheWorldOfSabyasachi #TheSabyasachiArtFoundation #DeepikaPadukone #AsianPaints #Nilaya #SabyasaschixAsianPaints #SabyasachiForNilaya @worldofnilaya @asianpaints @deepikapadukone

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इस फोटोशूट में उन्होंने बंगाल के आर्टिस्टिक एरा को रिप्रेजेंट किया है. इस कलेक्शन में खास तौर पर सब्यसाची ने गुलदस्ता, वसंत, इंडियन मोगल और सुंदरबन नाम के वॉलकवर पेश किये हैं.

If you grew up in Bengal at the time I was growing up, sometime between late seventies and early eighties, you would know that the consumer was the designer. I spent hours watching my mother and her friends stretching organdy sarees over hand frames and hand painting exotic blooms on them. More often than not, they would match the blooms in their sarees to the real blooms on their hair. Talk about style! This is my homage to them. My mother and all her Bengal art school friends. What they lacked in terms of resources, they always over compensated with imagination. That is the true art of dressing well and good housekeeping! Video Courtesy: Sabyasachi #Sabyasachi #TheWorldOfSabyasachi #TheSabyasachiArtFoundation #DeepikaPadukone #AsianPaints #Nilaya #SabyasaschixAsianPaints #SabyasachiForNilaya @worldofnilaya @asianpaints @deepikapadukone

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इस फोटोशूट में दीपिका को रानी की तरह पेश किया गया है, जिसमें उन्होंने ऑर्गेंजा साड़ियां पहनी है. इसके साथ कुंदन ज्वेलरी उनके रूप को सौ गुना ज्यादा रॉयल बना रही है.

Sabyasachi for Nilaya featuring Deepika Padukone. Unveiling on Instagram Date & Time: 4th February 2018. Video Courtesy: Sabyasachi #Sabyasachi #TheWorldOfSabyasachi #TheSabyasachiArtFoundation #DeepikaPadukone #AsianPaints #Nilaya #SabyasaschixAsianPaints #SabyasachiForNilaya @worldofnilaya @asianpaints @deepikapadukone

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My first Tiger spotting was at the the Alipore Zoo, Calcutta. I clearly remember it was a crisp December morning and as he looked into my eyes balefully, I asked my father if it was ok to give him my ‘turmeric’ laced popcorn. I was all of six years old. Little did we both know that day that he would become an integral part of my life! In ‘2014’ the royal Bengal Tiger became the brand logo and has had many outings ever since. From featuring on our belts and bags to tableware of ‘Pottery Barn’ and now on our new Nilaya wallpaper. Hand rendered by The Sabyasachi Art Foundation in a retro ‘Toile-de-jouy’ style! Video Courtesy: Sabyasachi #Sabyasachi #TheWorldOfSabyasachi #TheSabyasachiArtFoundation #DeepikaPadukone #AsianPaints #Nilaya #SabyasaschixAsianPaints #SabyasachiForNilaya @worldofnilaya @asianpaints @deepikapadukone

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पद्मावत के बाद दीपिका को फिर एक बार इस रूप में देखना उनके फैन्स के लिए एक खास तोहफे से कम नहीं है.