Deepika Padukone was in New Delhi to speak about a topic she hasn\u2019t shied away from. The Padmaavat star reiterated the importance of initiating a conversation about depression at a launch for a new initiative called How India Perceives Mental Health. Certain statements that she made have been interpreted by people on Twitter to being veiled digs at Salman Khan\u2019s recent comment on depression.<\/p>\n
According to Pinkvilla, Deepika said that she wanted to bust the myth that \u201cdepression is sometimes perceived as luxury\u201d.<\/p>\n
To a certain section of Twitter users, this comment sounded similar to what Salman had said in February. \u201cI see a lot of people getting depressed and emotional, but I can\u2019t afford that luxury of being depressed or sad or emotional because no matter what I am going through, it works against me,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n
Read: Deepika Padukone having a Deepika Padukone cone?<\/p>\n
Salman Khan during the shooting of a promo for his upcoming television show 10 Ka Dum in Mumbai. (IANS)<\/p>\n
Speaking at the Delhi event, Deepika said, \u201cI want to clarify that it can happen to anybody from any field, irrespective of their socio-economic background. Depression is sometimes perceived as a luxury. People think that those who have too much time or money get into depression. I think it is very important to break that myth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the help of the foundation, we want to change the narrative around mental health in India. Why only Bollywood? We want everybody in influential positions in the country to speak out about these issues,\u201d Deepika told Hindustan Times.<\/p>\n
The use of the words \u2018depression\u2019 and \u2018luxury\u2019 in the same sentence by two major movie stars was enough to send Twitter into a heated debate, with most people applauding Deepika\u2019s courage to speak about the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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