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In an industry where actresses are known not to get along, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone have managed much more than that — they are buddies. The two stunners — who are often spotted party-hopping and movie-watching together — are the guests on Koffee with Karan tonight. Talking on everything from relationships to rivalry, PC and DP had a blast on the KWK couch. A t2 sneak peek.

‘MY RELATIONSHIP WITH RANBIR BECAME MY WORLD’

Karan Johar (to Deepika Padukone): So you’re dating Ranveer Singh but not talking about it…

Deepika Padukone: Am I?

Karan (to Priyanka Chopra): Do you think she’s dating Ranveer? Priyanka Chopra: I have no comment on that! Karan: Okay, why would you keep it quiet when you’d kept Ranbir (Kapoor) in the open? Deepika: I think that was a stage in my life when I genuinely believed that I had fallen in love. I think that it was a relationship that I thought would go beyond… Karan: Just dating? Deepika: For whatever reasons, it didn’t work out. And since then, I think I’m very, very scared to invest emotionally in a relationship because I don’t know how to just casually date… I don’t know how to be in this in-between dating but not committed thing. I don’t know that space.

Karan: There’s no awkward moment with the current love interest?

Deepika: Who is the current love interest?

Karan: If you’re dating somebody and you do a film with Ranbir, do you keep it all separate?

Deepika: My equation with Ranbir is very, very clear. The best part is that he and I are very clear about where we are in our lives today, as far as our equation is concerned. So there’s no reason for anyone in his life or anyone in my life to be worried about or concerned or insecure about our equation. Karan: How did you deal when your relationship with Ranbir ended? Was it really tough for you? Deepika: It was! It was very, very difficult for me because, I think, somewhere also that relationship became my world. I was new to the city, so his friends became my friends and that life became my life. And I don’t think I made the effort to have my own life. I think that relationship really taught me a lot, when it ended. It’s made me a better person today and he says it himself.

Karan: Who is the first one that you think will get married, you or Ranbir? Deepika: I think he will.

 

‘MY PERFORMANCE IN BARFI! WAS MORE NUANCED THAN VIDYA’S IN KAHAANI’

Karan (to Priyanka): Your performance truly won you all the laurels and all the kind of praise that came in globally for Barfi!… truly a stunning portrayal. What happens, does it pinch you when sometimes you don’t get the award you deserve?

Priyanka: This film, for me, was very special and I knew I wasn’t getting it (the award), like before. I sat through it. I told my dad, he was in the hospital at the time. He said, ‘Good luck, your performance was amazing’. I remember calling him and saying ‘I’m not winning it, why should I stay?’ And he said, ‘Because you’re a good sportsman, stay and clap for someone else’. So I decided I would do that. And yes, it did hurt me, that year specifically it did, because I thought I was … Karan: Do you think you were better than Vidya (Balan, who won for Kahaani)?

Priyanka: I think my performance was a lot more nuanced and different. I mean for me it was something completely differently done, but the film, Kahaani, Vidya supported completely on her shoulders, and it was a film entirely about her. So I understand.

 

‘I MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE’

Deepika: I think it’s a perception that actors can’t get along...

Karan: Really? Who have you got along with?

Deepika: I’m friendly with Anushka (Sharma).

Karan: Really?! You’re friendly with Anushka… I really choked on that! Deepika: Today I know that I can walk into a room with all my contemporaries and be very comfortable... Karan: And what about you [to Priyanka]? Priyanka: Walk into a room with my contemporaries and be comfortable, I’ve always been. I make people uncomfortable… that’s not my fault!

 

‘SHAHID IS GANDI BAAT!’

Karan: In whose bedroom would you find a lifesize poster of themselves?

Priyanka: Bebo (Kareena Kapoor).

Karan: Who would you dedicate the song Hips Don’t Lie?

Priyanka: Sonakshi… she has some masala hips man!

Karan: React in one word to Shahid Kapoor

Priyanka: Gandi baat