Farhan gets Deepika Padukone to quit smoking

It was more than a shock when Deepika Padukone was asked to light a cigarette for her role in film ‘Karthik Calling Karthik’. The actress was scared that she might get addicted to it and had almost refused the role.

That was when producer Ritesh Sidhwani saved her by getting nicotine-free cigarettes for her.

The actress plays an ultra-modern girl in the film. The girl is also addicted to smoke but Farhan succeeds in convincing her to leave smoking.

But in real life, Deepika hates smoking. And when she came to know that she will have to smoke in the film, it was enough to worry the actress.

“It’s a film about a lovable loser and a modern, hip girl. Farhan makes Deepika quit smoking. So we have a nice message in the end. We didn’t want to be responsible for inculcating a bad habit and that’s why these organic cigarettes were needed”, says Ritesh Sidhwani, the director of the film.