Taking a cue from her personal experience, on Saturday (October 10), she launched a foundation, Live Love Laugh, which is dedicated to helping those who suffer from mental health issues.
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I think we all should realise that beyond the baggage of what we carry of being the so-and-so we all are human beings first.
“It doesn’t matter what your economic background is or what your profession is”, Deepika told reporters here in response to a query.
According to reports, Deepika has called on her friend and former co-star Shah Rukh Khan, to lend his star power to the cause.
I think everyone (Bollywood celebrities) in spirit (are attached to this programme). “She immediately asked her core team to start doing extensive research on the roles that depression and mental health issues play in the cases of farmer suicides”.
Director Gauri Shinde says the subject of depression holds great potential for a film.
“If dealt with correctly, I would love to be a part of a film dealing with mental health”.
It has been a lot of hard work.
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The “Happy New Year” star, who fought with depression herself, has launched her foundation “Live Love Laugh” to fight against this disease. It is important to know there is hope and we as foundation are here to help you. The insider adds, “Once her team is done with the research, Deepika will take the next step to help the farmers. At least to begin with we would like to focus on this now rather than taking on too much”, explain deepika.
