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19 March 2024

Jealous? Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone on the war-path...

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone (L) and Sonam Kapoor appear in filmmaker Karan Johar's chat show 'Koffee With Karan'. (Twitter)

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By Ajanta Paul

Bollywood's self-proclaimed icon Sonam Kapoor is all fangs and choppers for colleague Deepika Padukone for reasons best known to her alone.

The current box-office queen Deepika has been good friends with Sonam since they made their debuts in the same year and had a common enemy Ranbir Kapoor (who broke their hearts).

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Who doesn't remember the two girls ganging up in chat show 'Koffee With Karan' and shocking the industry while playing darts on Ranbir (well, figuratively).

However, all the bonding due to the common enemy has now gone old/cold.

This year's 'Koffee With Karan' saw Sonam singing a different tune.

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The candid Sonam with unlimited talking ability took potshots at Deepika's dress sense and her overall demeanour on camera.

Sonam criticised Deepika's sense of style. In fact she openly praised Ranbir's current girlfriend Katrina Kaif.

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In the rapid fire section, when Karan Johar asked her what is the one thing Deepika Padukone has that she doesn't, pat came Sonam's reply, "An over enthusiastic PR team."

From complaining about Deepika's "overenthusiastic PR team"; her dressing sense: "She's not a clotheshorse, she doesn't have her own style"; and tagging her 'good girl gone bad,' Sonam sure had a lot to say about Deepika.

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On being asked about what Deepika thought of Sonam's statement on her fashion sense, Ms Padukone remained diplomatic and said, "Sonam is entitled to her opinion and I respect that."

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Earlier Deepika and Sonam were managed by the same PR agency. Sonam felt that the agency was giving preferential treatment to Deepika and was trying to promote her at Sonam's cost. As a result Sonam changed her publicist.

Clearly, Sonam has now daggers drawn for her once-good-friend Deepika.

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Not only does she have a professional rivalry going with the current hot favourite in Bollywood, she also has no personal equation with Deepika.
 
The girls are now avoiding each other on social soirees.

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This story leaves us with a sense of deja vu.

Remember the friendship between Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan - like brothers from different mothers.

(SANSKRITI MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT)

Now one is ready to draw blood when the other is mentioned, metaphorically speaking of course.

Of course, with paparazzi glaring they will hug and kiss and so will Sonam and Deepika - put on 'an act', after all they are actors.