Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor admits he’s had a past with Deepika Padukone and reveals why he believes she is a superstar.

“When we were filming Tamasha in Corsica, there was a very famous footballer from France called Karim Mostafa Benzema (who plays for Real Madrid) who passed by our hotel. I have always been a great fan of his. I started following him and once he reached a hotel, his security got pretty tight. When I was leaving the hotel, I had promised Deepika that I would get a picture with him.  But then his security threw all his fans away and I went back to the hotel disappointed. Deepika in fact did not even know Karim. The next day, I saw that Karim was actually following Deepika around and going wherever she went.”

Relationship

“I cannot deny the fact that Deepika and I have had a past. This is a relationship on which one can make four films. But then the situation in Deepika and my life is that we are in the same profession. And the kind of work we do, we need to keep showing varied emotions like love, etc. But in our personal lives, both of us are pretty ambitious and patient as well when it comes to work. So it was but natural that we moved on. We have a lot of love, respect and care for each other and I do admit that it is not very easy to handle stuff like break ups.”

Deepika’s glow

“We all know what level of acting, Deepika has risen to. There is a difference between an actor and a superstar. When you see her face, you see a glow on it. I have seen such a glow on faces like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai. That glow in now seen on Deepika’s face.”

Saddest moment

The saddest moment in my life was when my debut film Saawariya flopped. I felt rejected by the audience. I did not know what to do. I shut myself in a room and hardly came out. Soon I realised that this was the film that had made me into a hero and presented me before the people.