Deepika Padukone did not "walk out" of Kalki—let's make that clear. She was ditched. Given the boot. Dropped. And why? Not dates, not creativity, but sheer, good old-fashioned tantrums. Whispers in the industry claim the drama began with a hotel. Deepika supposedly demanded that her stay was two hours from reality's set. Fact? Quick math placed it at around a mere 20 minutes. But why let facts interfere when diva tantrums could turn a kilometer into a marathon?
And then there was the icing on the cake—her 15 to 20-person entourage demanding luxury suites in the same 5-star hotel where she was lodging. Because apparently, Deepika doesn't just travel with an entourage, she travels with a mini-parliament that has to live, eat, and breathe the same crystal chandelier.
Vyjayanthi Films, a woman-run outfit no less, wasn't having it. No bias, no excuses, no "woman card" to save her. Just a straight, uncompromising choice: adieu, Deepika.
Here’s the kicker—producers in the South aren’t Bollywood pushovers. They don’t bend backwards for diva mood-swings or VIP tantrums. When you’re working on a mega-project like Kalki, the star is the film, not the actor. Deepika forgot that, and the makers reminded her in the harshest way possible—by dropping her without a second thought.
Well, the cat’s out of the bag—or at least it’s prowling through the corridors of film industry gossip. Kalki didn’t lose Deepika—Deepika, it seems, lost Kalki. As the film powers ahead without her, she’s left fielding quiet questions and louder whispers about hotels, entourage demands, and a reputation that may have edged into ego territory. If the unconfirmed reports are to be believed, things escalated fast. From “global star” to “dropped star”? That may never make an official headline—but it’s definitely the story everyone’s talking about.