Deepika Padukone’s bird problems

Not many can handle a desperate chicken trying to wriggle out of their hands, and actor Deepika Padukone must surely feature on the bottom of that list. Sources on the sets of Deepika’s new movie say that a shot required her to hold a live chicken for some time but she couldn’t hold still for a couple of hours.

“Deepika at first told her director that she will not be able hold a live chicken. It took a lot of convincing on Pradeep Sarkar’s (the director of the film) to get her to hold the bird as it was crucial for the scene,” says the source. After a round of talks with the director, Deepika finally agreed to hold the chicken but there was another problem – the chicken didn’t seem to like her!

“The bird would always flutter its wings and try to wriggle out of her grip. Deepika would break into a giggle whenever that happened.

At times, she let the chicken go and the unit members would have to go running after the chicken to catch it. They would bring the chicken back to Deepika and she would break into a giggle again.

This catch-and-giggle session with the bird continued for quite sometime,” says the source. After a few practice rounds, Deepika was finally ready to give the shot. “She managed to learn the ropes after a unit member showed her the correct way to hold the bird.

Deepika then finished the scene in a few takes. At the end of the day, it was a perfect take and Pradeep was happy with the way it turned out,” the source ends.