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Link-up with Deepika forced Dhoni to prepone wedding?

For all those who’re wondering as to why Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni got married in the spur of the moment, and that too in a hush-hush manner, there’s news. According to the latest buzz, the reason behind Dhoni’s decision to tie the knot all of a sudden was perhaps his link-ups with a hoard of B-town beauties, including none other than Deepika Padukone.

Grapevine has it that Sakshi Singh Rawat, who’s now Dhoni’s wife, was not quite happy with the cricketer’s romantic link-up rumours with Bollywood celebs. And this, perhaps, forced MSD to tie the knot much sooner than he intended to.

The Indian skipper has previously grabbed headlines for his alleged link-up with Deepika Padukone, Asin Thottumkal and a few others. Reports reveal that owing to this, the families of the bride and the groom decided to advance the wedding.

However, actress Bipasha Basu, who’s a close friend of the cricketer, has denied all such reports as she’s revealed that the wedding was planned months in advance.

"The wedding on Sunday night was all planned. But no one was supposed to know about it. Whatever the truth, we must all be happy for the couple. It’s party time!" said Bipasha.

Well, doesn’t look like it!

Bring it on Deepika: Saina

Nehwal may soon be serving against actress Deepika Padukone in a one-of-its-kind badminton match.

When Saina won her third Super Series title in a row, actress Deepika Padukone, a former state-level badminton champion, not only congratulated her, but invited the 20-year-old to play a match with her.

Talking to HT City, Saina said, “It will be fun to play a match with Deepika. Though I’ve met her once in Delhi, I’m sure it would great to meet her again, this time on the badminton court.”

“Let’s play a game when ur in mumbai next. been a while since I played,” Deepika had written on Twitter, after Saina’s win. Incidentally, Deepika is the daughter of veteran badminton player Prakash Padukone, whom Saina admires.

Nescafe announces Deepika Padukone as brand ambassador

Nestle India has made Bollywood actoress Deepika Padukone as the brand ambassador for coffee brand Nescafe. This would be the first such celebrity association for Nescafe in its existence in India.

The new strategy will serve two purposes: first to get coffee sales back on track and secondly to increase its market share in the market.

“It is not about the market share but we have to grow the pie, so we have to invest in the category just like we are doing in other categories,” said Antonio Helio Waszyk, MD of Nestle India.

But according to the latest Nielsen data, Nestle's Nescafe had a market share of 52 per cent in Jan this year while Hindustan Unilever's Bru has just 34 per cent share. But in April, the market share for both Nescafe and Bru stood at 41 per cent each.

But that's not all, even coffee shop chain Cafe Coffee Day is planning to move beyond cafes and sell these products in small pack sizes in modern retail chains.

“We want to be like an FMCG company in terms of packaging and distribution. We see many consumers from abroad coming to India and we want to give our cafe experience to their homes too,” said Alok Gupta, director of Cafe Coffee Day.

But for Nestle, coffee is also one of its only high margin segment in its current portfolio.

With a new brand ambassador and aggressive marketing campaigns, profitability in the short term could get impacted.

What is Deepika Padukone Saying?

When the stars get together to chat you can be sure it's juicy! Whether they gossip about their latest love interest or newest fight with a movie director, we love to know what's going on in our favorite celebs' lives! But while a photo can say more than words, it's hard to tell from a pic what the stars are up to. So why don't you tell us; what are they sayin'?

Going on the road with Deepika Padukone to promote the movie Housefull can't have been that easy, just at look at poor Ritesh Deshmukh in this picture! Both the pretty actress and the handsome actor are well dressed and ready to charm the audience and critics alike, but Dips is ruining the perfect picture with this monstrous face! What was she thinking? And more importantly; what could she be saying? What don't you tell us; what are they sayin'?

Are Sonam and Deepika unspoken enemies?

It was recently reported that Sonam Kapoor chose not to work with Deepika Padukone owing to personal reasons.

Sonam and Deepika’s supposed tiff started ever since their debut films released on the same day! Sonam’s Saawariya and Deepika’s Om Shanti Om clashed at the box office and just when everyone linked Sonam to Ranbir, news of Ranbir seeing Deepika broke, leading to certain awkwardness between the two women.

Ranbir is no longer with Deepika today and just when we assumed all’s well between Sonam and Deepika, news of Sonam refusing to work with Deepika came out, owing to personal issues.

Sonam however denied that she refused to work with Deepika in Rahul Dholakia's "Desi Boys", starring John Abraham and Akshay Kumar.

Sonam clarified, “"The role that Deepika is doing was offered to me before. I would have loved to do it but because I was busy with 'Mausam' and 'Thank You' I could not take it. It later went to Deepika and I am sure she will do a great job.”

She further added, “"I don't know Deepika. Then how would I have a cold war with her?"

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