The Team of Chandni Chowk to China TAlk About What it Took to Give Deepika Padukone Chinese Eyes
How do you turn Mangalorean beauty Deepika Padukone into a Mandarin hottie? The team of Chandni Chowk To China gives you the gyaan on slanting eyes, printed silks and poker-straight fringes 'I preferred Meow's sexy, chic look': Deepika Padukone SHE may have gone with her director Nikhil Advani's vision, but Deepika Padukone says she couldn't suppress a sliver of excitement at the thought of wearing the traditional Chinese cheongsam, the one-piece clinging dress, onscreen. "It's not something you really see in Indian cinema. I didn't interfere much though as we had our New York-based designer Jaimal Odedra," says Deepika over the telephone, fresh out of the Los Angeles premiere of Chandni Chowk To China. Director Advani and she are enroute to the airport to board a flight for their next premiere destination on a whirlwind tour – Times Square at New York. "I've been a model and done many, many photo-shoots, but I've never done anything t...