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Don’t miss what the otherwise flamboyant Ranveer Singh is wearing as he meets Deepika Padukone’s dad, Prakash -- a tailored grey suit. Looks like Anushka Sharma is leading the way for her Band Baaja Baarat co-star Ranveer Singh - a week after she announced her marriage with Virat Kohli, the Bajirao Mastani star met Prakash Padukone, father of his rumoured girlfriend Deepika Padukone and also shared a picture in one of his Instastories. And what do you think the flamboyant -- bordering on eccentric -- dresser wore for the occasion? A sedate grey suit. Now, we have seen Ranveer cutting ribbons in shorts and shrugs, attending awards event in electric pink and even rock dresses for which we have no description. So, a grey suit -- even if well-tailored -- left us wondering. However, we will chalk it up to the fact that Ranveer was meeting the ‘god of badminton’. Ranveer was attending an event at the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Excellence in Bengaluru where he also met Rahul D...

" Even on the day of the final, I had taken the train, carried my kit, and walked to the court." Prakash Padukone's eyes twinkle as he says these words in a matter-of-fact tone. We are talking about the journey he took, 37 years ago in the fourth week of March, from the YMCA in central London to Wembley, about a 25-minute ride on the underground tube. The match Padukone is referring to, of course, is the final of the All England Championships in 1980. We are sitting inside the Barclaycard Arena, which has become the host for All England since 1994. Padukone has just finished speaking at a hospitality event organised by Badminton England for a select gathering of 150 guests on his All England triumph. "It was the greatest win for me and Indian badminton," Padukone tells the crowd, each of whom has paid 140 pounds per head. His maiden and only All England title, Padukone said, was "historic." Only one Indian has won it since then...