Will Deepika beat Katrina and enter 200 crore club with Kareena ?

For Deepika Padukone, it is time to bring in all her energies into the world ofBollywood. For the actress who started the year with a 100 crores success in the form of 'Race 2', one can well expect many more centuries for her before the close of year, what with 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' coming close to the 190 crore mark and 'Chennai Express' expected to hit a century in it's opening week itself.

"See honestly, 100 crores and talks around that isn’t something that I think of. In fact it actually strikes me only when people SMS me stating that my film has done so and so business. Otherwise I am not consciously fretting over such matters," smiles Deepika.

Still, the fact remains that with 'Race 2' turning out to be her biggest grosser since her debut flick 'Om Shanti Om' (that had collected close to 80 crores back then) and 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' being next only to Kareena Kapoor's '3 Idiots' (202 crores) and Katrina Kaif's 'Ek Tha Tiger' (199 crores), Deepika is comfortably sitting in the top zone. Of course there may be an argument that the aforementioned films weren't really heroine driven films while Deepika was pivotal to 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'.


Still, in an industry where it is numbers that make the loudest noise, Deepika would indeed be hoping that her future films break the barrier as well and step into the 200 crore zone.

With films lined up with Shahrukh Khan (Chennai Express) and Rajnikanth (Kochadaiyaan), one waits to see if that indeed happens in months to come.

Says Deepika after a brief pause, "Yes, there are big numbers coming in but then as an actor, I have also gained a lot from 'Love Aaj Kal' and 'Cocktail'. It is great that there my films are associated with these 100 crore clubs but if you ask me, I don't want to be associated with any such tag. If such collections do come in though, it is fantastic for all of us."

We look forward to that happening indeed!