In an interview with Mashable India, the ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ star stated that the sight of Padukone driving her SUV effortlessly was what ultimately impressed her to take her driving classes critically.
“I’ve tried studying to drive so many instances, however each instances I went for my driving take a look at, I ended up hitting one thing. Deepika Padukone and I entered Bollywood across the identical time—her debut was in 2007, and mine was in 2006. We have been even in the identical driving faculty again then, each residing in Bandra on the time,” she revealed.
Ranaut additionally revealed she had failed her first driving take a look at. “The primary time I took the driving take a look at, I drove my Santro out and ended up hitting an autorickshaw. The driving force got here out, yelling, and I noticed I had pressed the accelerator as a substitute of the brake—twice! The auto driver acquired so scared he ran away, most likely considering, ‘This girl is loopy.’ After that, I gave up on driving.”
Nonetheless, later, she noticed the ‘Piku’ star driving her SUV with practiced ease and determined to grasp driving. Nonetheless, her second try additionally went incorrect.
“5 years later, I noticed Deepika driving her SUV and thought, ‘We have been in the identical driving faculty and discovered on the identical time, however she’s driving, and I nonetheless can’t. It grew to become a matter of delight, so I made a decision to strive once more. This time, I had a BMW. I practiced for every week and went for the driving take a look at once more. However as soon as once more, I hit one thing—this time, it was a police jeep. My driver was like, ‘Madam, apne police ki gadi thok di (Madam, you hit a police automobile!)’. I once more did the identical mistake of urgent the accelerator as a substitute of the brake. At the moment, my movie ‘As soon as Upon A Time in Mumbai’ had been launched, so the police acknowledged me. Fortunately, the police jeep wasn’t broken, solely my BMW was, so I requested them to let me go, and so they agreed, however not earlier than telling my driver to take the wheel as a substitute of me. I gave up after that.”Ranaut will make her performing comeback with the political thriller cum biopic ‘Emergency’. The film additionally marks her directorial comeback 5 years after the historic drama ‘Manikarnika’.
