Salman Khan And Deepika Padukone's Budding Friendship

It is not unknown that Salman Khan has avoided Deepika Padukone over the years, possibly because of her close relationship with rival Shah Rukh Khan. But all that is now changing, since Salman and Deepika’s friendship is now budding.

Deepika Padukone has tried on several occasions to bag a role opposite Salman Khan and has expressed her desire to work with the superstar. But all her pleas fell on deaf ears as till now Deepika hasn’t worked on a single project with Salman Khan. Her efforts to bag Sooraj Barjatya’s film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, did not work either.

In a recent award show, what happened has changed the scene of Salman and Deepika’s distances. The actors got along well during a recent award show where both of them were on stage together. That caught everyone’s attention since both the stars have been known to keep their distances with each other.

An eyewitness revealed, “Their newfound friendship couldn’t have gone unnoticed by the other stars because they never see eye-to-eye at public events. Salman may be uncomfortable with the fact that she is part of the rival camp.”

Talks are that this was the doing of none other than Karan Johar himself. Kjo is known to be the mediator whenever his friends are in distress, and being close friends with Deepika Padukone, it was his idea to get the actress on stage with Salman Khan.

“KJo and Deepika have worked together and have been friends too. It was his idea to first bring the two on stage together. Since Karan was hosting the show, it had to be different from the rest and Karan knows exactly how to do that,” the source added.

Earlier reportedly, Deepika Padukone had rejected films offered by Salman Khan not once but twice, which lead to problems between the actors. With Deepika hoisting the flag for team SRK with her debut movie Om Shanti Om, the distances further grew.

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