Since then, Deepika has had a few hits (‘Love Aaj Kal’, ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’) and more misses, with films like ‘Karthik Calling Karthik’, ‘Aarakshan’, ‘Lafangey Parindey’ and others failing. At one point, it seemed likely that Deepika might have faded into oblivion, had it not been the edgy role of Veronica in Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Cocktail’ in 2012, which came like a second lease of life for the leggy beauty.