Deepika is at the top in her profession. We recently heard from her in Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle's podcast to discuss mental health. A few years ago she revealed that she is suffering from depression and sought treatment as well. It was mother who helped her in the difficult times. On the podcast, she talked about how people took her story and how many people thought she was sharing her struggles as to promote her films. 

She has a non-profit organization which helps people with mental health issues. Deepika stated, "For most of India, it felt like this huge burden lifted off their shoulders that finally someone acknowledged the fact that, okay, there is something. There is such a thing as mental illness. But with everything good that you do, there'll always be sort of that skepticism. And so there were a bunch of people who felt that either I was doing this to promote a movie, or they thought that I was being paid by a pharmaceutical company. And there were articles on this. They thought I was being paid by a pharmaceutical company and that I'm now going to start advertising for some sort of medication." She further added, "As difficult as dealing with mental illness was, I'm also grateful that I went through that experience because it changed my life forever. My life then on has been about purpose and what is my purpose? I've had this sort of life-and-death experience. And when you come out the other side, um, there's so much to be grateful for. And It's no more about what is that paycheck that I'm taking home? It isn't about that anymore. It's about, when I leave this place, when I leave the earth, um, what is it that I can leave behind? And how many lives can I positively impact? I've been on that journey for the last couple of years." 

She has a lots of projects coming up from Pathan to The Intern remake and many more.