Will host a party in Mumbai for Vin Diesel after her Hollywood debut’s UK premiere
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; January 8, 2017)

Fresh from a week-long getaway with boyfriend, Ranveer Singh, Deepika and her Bajirao Mastani co-star, Priyanka Chopra, were on back-to-back flights out of India on January 2. While PeeCee landed in New York to kick off the second schedule of her TV series, Quantico, Deepika headed to Los Angeles for the promotion of her upcoming Hollywood debut, the Vin Diesel-starrer, xXx: Return of Xander Cage.

A day before her birthday on January 5, she headed to Mexico City with the other two leading ladies, Nina Dobrev and Ruby Rose, and director D J Caruso. After all-day media interactions and right before the premiere of the film, the xXx family came together with a large cake and balloons to ring in Deepika’s 31st birthday. Even though it was still January 4 there, they knew wishes had already started pouring in from back home, from friends and even “Padmapati” Shahid Kapoor.

Caruso compared the birthday girl to two Hollywood yesteryear greats, saying, “You embody Lana Turner with the grace of Audrey Hepburn and you can kick some a** too!” Deepika described her screen avatar, Serena Unger, as “independent, smart, always observing and learning” and added that what draws Xander to her is that “she is like him”.

A big birthday dinner has been planned for Friday evening. On January 9, the cast and crew will take off to London for the UK premiere, and are also expected to briefly travel through Europe. They fly out to Mumbai on January 12 for a glitzy Indian premiere of the film. Deepika will be hosting a starry all-nighter on January 13 for her international friends as well, and plans to show Vin around Mumbai personally.
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MID-DAY (January 7, 2016)

American filmmaker D J Caruso, who has helmed Deepika Padukone’s Hollywood debut XXX: Return of Xander Cage took to social networking platform Twitter on Tuesday to reveal that the team was set to host a birthday dinner for the actress on Wednesday. “We have a birthday dinner set up for tomorrow,” Caruso wrote on the platform, while responding to a fan’s query on the team’s plan.

Deepika, who turned 31 yesterday, also received wishes form her Bajirao Mastani co-star Priyanka Chopra. “Happy birthday @deepikapadukone may this year bring you lots of love and happiness.. I wish you the best for # XXX Can’t wait to watch it (sic),” PeeCee wrote.

Dippy is currently on a promotional tour in Mexico with the cast and crew of XXX.