Deepika Singh, who is also an accomplished dancer, regularly posts videos of her dancing skills on social media. However, the actress was trolled after she put up pictures of posing with uprooted trees and a video of dancing in the rain after Cyclone Tauktae caused considerable damage in Mumbai recently.

A netizen remarked, “People are dying due to the cyclone and you are enjoying this. What a shame,” after Deepika posted the pictures.

We spoke to Deepika about this and she said, “I live in a flat, which is on the ground floor. This was a tree that we had planted many years ago outside our house, which unfortunately fell during the cyclone. The tree fell on our car and my husband Rohit and I stepped out in the rains to move it from the car. During that time, my husband thought of clicking a few pictures. It was just something we did spontaneously. I am sad for all those who were affected due to the cyclone and didn’t mean to be insensitive by posing near an uprooted tree. I wouldn’t encourage anyone to do something like that.”

On the work front, Deepika was last seen in the show Kavach - Mahashivaratri. Why has been missing from the small screen? “After Kavach, I consciously kept away from the small screen. There is a perception among filmmakers that if TV actors continue doing TV shows, they won’t be serious about doing films. I want to explore other mediums, too. In the meantime, have kept myself busy with dance — I’ve been teaching dance virtually and also updating my classical dance skills. I shot for a film, too, but it is too early to talk about it.”