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Are Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone still friends? We are just wondering!

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DailyBiteNov 23, 2018 | 18:21

Are Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone still friends? We are just wondering!

One has an international husband, the other had an international location.

Rekha-Jaya. Sridevi-Madhuri. Kareena-Bipasha. Aishwarya Rai-Sushmita Sen. And, of course, the Khans.

We have always pitted one Bollywood star against another, and derived immense pleasure in imagining the steaming rivalry they must have — over a role, over a vanity van — or over a man/woman!

So, it is beyond our comprehension why we are not doing anything like that now as far as Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone are concerned, while there are tell-tale signs lying all around! Also, this is exactly the time to reignite those delicious theories as both of them chose this year-end to get married. We don’t know who followed whom, who’s trying to overshadow whom — everything happened so quickly!

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So, let us take a moment and revisit those saucy speculations!

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One Bajirao. Two Mastanis. Competition all the way! (Still: Bajirao Mastani)

Who’s a bigger international star?

PeeCee, you will say. Her Quantico dates back a long time — but Deepika announced her Hollywood debut in xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, with Vin Diesel, before Priyanka told the world that she too was going to make it big with Baywatch.

Now, with an international celebrity as a life partner, we can actually settle the score between them.

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What's brewing? The duo even shared the couch on Koffee with Karan - but insisted they were friends. (Twitter)

Who’s richer?

A tricky and sticky issue.

On the Forbes List 2017, both of them were in the list of highest paid stars, and how! Deepika was sixth with $11 million, while Priyanka was at the seventh position — in a tie with Ranveer Singh — with $10 million. Do we need to say more?

The rest were all male stars.

Priyanka was a huge star when Deepika started, but then…

The duo have starred in many films, though Bajirao Mastani is the only one where both shared screenspace; in others, it was mostly a song for one, a full role for the other. So, the rivalry is not absolutely imaginary and both of them have faced real questions regarding this. And as expected, both of them have had us believe how they have always been friends. Good friends. Very good friends too.

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Even Deepika has said that Priyanka debuted when Deepika was still studying, and when the latter joined the industry, Priyanka was already a big star. And apparently, Priyanka was the very first friend Deepika made in the big, bad industry. So given this, Priyanka might not have really liked how Deepika stole the show. But in her defence, as she explained in interviews, both their life goals are different.

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From international location to international husband!

Deepika getting mistaken as Priyanka!

Well, this took place quite a number of times — and never the other way round.

They do not look too similar to us, but the foreign media apparently can’t distinguish one brown face from another, which is, as Deepika said, ‘offensive, ignorant and racist’. Priyanka Chopra, too, shared her feelings on this issue and we know how once Yukta Mookhey’s photo was used as Priyanka’s.

But then again, it always seems to boil down to PeeCee and DP.

If all these tales were not enough, the duo apparently did not agree to a duet performance of their famous Pinga in an award function in 2016. Long time ago, true. But according to reports, Deepika was not invited to Priyanka's engagement bash in Mumbai — while Ranveer Singh was invited.

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And here they are now. Both the divas taking the big leap in the same month — one has an international husband, the other had an international location.

We just wish both of them have their cakes — and eat them too!

Last updated: November 23, 2018 | 18:21
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