Will Deepika's Pregnancy Affect Allu Arjun's Raaka?

Bollywood starlet Deepika Padukone being pregnant again has suddenly put Superstar Allu Arjun’s Raaka in a tricky spot. This isn’t just about dates. This is about planning, scale, and how much a film can bend without breaking. Especially when the film stars Allu Arjun and is already carrying high expectations, her availability for the shoot or unavailability will create lots of gaps. Here’s an interesting discussion going on in film circles about the same.

Quite unexpectedly, Deepika, who is fighting for wages and working hours to be reduced for a new mom like her, has become pregnant again. This is at a stage when she has a big project like Raaka in her hand, while sacked from the likes of Prabhas’ Kalki 2898 AD and Spirit. Now that she’s in her first trimester, will she continue to act in the action sequences and other things in Allu ARjun’s Raaka? Or will the Raaka get affected by her decision? Almost a year will have passed if the team waits for Deepika Padukone now? Some say that she will allot dates until the last trimester for this movie.

This isn’t new for the industry. Big films have faced similar situations before. Schedules get adjusted. Body doubles come in. Action blocks get pushed. Sometimes, scripts even change slightly to accommodate reality. It’s manageable. But then, earlier, Deepika disturbed the shooting of Kalki 2898 AD in the same way, as she got pregnant mid-way. Now it looks like the Raaka team that supported Deepika’s unusual demands and voice, needs to make lots of adjustments to accomodate her. We have to see what they will do.