New Delhi: Deepika Padukone, who is now in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, to grow her mental health charity Live Love Laugh’s rural community, wrote a post on her Instagram profile for World Mental Health Day. She exchanged photos with folks she met during the programme and wrote a lengthy essay about her travels.
“Since our inception, we have been relentless in our efforts to improve the lives of those experiencing mental illness, as well as the lives of their caregivers. Expanding our rural outreach program to Tamil Nadu is one more important step towards making mental health care accessible and affordable for all.” She used the hashtag World Mental Health Day. The actress was accompanied by her mother, Ujjala Padukone, and sister, Anisha.
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Deepika Padukone’s foundation, Live Love Laugh, works for the welfare for those working with mental. Earlier, speaking about mental health issues, Depika had said, “It is extremely crucial. Even in my personal journey, the role of the caregiver has been extremely important that’s why my mother is here, that’s why my sister has been so passionately part of this cause for many years and also therefore, when I hear the stories of the caregivers, I understand how equally important that is as well, and the emotional well-being of the caregiver is as important as the emotional well-being of the person experiencing mental illness.”
Meanwhile, on the work front, Deepika has a number of projects in her lineup. The actor is currently shooting for Pathaan with Shah Rukh Khan. She also has Fighter with Hrithik Roshan and John Abraham. The actor will also headline The Intern, the Hindi adaptation of the Hollywood film of the same name.
