Deepika Singh, who catapulted to fame by playing the role of Sandhya Rathi in TV Show Diya Aur Baati Hum
In 2018 she was seen in a web series called The Real Soulmate. She also became a contestant on Ekta Kapoor’s Box Cricket League in 2014 and 2019. In 2019, Singh made a comeback to television acting, as she portrayed the double role of twin sisters Sandhya and Sakshi Patwardhan in Colo TV’s supernatural show Kavach
Singh has been training in the classical Odissi dance form
Women Fitness India joins her in a candid conversation over post-pregnancy well being, yoga practice, and love for acting!
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
From being a degree holder in MBA to becoming a household name for your much-acclaimed performance in “Diya aur baati hum”. Tell us how has the journey been for you, also was acting something you always wanted to do?
Ms.Deepika Singh:
The journey has been amazing so far. And I am really grateful to God, to my fans that, they still know me and they still remember my character name. They still remember Diya Aur Baati Hum was so popular that, you know, it has been telecast in more than 15 countries. And people always, not only in India, outside India, also people know my name.
So that’s a very beautiful feeling. It’s like I never imagined that I would be going to be so popular. So I think it’s my great parent’s karma and yes, amazing feeling. So also, was acting something you always wanted to do, since childhood? I was very, keen to learn classical dance form, but not acting, actually. But yeah, when I accidentally came across, some modeling campaign because of my college friends, I started doing events in college days and I gave other auditions also so many auditions like and struggle in Delhi for four to five years.
So, so much work I have done in Delhi. And then I finally auditioned for Diya Aur Baati Hum I gave audition for the main lead and I came to Mumbai in 2011. So this is my story about being an actor.
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Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Your mother was recently diagnosed with Covid-19, how did you manage the situation and what precautions are you taking a post that.
Message for your fans on COVID precaution
Ms. Deepika Singh:
I am living in Mumbai and my mother was diagnosed in Delhi, so I am not living with her. So at my home in Mumbai, I am taking utmost care. And, you know, whatever I say, I’m very careful about, you know, sanitization. And what how I manage the situation is, you know, stress that you have, and especially when it’s your mom. I used to get up five to six I used to meditate.
I used to pray, you know, regularly every day, each day. I used to do it before also. So but when my mother was diagnosed, I used to sleep at 12:00, 1:00 in the night after talking to her. So I was very mindful of my thoughts and I was moody on the phone.
I used to motivate my mom and telling her the true report, you know, this is how your progress is going on.
Message for my friends with precautions is, take very good care of yourself. It’s very important that only go out of the house now. And if you’re going to avoid going out, it’s best. And if you go out, please take all the necessary precautions. The most important thing which I want to tell people, which is drinking warm water, which I get to get to know from the doctors who are taking care of my mother and take care of your supplemental nutrition.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
You took a break from acting post your pregnancy, how did you manage to get back in shape. “Weight loss is about our lifestyle and we need to be mindful about what we are eating.” Share 4 diet tips that helped you lose post-natal weight
Ms Deepika Singh:
Yeah, I lost all post-natal weight. In that regard right now, since last month, I have put on weight, so I am not actually worried, but I am very liberal with my exercising regime, with my eating habits is not because of eating wrong eating habits. Basically, because of my low BP, I cannot go low carb and no sugar.
I have replaced the carbs complex, after taking guidance from my doctor and she gave me a wonderful diet and that really helped me to reduce weight.
I was really, really involved with my workout those days. Also, I used to do Odissi Dance was doing with my dancing schedule, that time I used to do a lot of cardio because of my dancing routine and yoga.
Yeah, Yoga really helps me. And the dancing with the regime and the proper diet helped me to reduce the postpartum.
Also, some diet tips that helped me is that I used to eat the Moong Dal Cheela in the night with some green chutney. I stopped eating chapattis and rice in my mind in those days in my dinner, in the morning also I used to eat oats with fruit or omelet or anything which is in protein, but not heavy carbs. And also imagine that you are a very lean and healthy person. Imagination also helps a lot. So these are my tips.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
What fitness regime do you follow? Also, share your top 3 favorite yoga asana especially to get rid of baby belly
Ms.Deepika Singh
I started doing the workout at least twice a week, and I practiced yoga every day for 45 minutes to one hour. I also practice my dance. I dance like three or four days a week and but I am regular with my yoga. So this kind of regime I follow.
Favourite Yoga poses
1. Seated forward bend pose – paschimottanasana
2. Kumbhakasana- plank pose
3. Paripurna Navasana- Boat pose
4. Eka pada adho mukha svasana- One legged downward facing dog pose
5. Setu bandha sarvangasana- bridge pose
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
For an actor, it is very important to look presentable off and on cameras, Share 3 hair and skin regimes that you swear by
Ms. Deepika Singh
I fear it’s not only on camera, for off-camera, but I also don’t feel that only looks work It’s basically a talent which makes you beautiful. Your character makes you feel good. But we really always want to love him, women. We all always want to look flawless and look pretty. And not only women, men, and women, everybody wants to look presentable, good, neat, clean
My three hair tips are
- use a hair mask and because you know due to heating product hair mostly get rough so that egg hair mask, I use includes one teaspoon of coconut oil, one teaspoon of one vitamin C capsule, and one teaspoon of honey. I mix it in egg yolk and then I put it on my head and after one hour I wash my hair and
- Eat a healthy diet, eat a lot of proteins Omega as I am vegetarian.
- I take my supplements, B12, and also drink lots of water that is very, very helpful.
Ms.Namita Nayyar
How do you manage to strike a balance between your professional and personal life, having a child increases the responsibilities, share some tips for new working moms
Ms.Deepika Singh:
I think it’s not because of me, I am very fortunate. I have a very supportive husband. And that becomes a family when you have your husband, who supports, and the family supports you no matter what it is. So I’m very happy and fortunate that I have a very good husband.
He manages my responsibility when I am working out when I’m going to make my food So he always, stands by with me. So I think I’m able to manage it because of Rohit. And I think that is because of my yoga regime, which helps, which allowed me to learn balance, focus basically just energy to deal with everything
Ms.Namita Nayyar:
Post lockdown, what are your upcoming projects also with the virus still prevalent what safety measures would you be taking while shooting
Ms.Deepika Singh:
I really don’t know but I am concentrating on my dancing skills and I like to dance regularly and improving my dancing, like in the form. I will like on Instagram maybe I do live shows of my dancing that I knew, but not as an acting project so far.
Ms.Namita Nayyar:
You have a huge following of 1.3m on your Instagram account, what according to you are the best and worst of social media?
Ms.Deepika Singh:
Yes, I am very fortunate and hardworking I have a one-point three million, but it’s still a very small number. I feel that it’s not so much. But, yeah, I am very thankful to all my fans that you know, they followed me and they like my post and they love me. Like, I don’t dress up so well for Instagram posts and for my videos, especially for my dance video. But they still accept me the way I am.
So I’m really, really grateful to all my followers and all my fans that they accept me the way I am. What is the best about social media is that you know, you get to know about your colleagues, about your friends, you know about your family, that, you know, this is going on in their life. So what is the worst thing about social media? It’s the continuous pressure of posting, you know, although I don’t post much. But still, there is a pressure, you know, that you have to be very continuous at these
Ms.Namita Nayyar
Please share a message for Women Fitness India readers
Ms.Deepika Singh:
My message for all the women fitness readers is eat healthy and stay healthy, by eating healthy doesn’t mean to eat a boring food and always make sure work hard on meditation, try to work out be mindful.
Practice self-love doesn’t be too much engrossed in pleasing everyone, try to make your own self happy and everything around you will change eventually. Thank you!
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