5 min readNew DelhiJun 12, 2026 12:40 PM IST Kangana Ranaut, who is extensively promoting her new film Bharat Bhagya Vidhata, recently opened up about how many younger actors in the film industry are insecure and don’t appreciate each other. Describing this kind of behaviour as “toxic”, Kangana said that she tried to learn from her contemporaries when she joined the film industry, and named Deepika Padukone as one of the actors that she learnt from. ‘I learnt from Deepika Padukone’ Talking to Entertainment Live, Kangana said that she left her home when she was still a teenager and did not understand the ways of the world. “I knew nothing back then,” she said and added, “I learnt so much from people around me. Whatever good qualities I saw in people around me, I took inspiration from that.” She then named Deepika and shared, “I learnt so much from contemporaries like Deepika. She had an athletic background. I came from studying science. I learnt that it’s so beneficial to exercise. I learnt from others also… …