Many of the audience has been wondering why Deepika Padukone is absent from the promotions of her upcoming anticipated movie `Fighter`. Now, Siddharth Anand addressed the conundrum in a recent interview

Siddharth Anand addresses rumours of rift with Deepika Padukone (Pic/IMDB)
Many of the audience has been wondering why Deepika Padukone is absent from the promotions of her upcoming anticipated movie `Fighter`. The actor`s absence from the film`s trailer launch sent a lot of tongues wagging about an apparent rift between the actress and the director, Siddharth Anand. The rumours were further fueled when netizens realised that the two were no longer following each other on Instagram. Now, Siddharth Anand addressed the conundrum in a recent interview with Bollywood Hungama.
Speaking to Bollywood Hungama, Siddharth Anand revealed, "This is a promotional strategy that we have taken. You will start seeing Deepika Padukone from Tuesday everywhere. People put a lot of conjectures into things. Deepika was supposed to come for the trailer launch, but she was under the weather. And now she is going to be everywhere; our strategy is such.”