In 2014 , Padukone featured opposite Rajinikanth in the Tamil film '' Kochadaiiyaan '' , a period drama that was shot using motion capture technology . She was paid for two days worth of work in it . In Homi Adajania 's widely praised satire '' Finding Fanny '' , Padukone played a young widow who takes a road trip with her dysfunctional friends ( played by Arjun Kapoor , Naseeruddin Shah , Dimple Kapadia and Pankaj Kapur ) in search of a woman named Fanny . The film was screened at the 19th Busan International Film Festival ; critic Anuj Kumar of '' The Hindu '' wrote that Padukone successfully " takes off the fineries of Bollywood and you can sense the freedom from baggage in her performance " . Later that year , she starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan for the third time in Farah Khan 's renewal of '' Happy New Year '' . She played a bar dancer who trains a group of underachievers for a dance competition . Sanjukta Sharma of '' Mint '' found her role to be of minimal importance that required her only to be " a pretty thing to be laughed at and pitied " , but the film became one of her most successful , earning over worldwide
19th Busan International Film Festival
19th Busan International Film Festival
Deepika Padukone