Actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone spent Diwali at the Padukone family home in Bengaluru, and photographs from the gathering have travelled widely on social media since. The festival was the first for the couple's younger daughter, Devi, who was born in September this year.
The images show the couple with Deepika's parents, Prakash and Ujjala Padukone, her sister Anisha and a few close friends. Ranveer wore a purple kurta, Deepika a yellow ethnic suit with her hair in a neat bun. Other frames show Deepika with a member of the restaurant staff and Ranveer clicking a selfie with a fan.
Accounts differ on where the pictures were taken. One report places the celebration at the family residence in Bengaluru; another says the widely shared group photograph appears to have been clicked at a restaurant after the Diwali meal. The frame was posted on Instagram Stories by Adil Kalyanpur and quickly picked up by fan pages.
The couple's second daughter was born on September 19 and named Devi Padukone Singh, a detail they shared in October with a family photograph that also featured their elder daughter, Dua. Dua, born on September 8, 2024, turned two in September, and her face was made public on Diwali last year. Fans are now waiting for a glimpse of Devi.
The festivities ran alongside a death in the family, reportedly. Ranveer's maternal grandfather, Dr Ram Hingorani, died on Diwali aged 96, according to a tribute posted by a cousin. The note said he had "peacefully left us on Diwali", during Lakshmi Puja at what she called the golden hour of the day, and described his life as one to be celebrated rather than mourned. The cousin is named in one account as Saymya Hingorani and in another as Saumya Hingorani Thackeray. Ranveer has not reacted publicly.
On the work front, Ranveer is shooting for Pralay, the directorial debut of Jai Mehta, and is also co-producing the film, which stars Kalyani Priyadarshan. Deepika has two releases lined up: King with Shah Rukh Khan in December and Raaka with Allu Arjun, scheduled for 2027. One account described his recent Dhurandhar outing as a Rs 3,000-crore box-office success; the figure could not be independently checked.
The couple married in November 2018 at Lake Como in Italy, in ceremonies conducted according to Konkani and Sindhi traditions, and have since kept their daughters largely out of the public eye. Photographs of the Bengaluru evening have become among the most shared celebrity frames of this Diwali.
(With inputs from media reports)