I have full faith in our judicial system: Deepika Padukone

It's business as usual in the lobby of the Mumbai five-star hotel where Deepika Padukone aka 'Padmavati', is occupying a suite. But once you alight from the lift on the 23rd floor, you can feel a certain tightness in the air. Security personnel are strategically parked outside the elevator and they perk up to scan visitors unobtrusively, but thoroughly. Unless you are being accompanied by a member of her immediate staff, there's no way you can have access to this floor on this day.

Inside her room, the atmosphere is calmer. Dressed in a bright red outfit, her long hair tied back in a neat ponytail, the actress doesn't display any nerves. If she is anxious about the threats made to her and the 'Padmavati' filmmaker, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, she doesn't show any outward signs of nervousness. Instead, she is hospitality personified -- ordering tea and cookies for her guests. Her head held high, she says, "I have full faith in the judicial system of our country. I know no wrong will be done."

Ask her if the entire controversy has shaken her up, she says, "As a woman, as an artiste, as someone who has worked and given two years of my life to this movie, I feel hurt, I feel angry, but I also think it is extremely funny that people are reacting like this to a film. I am feeling so many emotions at this point.'' She admits that it is difficult for her to articulate all that she is currently going through. And then reiterates: "There is a fraction of people out there who are doing this. But as I said at the start, I have faith in our judicial system.''