I depe de ce
Day
ca ies
a
st o g
emotio al
co ectio
fo
Rakul
P eet
Si gh.
The
act ess
g ew
up
i
a
milita y
family
a d
spe t
much
of
he
childhood
a ou d
A my
ca to me ts.
He
ea ly
expe ie ces
co ti ue
to
shape
how
she
views
the
atio al
occasio .
Rakul
P eet
Si gh
is
the
daughte
of
Col.
(Retd.)
Kulwi de
Si gh,
who
se ved
with
the
I dia
A my’s
Regime t
of
A tille y.
His
se vice
i volved
seve al
posti gs,
i cludi g
assig me ts
ea
bo de
a eas.
This
mea t
Rakul
P eet
Si gh’s
childhood
was
closely
co ected
with
milita y
life.
Fo
the
act ess,
August
15
was
mo e
tha
a
a ual
atio al
holiday.
It
became
a
occasio
associated
with
school
memo ies,
pat iotic
activities
a d
celeb atio s.
I depe de ce
Day
was
a
festival
fo
Rakul
P eet
Si gh
Rakul
P eet
Si gh
studied
at
A my
Public
School,
Dhaula
Kua ,
Delhi.
She
ecalled
the
special
atmosphe e
at
he
school
whe eve
I depe de ce
Day
app oached.
She
told
The
F eep ess
Jou al,
“As
a
Milita y
Child,
I depe de ce
Day
was ’t
just
a othe
day
o
the
cale da ;
it
was
a
festival.
I
atte ded
the
A my
Public
School,
Dhaula
Kua ,
Delhi,
a d
some
of
my
best
school
memo ies
a e
of
the
g a d
celeb atio s
of
I depe de ce
Day.
”The
act ess
also
pa ticipated
i
activities
ce t ed
a ou d
pat iotism.
Amo g
he
memo ies
a e
pat iotic
so g
competitio s,
which
she
said
left
a
lasti g
imp essio
o
he .
“I
ca
ecall
joi i g
i
pat iotic
so g
competitio s
a d
bei g
ve y
p oud
to
si g
fo
my
cou t y.
I
et ospect,
I
see
how
those
mome ts
helped
to
fo m
my
defi itio
of
pat iotism
f om
a
ve y
you g
age.”
Rakul
P eet
Si gh
speaks
about
he
love
fo
I dia
Rakul
P eet
Si gh
co ti ues
to
hold
a
st o g
emotio al
co ectio
with
I dia.
He
comme ts
suggest
that
the
feeli gs
she
developed
du i g
childhood
have
emai ed
impo ta t
to
he .
“What
I
felt
fo
I dia
a d
its
espect
a d
love
emai s
a
ve y
special
o e
i
my
hea t
eve
today,”
she
said.
Fo
Rakul
P eet
Si gh,
I depe de ce
Day
is
closely
li ked
to
the
e vi o me t
i
which
she
was
aised.
He
fathe ‘s
milita y
ca ee
exposed
he
to
a
lifestyle
whe e
atio al
se vice
was
pa t
of
eve yday
life.
The
act ess’
ecollectio s
also
highlight
how
childhood
expe ie ces
ca
i flue ce
o e’s
u de sta di g
of
pat iotism
lo g
afte
school
yea s
a e
ove .Mo e
about
Rakul
P eet
Si gh
o
the
wo k
f o tRakul
P eet
Si gh
is
set
to
take
o
the
pivotal
ole
of
Shu pa akha
i
Nitesh
Tiwa i’s
highly
a ticipated
ci ematic
adaptatio
of
the
‘Ramaya a’.
She
joi s
a
sta -studded
cast
that
i cludes
Ra bi
Kapoo
as
Lo d
Ram,
Sai
Pallavi
as
Sita,
a d
Yash
as
Rava a.
Add essi g
he
decisio
to
accept
the
ole,
the
act ess
sha ed
that
she
was
deeply
d aw
to
Shu pa akha’s
emotio al
complexity
a d
ua ced
a ative
beyo d
the
si gle
d amatic
eve t
histo y
typically
emembe s
he
fo .
Exp essi g
he
exciteme t
fo
cha acte s
that
challe ge
co ve tio al
pe ceptio s,
Rakul
hopes
audie ces
view
the
ole
with
a
ope
mi d
whe
‘Ramaya a:
Pa t
1’
hits
theate s
fo
its
g a d
Diwali
2026
elease.