Ranbir has always been a good actor: Deepika

Deepika Padukone, all praise for RK's acting prowess, says the duo was waiting for a good script and has found one in Ayan Mukherjee's next

It is generally unheard of for B-town exes to star in a film together. However, Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor seem to have put their romantic relationship well and truly behind them. In fact, Deepika says she's excited about working with Ranbir again in Ayan Mukherjee's " Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani" ("YJHD"). "Ranbir and I have been waiting for a good script to come our way for some time. And when Ayan came up with the script for "YJHD", we were both very excited. It's an amazing script and we will start shooting for it in January," she says.

Does Deepika think Ranbir has matured as an actor since they last worked together in the 2008 film, "Bachna Ae Haseeno"? "I have watched "Rockstar" twice. I even went up to Ranbir and asked him what he was going to do after this, because with this film, he has entered an interesting phase of his career. Ranbir has always been a good actor - he just needed the right director to give him that role," says Deepika.

Deepika is getting back into action mode with Abbas-Mustan's thriller, "Race 2", which has reportedly been delayed because of issues with her dates. "The shoot of the film was delayed as the makers of the film shifted the dates. Each time, I adjusted and allotted my dates for the film accordingly and never backed out of them. So speculation about the film being delayed because of me or my opting out of it are untrue," says Deepika, adding that she will begin shooting for "Race 2" by the second week of December. What about the reports that she was asked to lose weight for the film? "They're completely untrue. This is something I had been hoping to do for myself. I want to lose one or two kilos to get that sculpted look. I think it will make a huge difference onscreen," she says.

Deepika has quite a few films lined up that should keep her busy well into 2012. For starters, there is the Homi Adajania film, the tentatively titled "Cocktail", which also stars Saif Ali Khan. "There are two films in hand and three more in the pipeline. The title for "Cocktail" has not been decided yet. We call it "Production 3" at the moment," she signs off.