India, June 4 -- Deepika Padukone has been open about her struggle with depression and has also started a foundation to raise awareness about mental health. Recently, Deepika's father and former badminton player Prakash Padukone spoke about the actor's battle with depression and how he and the family supported her when she decided to speak publicly about her experience.

Speaking on The Something Bigger Show with Rodrigo Canelas, Prakash said, "We were fully supportive. She came to us and discussed it, and we had no objections at all. If sharing her experience could help others, we felt it was a positive thing to do. Later, after one of her friends passed away, she became even more determined to create awareness about mental health. That ...