Deepika Padukone will attend a friend's wedding instead of unveiling her item number for Dum Maaro Dum

Deepika Padukone has given her friends precedence over work commitments. She has taken off to Thailand to attend a close friend's wedding.

The star was to unveil her item number (the Dum Maaro Dum title track) during the India-South Africa World Cup match on March 12. But she excused herself saying she had committed to shooting in Bhopal for Prakash Jha's Aarakshan. Consequently, she will be a no-show in both places.

The film's main cast "Abhishek Bachchan, Prateik, Rana Daggubatti and Bipasha Basu "are expected to attend.

A source close to Dippy maintains, "She hasn't taken a break for a long time. Her schedule for Aarakshan has been intense. So when her friend called to invite her for the wedding she jumped at the opportunity to take a short break. Deepika had her film's schedule changed to make time for the shaadi."

However, she shot for her parts for Jha's film before leaving, so the unit wouldn't suffer. "She didn't want to delay the film in any way." Apart from attending the wedding, DP also plans to unwind with close gal pals in Bangkok. And pamper herself with massages too!