No regret: Deepika Singh Goyal after posing with uprooted trees in Mumbai

The controversy erupted after Deepika, who featured in daily soap 'Diya Aur Baati Hum', posed with the uprooted trees and shared the pictures on social media.

Despite the public anger, the actor maintained her stance and said in an interview to ETimes, "I will not stop spreading positivity, and this is for my well-being and happiness. I don't regret it but, I would definitely request the audience to not step out in the rain, this area is right outside my house. Therefore, I stepped out for 5 minutes.”

The actor also said she never meant to be "insensitive" by posing "near an uprooted tree".

Deepika said she had planted the tree, which was uprooted, five years ago near her house.

Here are some of Deepika's posts

In a post, she said, "You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself, embrace the nature and it’s gloomy moods because the storm will pass.. Ps: This tree fell right outside my house nobody got hurt, but while putting it away from my door, Rohit and I managed to take few pictures to remember the #cyclonetauktae !"

"Bola tha na life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s learning to dance in the rain 🌧😋," Deepika's another post reads.

"Into the woods” she said.