Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone

Height : 5'7"

Weight : 60kg or 132 Pounds

Bra size / Breast size : 34 B

Affairs : Upen Patel, R

anbir Kapoor, 

Siddarth Maliya, 

Saif Ali Khan

Date of Birth : January 5, 1986

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark

Deepika Padukone (born 5 January 1986) is an Indian film actress and model. She appears mostly in Bollywood films. Born tobadminton player Prakash Padukone, she chose to become an actress.

Padukone made her acting debut with the 2006 Kannada film Aishwarya.^] The following year, she played the lead female role in the reincarnation melodrama Om Shanti Om; the film proved a major commercial success and earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She was later noted for portraying modern, independent women in several commercially successful films, including the 2009 romantic drama Love Aaj Kal, the 2010 comedy Housefull, the 2012 romantic comedy Cocktail and the 2013 coming-of-ageromantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (also her biggest financial success). Her performance in Cocktail proved to be a turning point in her career, earning her unanimous critical appreciation and Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies

Early life and background

Padukone was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a former top world level badminton player, and her mother is a travel agent. Her father was then training in Denmark in the sport and when she was eleven months old her family moved to Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Padukone has a younger sister, Anisha, born on 2 February 1991.

Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore, and completed her pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College Bangalore. While in high school she played badminton at the state level. However, she was not keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player. During the time of her film debut she was enrolled with the Indira Gandhi National Open University in Bachelors of Arts (Sociology).

Career

Early modelling career, until 2006

Whilst in college, Padukone pursued a career in modelling. She was spotted in a ramp competition in NLS, Bangalore, and consequently made her debut on the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week in 2005. Over the years, she has modelled for various Indian brands like Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, and has been "brand ambassador" for the Jewels of India retail jewellery show. The cosmetics company Maybelline made her its international spokesperson.^[14]

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title "Model of the Year". Shortly afterward, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006 and won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards: "Female Model of the Year (Commercial Assignments)" and "Fresh Face of the Year" Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Levi Strauss. In addition, she appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song "Naam Hai Tera".

Debut and film breakthrough, 2006–09

Padukone made her cinematic debut in Kannada with the romantic comedy Aishwarya opposite Kannada superstar Upendra in 2006. The films emerged a commercial success.She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan's blockbuster Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film was a re-incarnation melodrama, featuring her in a double role. Her performance was well received, earning the actress a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as well as her first Filmfare Best Actress nomination. Taran Adarsh from indiaFM noted, "Deepika has all it takes to be a top star — the personality, the looks and yes, she's supremely talented too. Standing in the same frame as SRK and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air!" About being cast opposite Shah Rukh Khan, she said,

"When Farah was casting for Happy New Year, she saw my commercials on TV and called my agent. I met her when she was rehearsing at a dance hall in Juhu. When that film didn’t happen, she offered me OSO. Farah took care of me right from the first meeting, introducing me to Shah Rukh Khan and ensuring that I was comfortable with him. Six months prior to shooting, we frequently met up for lunches and dinners."

Padukone was then seen playing a feisty, modern-day Indian woman, Gayatri, in Siddharth Anand's romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno alongside Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basuand Minissha Lamba. The film performed reasonably well at the box office, but her performance drew flak. Adarsh wrote, "Deepika is a sore point. Her role isn't convincing and that's the reason why this performance doesn't work. The only consolation is, she looks gorgeous.

Her first release of 2009 was Nikhil Advani's action comedy Chandni Chowk To China, in which she played a double role again. Featuring alongside Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty and Ranvir Shorey, it was a critical and commercial disaster, with Padukone receiving mostly negative reviews for her performance. Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India comments that "Deepika looks lost and forlorn for most of the film."

Padukone's second release of the year, the romantic drama Love Aaj Kal proved to be one of the biggest hits of 2009 and earned critical appreciation. Directed by Imtiaz Ali and featuring Saif Ali Khan opposite Padukone, the film documented the changing value of relationships among the youth. Padukone's portrayal of Meera Pandit, a practical and head-strong career-minded woman, received a mixed reaction from critics, with NDTV's Anupama Chopra writing, "Deepika looks fabulous but she isn’t a strong enough actor to breathe life into the character." Despite this, she received her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination.

The same year, she teamed up with Farah Khan and Shah Rukh Khan once again for an item number in the Irrfan Khan-Lara Duttastarrer Billu

Other work

Philanthropy

As part of the Greenathon Campaign, Padukone adopted Ambegaon, a village in Maharashtra, that was facing a major electricity crisis.

In the media

In addition to acting, Padukone is also the brand ambassador of prominent brands such as Tissot, Sony Cybershot, Yamaha, Nescafe, Garnier, Wrigley's Orbit,Luxor and Vogue Eyewear, among others.

In 2009, Padukone started writing weekly columns for HT City, the lifestyle supplement of Hindustan Times. These columns appear online on social network, Desimartini.

She appeared on the cover of many Indian editions of magazines, including Vogue, Grazia, GQ and Maxim. She also walked the red carpet at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

On November 2010, she appeared on Koffee With Karan, a popular chat show along with Sonam Kapoor. Her comments on ex-boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor led to a lot of controversy among Bollywood inner-circles.

Personal life

In March 2008, Padukone began dating Ranbir Kapoor after meeting on the sets of their film Bachna Ae Haseeno. After their high profile break up in November 2009, Padukone has decided to keep her personal life away from media attention.

In 2010, she reportedly started dating Siddharth Mallya, Kingfisher head honcho Vijay Mallya's son; although this was never confirmed by Padukone. They broke up in 2012.

Filmography

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Deepika Padukone

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	Aishwarya	Aishwarya	Kannada film
2007	Om Shanti Om	Shantipriya/ Sandhya (Sandy)	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2008	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Gayatri
2009	Chandni Chowk to China	Sakhi (Ms. TSM)/ Meow Meow (Suzy)
2009	Billu	Herself	Special appearance in song "Love Mera Hit Hit"
2009	Love Aaj Kal	Meera Pandit	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2009	Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	Raina Khan	Special appearance
2010	Karthik Calling Karthik	Shonali Mukherjee
2010	Housefull	Sandy
2010	Lafangey Parindey	Pinky Palkar
2010	Break Ke Baad	Aaliya Khan
2010	Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey	Kalpana Datta
2011	Dum Maro Dum	Herself	Special appearance in song "Mit Jaaye Gum (Dum Maaro Dum)"
2011	Aarakshan	Poorbi Anand
2011	Desi Boyz	Radhika Awasthi
2012	Cocktail	Veronica Malaney	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2013	Race 2	Elena
2013	Bombay Talkies	Herself	Special appearance in song "Apna Bombay Talkies"
2013	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	Naina Talwar
2013	Chennai Express	Meena Lochni	Post-production
2013	Kochadaiyaan		Tamil film Post-production
2013	Ram Leela	Leela	Filming
2014	Finding Fanny Fernandes		Pre-production