Deepika Padukone

Born	January 5, 1986 (1986-01-05) (age 25) Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation	Actress, Model
Years active	2006–present

Deepika Padukone (Hindi: दीपिका पडुकोण - [diːpɪkaː ˈpəɖʊkoːɳ]; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress and a former model. Padukone made her acting debut in the 2006 Kannada film Aishwarya. The following year, she made her Hindi film debut in the blockbuster Om Shanti Om which earned her the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life and background 2 Career 2.1 Modeling 2.2 Acting 3 Other work 4 Personal life 5 Awards and nominations 6 Filmography 7 See also 8 Notes 9 External links

Early life and background

Deepika was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore, Karnataka, India, when she was eleven months old.^[1] Deepika is of Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin origin, and her mother tongue is Konkani.^[2] Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a retired badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. Padukone also has a younger sister, Anisha, born on February 2, 1991.^[3]
Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore, and completed her pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College Bangalore.^[4] While in high school she played badminton at the state level.^[5] However, she was not keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player.^[6]

Career

Modeling

While in college, Padukone pursued a career in modeling.^[7] She was spotted in a ramp competition in NLS, Bangalore.^{[citation needed]} Over the years, she has modeled for such Indian brand names as Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, and has been "brand ambassador" for the Jewels of India retail jewelry show.^[8] The cosmetics company Maybelline made her its international spokesperson.^[9]
At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title "Model of the Year".^[10] 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".^[11][12] Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.^[13] In addition, she appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song Naam Hai Tera.

Acting

In 2006, Padukone made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Aishwarya opposite actor Upendra. She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan's blockbuster Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan.^[14][15] 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!"^[16] Padukone was then seen in Siddharth Anand's romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno opposite Ranbir Kapoor and alongside Bipasha Basu and Minissha Lamba. The film, which released on 15 August 2008, performed reasonably well at the box office. Her next film Chandni Chowk To China, released on 16 January 2009, and was a critical and commercial disaster. Padukone's fourth release Love Aaj Kal, released on 31 July 2009 and proved to be one of the biggest hits of 2009.^[17] Her first release in 2010 was Excel Entertainment’s Karthik Calling Karthik opposite Farhan Akhtar.

Other work

In 2009, Deepika started writing weekly columns for HT City, the lifestyle supplement of Hindustan Times. These columns appear online on social network, Desimartini.^[18]

Personal life

In March 2008, Padukone began dating Ranbir Kapoor, her co-star from the film Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008).^[19] The couple broke up in November 2009.^[20]

Awards and nominations

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

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	Aishwarya	Aishwarya	Kannada film
2007	Om Shanti Om	Shantipriya, Sandhya (Sandy)	Double-Winner, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award & Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2008	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Gayatri
2009	Chandni Chowk to China	Sakhi (Ms. TSM), Meow Meow (Suzy)	Double role
	Billu	Herself	Special appearance in the song Love Mera Hit Hit
	Love Aaj Kal	Meera Pandit	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	Raina Khan	Special appearance
	Love 4 Ever	Herself	Special appearance (item number) Telugu film
2010	Karthik Calling Karthik	Shonali Mukherjee
	Housefull	Sandy
	Lafangey Parindey	Pinky Palkar
	Break Ke Baad	Aaliya Khan
	Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey	Kalpana Datta
2011	Dum Maro Dum		Filming (Special appearance)
	Desi Boyz		Filming
	Aarakshan		Filming
2012	Rana		Tamil film Pre-production[21]

See also

• List of Indian film actresses

Notes

1. ^ "A smashing success". Newindpress.com. http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/sundayitems.asp?id=SES20050624044000. Retrieved 2005-06-24. 
2. ^ "Changing with times and Bangalore". dnaindia.com. http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_changing-with-times-and-bangalore_1427399. Retrieved 2010-08-23. 
3. ^ "‘I’m completely charmed by Ranbir’". Times of India (Chaturvedi, Vinita). 29 August 2008. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/India_Buzz/Im_completely_charmed_by_Ranbir/articleshow/3418377.cms. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
4. ^ "entertainment.oneindia.in/celebrities/star-profile/deepika-padukone-profile-040907.html". http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebrities/star-profile/deepika-padukone-profile-040907.html. 
5. ^ "Deepika Padukone sizzles badminton court". Newstrack India. 01 January 2008. http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/9576. Retrieved 16 December 2010. 
6. ^ "Deepika Padukone - Biography". DeepikaPadukone.com. http://www.deepika-padukone.com/deepika/biography.php. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
7. ^ Chowdary, Asha (13 April 2004). "Smash hit on the ramp". Indiatimes. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/613309.cms. 
8. ^ Deepika is the jewel
9. ^ http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=17776
10. ^ http://www.thetimes.co.za/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=614845
11. ^ Model of the Year
12. ^ Fresh Face of the Year
13. ^ "Buy Deepika Padukone's pair of jeans". oneindia.com. http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/deepika-levis-brand-ambassador-121207.html. 
14. ^ "Box Office 2007". BoxOffice India.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=214&catName=MjAwNw==. Retrieved 7 March 2008. 
15. ^ "Overseas Earnings (Figures in Ind Rs)". BoxOffice India.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=overseas_earners. Retrieved 7 March 2008. 
16. ^ Adarsh, Taran (7 November 2007). "Movie Review: Om Shanti Om". IndiaFM. http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12950/index.html. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
17. ^ "2009’s third biggest hit: Love Aaj Kal". BoxOfficeIndia.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=1380&nCat=news. 
18. ^ "Deepika Padukone columns". Desimartini. http://www.desimartini.com/DM/ht-city/celebrity/Deepika-Padukone/0-7874009-0-502.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-24. 
19. ^ IANS (17 March 2008). "I've been dating Deepika for few weeks: Ranbir Kapoor". http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14623443&cid=2359. 
20. ^ Lalwani, Vickey (3 November 2009). "Deepika-Ranbir call it quits!". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-Ranbir-call-it-quits/articleshow/5191380.cms. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
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External links

• Deepika Padukone on Twitter
• Deepika Padukone at the Internet Movie Database