Biography Of Deepika Padukone

Name: Deepika Podukune
DOB: 5 January 1986
Home town: Copenhagen,Denmark
Father: Prakash Padukone,
Mother: Ujjala
Sibling: younger sister-Anisha
Zodiac: Capricorn
Height: 5′ 9″
Occupation: Actress, Model

Deepika was born at Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a former badminton player of international repute, 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. Padukone also has a younger sister, Anisha. 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).

Padukone pursued a career in modeling. She was spotted in a ramp competition in NLS, Bangalore. 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. The cosmetics company Maybelline made her its international spokesperson. At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title “Model of the Year”.[15] 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 and “Fresh Face of the Year”. Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA. In addition, she appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya’s song Naam Hai Tera.

Padukone made her cinematic debut in Kannada with Aishwarya opposite Upendra in 2006. 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 india FM 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 Basu and Minissha Lamba. The film, which released on 15 August 2008, 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. She played a double role again in her next film, Chandni Chowk to China, which released on 16 January 2009. The film, directed by Nikhil Advani, also featured Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty and Ranvir Shorey in the lead. It was a critical and commercial disaster, with Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India commenting, “Deepika looks lost and forlorn for most of the film.”

Padukone’s fourth release Love Aaj Kal, released on 31 July 2009 and proved to be one of the biggest hits of 2009. Directed by Imtiaz Ali, the film documented the changing value of relationships among the youth. Padukone played the role of Meera Pandit, a practical and head-strong career woman opposite Saif Ali Khan. Of her performance, NDTV’s Anupama Chopra wrote, “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 Dutta starrer Billu. She also made guest appearances in the Telegu film Love 4 ever and in Sohail Khan’s Main Aur Mrs Khanna.

Her first release in 2010 was Excel Entertainment’s Karthik Calling Karthik. The thriller featured Farhan Akhtar as Karthik, a troubled schizophrenic man, and Padukone as his supportive girlfriend, Shonali Mukherjee. This time, Anupama Chopra wrote, “Padukone finally seems to be thawing in front of a camera.” The film, however, was a commercial failure. She then featured in Sajid Khan’s multistarrer Housefull with Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Arjun Rampal, Jiah Khan and Boman Irani . She played the role of Soundarya Bhagyalakshmi Venkateshwari Baassappa Rao, Kumar’s girlfriend and later fiancée. The film became a blockbuster in India, with a net gross of INR 95 crores in the first week itself. As for her performance, Taran Adarsh mentioned that “Deepika is a surprise. She carries her part with amazing confidence.Housefull is the film that would make people notice her talent as well as beauty”.

She then appeared in her second Yash Raj production, Lafangey Parindey which was directed by Pradeep Sarkar. She starred opposite Neil Nitin Mukesh as Pinky Palkar, a blind girl, hell bent on winning a skating competition. Upon release, Sudhish Kamath, of The Hindu wrote, “This really is Deepika Padukone’s film though. She exercises considerable restraint, dances and skates, makes you cry and smile.” Her next release was Kunal Kohli’s syrupy romance Break Ke Baad opposite Imran Khan, where she played Aaliya Khan, an impetuous brat. The film was not a commercial success, but won Padukone favorable reviews. Nikhat Kazmi noted, “Padukone’s climactic act seems to be the best performance in her entire career: completely spontaneous, crazy and cute.”

Her final release of 2010; Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey top-lining Abhishek Bachchan, met with scathing reviews and was declared a flop. The period drama was a retelling of the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid, with Bachchan playing the revolutionary leader Surya Sen and Padukone playing Kalpana Dutta, his lover and confidant. A review carried by The Hollywood Reporter, however, mentioned her portrayal of Dutta as “impressive”.She began the year 2011 with an item number in Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maaro Dum starring Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu in the lead. Her song was a remixed version of Zeenat Aman’s iconic song from Hare Rama Hare Krishna. The raunchy lyrics and suggestive dancing received mixed reviews. The Deccan Chronicle mentioned her moves as “mechanised gyrations”, while Adarsh wrote, “Deepika scorches the screen in the title track.”

Next, she featured in Prakash Jha’s reservation melodrama, Aarakshan starring alongside Amitabh Bachchan, as his daughter, and Saif Ali Khan, as his love-interest. Pratim D. Gupta noted, “Deepika, though, is again the refreshing thing about a movie. Both her scenes with Bachchan — one where she revolts and the other where she redeems herself , show how she has come of age as an actor.” She is featured in Rohit Dhawan’s Desi Boyz alongside Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Chitrangada Singh. Homi Adajania’s Cocktail opposite Saif Ali Khan, Soundarya Rajnikanth’s Tamil film Kochadaiyaan opposite Rajnikanth and Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani opposite Ranbir Kapoor.

2007: Star’s Sabsey Favourite, Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine; Om Shanti Om
2007: HT Cafe Film Awards, Best Newcomer Award (Female); Om Shanti Om
2008: Reebok Zoom Glam Awards, Glam Debutant (Female); Om Shanti Om
2008: Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Breakthrough Role (Female); Om Shanti Om
2009: Star’s Sabsey Favourite, Sabsey Tez Sitara; Bachna Ae Haseeno
2011: Zee Cine Award; International Female Icon
2012: Stardust Award; Style Icon of the Year
Tissot, Sony Cybershot, Nescafe and Kingfisher Airlines, Yamaha rope, Fiama Di Wills, Luxor
Actor: Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan
Actress: Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Sushmita Sen
Movies: Dil & Devdas
Book: Little Women & ‘The Kite Runner’ By Khalid Hosseini
Holiday Spot: The French Riviera
Cuisine: Thai
Drink: Nimbu Panni
Perfume: Escada
Outfit: Saree
Fashion Designer: Manish Malhotra And Tarun Tahiliani

MOVIE
Aishwarya
Om Shanti Om

Bachna Ae Haseeno
Chandni Chowk to China
Meow Meow (Suzy)
Billu
Love Aaj Kal
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
Karthik Calling Karthik
Housefull
Lafangey Parindey
Break Ke Baad
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
Dum Maro Dum
Aarakshan
Desi Boyz
Cocktail
Kochadaiyaan
Race 2
Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani
Chennai Express
Ram Leela
Rana

Deepika Padukone Biography

Deepika Padukone – Early Life
Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and a former model and was born on 5th January, 1986. Deepika Padukone mainly appears in Hindi movies but has appeared in Tamil and Kannada language films as well. Deepika Padukone was born to badminton player Prakash Padukone in Copenhagen, Denmark and her family moved to Bangalore, India when she was 11 months old. Deepika’s father, Prakash Padukone, is a retired badminton player of international repute, mother is a travel agent and younger sister Anisha is a golf player. Deepika Padukone belongs to the Chitrapur Sarawat Brahmin community and speaks Konkani at home. Deepika 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, Deepika 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 major.

Deepika Padukone – Modelling career
While in college, Deepika Padukone pursued a career in modeling. She was spotted in a fashion show at the National Law School, Bangalore. Over the years, Deepika modelled for Indian brand names like Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, and has been the “brand ambassador” for the Jewels of India retail jewellery show. The cosmetics company Maybelline made Deepika Padukone its international spokesperson. 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”. Deepika was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA. In addition to that, she appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya’s song Naam Hai Tera.

Deepika Padukone – Foray into Bollywood
Deepika Padukone 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. Prior to Om Shanti Om, Deepika had debuted in a Kannada film Aishwarya.

Deepika was then seen playing a feisty, modern-day Indian woman,in the romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno alongside Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and Minissha Lamba. Deepika played a double role again in her next film, Chandni Chowk To China, which was a critical and commercial disaster. Deepika saw success with her movie Love Aaj Kal opposite Saif Ali Khan which went on to become a big hit. She received her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination for the film. Deepika did a hit item umber in Shahrukh Khan’s fim Billu and also made guest appearances in the Telugu film Love 4 Ever and in Sohail Khan’s film Main Aur Mrs Khanna.

Deepika Padukone’s first release in 2010 was Excel Entertainment’s Karthik Calling Karthik. The thriller featured Farhan Akhtar as Karthik, a troubled schizophrenic man, and Padukone as his supportive girlfriend, Shonali Mukherjee. The film was a commercial failure. She then featured in Sajid Khan’s multistarrer Housefull with Akshay Kumar which became a blockbuster in India.

She then appeared in her second Yash Raj production, Lafangey Parindey opposite Neil Nitin Mukesh as a blind girl hell bent on winning a skating comeptition. Deepika’s next release was Kunal Kohli’s syrupy romance Break Ke Baad opposite Imran Khan, where she played Aaliya Khan, an impetuous brat. The film was not a commercial success, but won her favorable reviews. Her final release of 2010, Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey starrring Abhishek Bachchan, met with scathing reviews and was declared a flop. Deepika began the year 2011 with an item number in Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maaro Dum starring Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu in the lead. Her song was a remixed version of Zeenat Aman’s iconic song from Hare Rama Hare Krishna. The raunchy lyrics and suggestive dancing received mixed reviews.

Next Deepika featured in Prakash Jha’s reservation melodrama, Aarakshan starring alongside Amitabh Bachchan, as his daughter, and Saif Ali Khan, as his love-interest. Her latest release Desi Boyz has done well at the Box Office. Her upcoming releases for the next year are, Tamil film Rana opposite Rajnikanth, Homi Adajania’s Cocktail and Abbas-Mustan’s Race 2 both opposite Saif Ali Khan and Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani opposite Ranbir Kapoor.
Deepika Padukone – Off-screen roles
As part of NDTV’s Greenathon Campaign, Padukone adopted Ambegaon, a village in Maharashtra, that was facing a major electricity crisis. Deepika started writing weekly columns for HT City, the lifestyle supplement of Hindustan Times. These columns appear online on social network, Desimartini.
Deepika Padukone – Personal Life
In March 2008, Padukone began dating Ranbir Kapoor, her co-star from the film Bachna Ae Haseeno. After her high profile break up with Kapoor in November 2009, Deepika Padukone has decided to keep her personal life away from media attention.