Deepika Padukone Biography
Deepika Padukone is the queen of Bollywood, fashion brand and highest paid Indian actress. She is one of the most famous people in India and TIME magazine also named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018. Forbes magazine listed his name among the ten highest paid actors in the world.
Deepika Padukone (born January 5, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is an Indian model and actress. She is the daughter of former badminton champion Prakash Padukone. His mother tongue is Konkani. Deepika has a younger sister named Anisha.
She has featured in media and television commercials for Liril, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, receiving several high profile awards, including being the representative of Jewel of India, an annual jewelery show. She went international when Maybelline made her their new face as a global cover girl.
Her father’s name is Prakash Padukone. Prakash Padukone is a badminton player. Deepika’s father plays badminton internationally. Deepika’s mother name is Ujjala Padukone and she is a travel manager. Padukone’s younger sister Anisha Padukone is also involved in the world of sports, she is a golfer.
Deepika Pramesh Padukone’s grandfather is the secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association. Deepika was born in India but after some time she came to India. Her entire family moved to Bangalore after some time. Deepika Padukone studied at Sophia High School, Bangalore and later joined Mount Carmel College, Bangalore for pre-university studies.
After graduation, she enrolled for a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology at Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with her modeling career. She learned dance at Shiamak Davar School of Dance.
Career of Actress Dipika Padukone
- Unlike models who struggle to rest, Deepika Padukone’s journey is going well. In 2005, she made her runway debut at Lakme Fashion Week. The following year, it was featured in the Kingfisher calendar.
- She gained further recognition when she was featured in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya’s song “Naam Hai Tera”. Soon he started getting movies.
- However, She is not one to commit to anything in a hurry, instead he enrolled in an acting course at Anupam Kher Film Academy to train himself for the role. Deepika Padukone made her debut in 2006 in the Kannada film “Aishwarya” opposite Upendra.
- Directed by Indrajit Lankesh, the film was a huge commercial success. Meanwhile, he has signed a contract with Farah Khan for the Hindi film ‘Happy New Year’.
- After Farah Khan’s “Happy New Year,” he cast Deepika Padukone for the 2007 reincarnation melodrama “Om Shanti Om.” This is his Bollywood debut. In it, she shared the screen space with Shah Rukh Khan. The film was a huge commercial success and was the highest grossing film of the year. Deepika has received critical acclaim for her acting skills and screen presence. Following the big success, film offers have come for Deepika.
- SHE acted in “Bachna Ae Haseeno”, “Chandni Chowk to China” and “Love Aaj Kal”. After the first two hits at the box office, “Love Aaj Kal” was a disappointment and became the third highest grossing film of 2009.
- Deepika was praised for her best performance as Meera Pandit. After seeing great success, Padukone hit a career low in 2010. Although five films were released that year, none of them did anything to boost her career.
- In fact, most of them bombed badly at the box office. To make matters worse, 2011 continued with the sad story of failed films in Padukone’s career as her films ‘Aarakshan’ and ‘Desi Boyz’ performed abysmally at the box office. After giving a lot of bad movies, the critics listed Deepika as an actress. Although some say that he has been bought, others say that he has nothing more to offer.
- Defying all the criticism in her stride and being opposed to it, Padukone turned in a dramatic role in her next project, Homi Adajania’s 2012 romantic comedy “Cocktail.” The film turned out to be a turning point in his career. Trying for the role of Veronica, a party-loving girl, Deepika considered as “the soul of the film”. The film did well and revived his acting career. 2013 was an important year for Deepika.
- She starred in four of the highest-grossing films of the year, cementing his status as a leading actor in contemporary Hindi cinema. For starters, he was seen in Abbas Mastan’s multi-star action thriller “Race 2”. Another is Ayan Mukerji’s romantic drama “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani”. He later acted in Rohit Shetty’s film “Chennai Express” and ended the year with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Shakespearean tragedy “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela”.
- Critics praised her incredible talent and acting ability, calling her the queen of the industry. In 2014, she shared the screen space with Rajnikanth, the god of Tamil film industry in the period drama “Kochadaiiyaan”.
- In the same year, Farah Khan’s solo project “Happy New Year” was released. This film became one of the most successful films in Deepika’s career.
- Shoojit Sircar’s 2015 film “Piku” gave Deepika an opportunity to break out of her dancing glam-woman avatar and present herself as a strong, genuine and passionate character.
- The female voice acting in this film would not have been possible without the genius of Deepika. Her glamorous and exotic star appearance is praised both commercially and professionally. Deepika ended 2015 on a big note in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s historical drama “Bajirao Mastani.”
- She plays a warrior princess who eventually becomes the second wife of Maratha General Bajirao I. His masterpieces like Mastani were praised by critics who loved and enjoyed him. For the film, he learned sword fighting, horse riding, and kalaripayattu. It became the fourth highest grossing Bollywood film of the year.
- Deepika’s phenomenal success as an actress has allowed her to cross the boundaries by becoming a globally respected star. Having made her mark in Bollywood, Deepika set her sights on making a name for herself in Hollywood.
- Her Hollywood debut was for the 2017 film ‘Return of Xander Cage’ opposite Vin Diesel. She was seen with the leader Serena Unger. The film opened to mixed reviews. Being talented and talented as she is, Deepika has her hands full with plans. He will be the lead in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s historical drama ‘Padmavati’.