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Deepika Padukone
Occupation(s)Model, Actress
Years active2004–present
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Deepika Padukone (Konkani/Kannada: ದೀಪಿಕಾ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ; Hindi: दीपिका पडूकोने born January 5, 1986) is an Indian model turned actress who appears in Bollywood movies.

Early life and background

Deepika is of Mangalorean origin & her mother tongue is Konkani. Deepika ,the daughter of Prakash Padukone was born on January 5, 1986, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore, India, when she was only eleven months old.[1] She is a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin and her lineage hails from Padukone village in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi District, Karnataka, India.[2] Her father, Prakash Padukone, was a badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. Padukone also has a younger sister, Anisha, born in 1991.[3]

Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore. She completed her pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College in Bangalore, India.[4] While in high school she played badminton at the state level like her father and was a member of her father's badminton club.[5] However, she was not keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player and abandoned it to concentrate on her ICSE exams.[6]

Career

Modeling

While in college, Padukone pursued a career in modeling.[7] 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 jewelery 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]

Acting

After pursuing a successful career in modeling, Padukone branched out into acting. She started by starring in the music video for the song Naam Hai Tera from the independent pop album Aap Kaa Surroor by Himesh Reshammiya. In 2006, Padukone made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Aishwarya starring opposite actor Upendra. She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan's international hit Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film featured her portraying 1970s star Shantipriya and later as Sandhya, a.k.a. Sandy, a young woman who looks exactly like Shantipriya. Padukone next appeared in Siddharth Anand's Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) opposite Ranbir Kapoor and then the Warner Bros.-Rohan Sippy collaboration, Chandni Chowk to China, which released on January 16, 2009. As of January 2009, she is working on Imtiaz Ali's Love Aaj Kal opposite Saif Ali Khan.

Personal life

Deepika Padukone is currently dating fellow actor Ranbir Kapoor, son of veteran actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh.

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards

Winner

Nominated

Star Screen Awards

Winner

Zee Cine Awards

Winner

Nominated

IIFA Awards

Winner

Nominated

Stardust Awards

Nominated

Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards

Winner

  • 2008: Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards' Best Female Debut; Om Shanti Om[22]

Asian Film Awards

Nominated

Other Awards

Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
2006 Aishwarya Aishwarya Kannada film
2007 Om Shanti Om Shantipriya &
Sandhya aka 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) &
Suzy (Meow Meow)		 Double role
Billu Barber Herself Special appearance in song Love Mera Hit Hit
Love Aaj Kal Meera Post-production

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "A smashing success". Newindpress.com. Retrieved 2005-06-24.
  2. ^ "Padukone village". Daijiworld.com. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
  3. ^ "'I'm completely charmed by Ranbir'". Times of India (Chaturvedi, Vinita). Retrieved 2008-08-29.
  4. ^ "entertainment.oneindia.in/celebrities/star-profile/deepika-padukone-profile-040907.html".
  5. ^ "Transcript of LIVE CHAT with Model, Deepika Padukone at noon on Thursday, March 3, 2005 in Mumbai". Indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2005-03-03.
  6. ^ "Deepika Padukone - Biography". DeepikaPadukone.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  7. ^ "Smash hit on the ramp". Indiatimes.
  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.
  14. ^ a b Bollywood Hungama News Network (February 23, 2008). "Winners of 53rd Fair One Filmfare Awards". IndiaFM. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  15. ^ Bollywood Hungama News Network (February 6, 2008). "Nominees - 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards". IndiaFM. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  16. ^ a b IBNLive.com (January 10, 2008). "Taare... sweeps Screen Awards, but Chak De named best film". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
  17. ^ Bollywood Hungama News Network (April 27, 2008). "Winners of the Zee Cine Awards 2008". IndiaFM. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
  18. ^ Nijjar, Lucky (March 29, 2008). "ZEE Cine Awards nominations list announced". Biz Asia. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  19. ^ "And the award goes to..." IBNLive. June 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  20. ^ Bollywood Hungama News Network (April 16, 2008). "Nominations for the IIFA Awards 2008". IndiaFM. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  21. ^ IndiaFM News Bureau (December 25, 2007). "Nominations for Max Stardust Awards 2008". IndiaFM. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
  22. ^ PTI (March 31, 2008). "'Chak De..' has a field day at Producers Guild Awards". The Hindu. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  23. ^ Indiantelevision.com Team (December 24, 2007). "SRK is Star Gold's 'Sabsey' favourite hero". Indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
  24. ^ Kotwani, Hiren (December 30, 2007). "Starry debut for HT Café Film Awards". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
  25. ^ TNN (January 16, 2008). "Deepika:2008 Glam Debutante". The Times of India. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  26. ^ IANS (March 11, 2008). "OSO sweeps Central European Awards". Sify. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
Awards
Filmfare Awards
Preceded by Best Female Debut
for Om Shanti Om
2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Face of the Year
for Om Shanti Om
2008 		Succeeded by
TBA
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