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Deepika Padukone (born 5 January 1986) is an Indian film actress and model, primarily known for her work in Hindi language films of Bollywood. Born to badminton player Prakash Padukone, she eschewed a career in sport to pursue a full-time career in film.

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 romance Love Aaj Kal, the 2010 comedy Housefull, the 2012 romantic comedy Cocktail and the 2013 coming-of-age romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time).

Padukone's performance in Cocktail earned her unanimous critical appreciation and Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies (including Filmfare). She has thus established herself as a leading contemporary actress of Hindi cinema.[5] Her personal life has been the subject of fervent tabloid reporting in the Indian media.

Early modelling career, until 2006

Padukone at the Kingfisher Calendar Girl Event (2011)

Padukone began modelling at the age of eight, though took a break when she was in high school. She later pursued a career in the field whilst in college, and after a series of ad campaigns, she made her debut on the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week in 2005. In her early years, she has modelled for various Indian brands like Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, and was the brand ambassador of the "Jewels of India" jewellery exhibition in 2005.Padukone also endorsed major cosmetics company Maybelline from 2006-08.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title "Model of the Year". Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher swimsuit calendar (2006) and won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards for "Female Model of the Year (Commercial Assignments)" and "Fresh Face of the Yea. In addition, she appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song "Naam Hai Tera"In 2010, Padukone starred in five films, her first being Excel Entertainment’s psychological thriller Karthik Calling Karthik. Padukone featured opposite Farhan Akhtar as Shonali Mukherjee, the supportive girlfriend of a troubled schizophrenic. Critics were more appreciative of her performance this time, with Anupama Chopra noting that "Padukone finally seems to be thawing in front of a camera." However, the film underperformed at the box office, and received mixed reviews. She then featured in Sajid Khan's multistarrer comedy Housefull with Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Arjun Rampal, Jiah Khan and Boman Irani; portraying Kumar's on-screen love interest Sandy. Despite a largely negative reception from critics, the film became a major economic success. As for her performance, Rajeev Masand mentions that Padukone "[isn't] expected to do much more than look comfortable in skimpy beachwear.

She then appeared in her second Yash Raj production, Lafangey Parindey under Pradeep Sarkar's direction. She starred opposite Neil Nitin Mukesh as Pinky Palkar, a blind girl, hellbent on winning a skating competition. Upon release, Padukone's performance gained critical acclaim, with Sudhish Kamath, of The Hindu writing, "This really is Deepika Padukone's film though. She exercises considerable restraint, dances, skates, makes you cry and smile." Despite this, the film received mixed reviews and performed moderately well at the box office.

Padukone with her Break Ke Baad co-star Imran Khan, 2010

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 or critical success, however won Padukone favourable reviews.Nikhat Kazmi notes, "Padukone's climactic act seems to be the best performance in her entire career: completely spontaneous, crazy and cute."

Her final release of the year, Ashutosh Gowarikar's period film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey opposite Abhishek Bachchan, met with generally favourable reviews, though failed commercially. 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 confidante. A review carried by The Hollywood Reporter, however, mentioned her portrayal of Dutta as "impressive", with Taran Adarsh adding that "Deepika sheds her glam look and looks every bit the character she illustrates. Kudos to her first of all for accepting a challenging role [of a woman revolutionary of the 1930s] so early in her career and then almost living that character in the film, continuing to prove her mettle far ahead of her poise and exquisiteness.

She began the year 2011 with an item number in Rohan Sippy's Dum Maaro Dum starring Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu. Her song was a remixed version of Zeenat Aman's iconic song from Hare Rama Hare Krishna.The song, although a chartbuster, received mixed reviews for its raunchy lyrics and suggestive dancing. gum' does liven up the grim second half." Conversely, Zeenat Aman, herself, was disappointed with the song, commenting that "n the original, there was a certain innocence in Asha Bhonsle’s voice and also in the lyrics. What I’ve heard here just left me cold," although adding that "Deepika is gorgeous and I am sure (that) she has done a great job.

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.[58] The film, though highly publicised, flopped at the box office and received mixed reviews. Pratim D. Gupta notes, "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. Padukone next appeared in Rohit Dhawan's Desi Boyz alongside Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Chitrangada Singh. The film, which revolved around two friends during the recession, received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office.

In 2010, Padukone performed at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai in the opening ceremony of the third season of cricket's Indian Premier League, which also showed an appearance by Lionel Richie. In 2013, Padukone once again performed at the opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League (sixth season), this time at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata. She performed alongside Shahrukh Khan and Katrina Kaif, with international rapper Pitbull also making an appearance. In addition to these acts, Padukone has also performed at various award functions, including the Filmfare awards (2008, 2010 and 2012), Zee Cine awards (2013) and IIFA awards (2013).

Padukone is one of the highest paid Bollywood actresses, in terms of remunerations for her films, as well as endorsements. As one of the most popular celebrities in India, Padukone is known for her glamorous image, exemplified by her distinct physical attributes, including her smile, eyes, skin and figure. Acclaimed designer Anaita Shroff Adajania, who styled Padukone in Cocktail, notes that "Deepika has a very cool, clean sense of style. Everything suits her, and with her the less fuss the better. Her amazing face and body make the simplest clothes look stellar." Her onscreen and offscreen looks have established Padukone as a style icon, and as such, she has featured highly on various lists of the most popular and attractive Indian celebrities In 2008, Padukone topped Maxim's Hot 100 list, and in 2010, the actress was named the "World's Sexiest Woman of the Year" by FHM. In 2013, she was declared Times of India's "Most Desirable Woman" for the year 2012, after being ranked #4 and #3 for the years 2010 and 2011 respectively.