DeepikaPadukone is indian model and
actress.DeepikaPadukone was born on 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her
father, Prakash, is a former badminton player and her mother, Ujjala, is a
travel agent. Her younger sister, Anisha, is a golfer.Her paternal grandfather,
Ramesh, was a secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association. The family
relocated to Bangalore, India, when Padukone was a year old.She was educated at
Bangalore's Sophia High School, and completed her pre-university education at
Mount Carmel College. She subsequently enrolled at the Indira Gandhi National
Open University for a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, but later quit it
due to scheduling conflicts with her modelling career.
DeepikaPadukone has admitted to being
socially awkward as a child, and did not have many friends. The focus of her
life was badminton, which she played competitively from a young age. Describing
her daily routine in a 2012 interview, Padukone said, "I would wake up at
five in the morning, go for physical training, go to school, again go for
playing badminton, finish my homework and go to sleep." Padukone continued
to pursue a career in badminton throughout her school years, and played the
sport in national level championships. She also played baseball in a few state
level tournaments. While concentrating on her education and sporting career,
Padukone also worked as a child model, first appearing in a couple of
advertising campaigns at the age of eight. In the tenth grade, she changed
focus and decided to become a fashion model. She later explained, "I
realised that I was playing the game only because it ran in the family. So, I
asked my father if I could give up the game and he wasn't upset at all."
In 2004, she began a full-time career as a model under the tutelage of Prasad
BidapaPadukone soon began to receive offers for film roles. Believing herself to be too inexperienced as an actor, she instead enrolled for a course at AnupamKher's film academy. Following much media speculation, the director Farah Khan, who had noticed her in Reshammiya's music video, made the decision to cast her for a role in Happy New Year.
Padukone announced in 2006 that she would make her film
debut with Aishwarya, a Kannada
film directed by IndrajitLankesh. The romantic comedy was a remake of the
Telugu film Manmadhudu, and she
was cast in the titular role opposite the actor Upendra. The film proved a
major commercial success. RG Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com was appreciative of
Padukone's screen presence but added that "she needs to work on her
emotional scenes."By the end of 2006, Farah Khan's Happy New Year was shelved, and Khan had instead cast Padukone for the reincarnation melodrama Om Shanti Om (2007).Set against the backdrop of the Hindi film industry, the film tells the story of a struggling actor in the 1970s who dies soon after witnessing the murder of the woman he loved, and is reincarnated to avenge her death. Shah Rukh Khan starred as the protagonist, and Padukone featured in dual roles—Shantipriya, a leading actress of the 1970s, and later as Sandy, an aspiring actress. She said, "I've grown up watching [Shah Rukh] and always admired him so much. To get to work with him ... is quite wonderful. It was also fantastic that Farah showed faith in my talent and cast me opposite him."In preparation for her role, Padukone watched several films of actresses Helen and HemaMalini to study their body language, which she felt "were more graceful" and "completely different from today's actors." However, her voice was dubbed by the voice artist Mona Ghosh Shetty.For one of the songs in the film, "DhoomTaana,” Padukone drew upon Indian classical dance, and according to Dorling Kindersley, "mesmeriz[ed] audiences" by using hasta mudras (hand gestures). Om Shanti Om was a commercial success, and emerged as the highest grossing film of the year, with a global revenue of ₹1.49 billion (US$23 million). TaranAdarsh of the entertainment portal Bollywood Hungama reviewed, "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 [Shah Rukh] and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air!" At the annual Filmfare Awards ceremony, Padukone was awarded the Best Female Debut Award and received her first nomination in the Best Actress category.
Padukone announced in 2006 that she would make her film debut with Aishwarya, a Kannada film directed by IndrajitLankesh. The romantic comedy was a remake of the Telugu film Manmadhudu, and she was cast in the titular role opposite the actor Upendra. The film proved a major commercial success. RG Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com was appreciative of Padukone's screen presence but added that "she needs to work on her emotional scenes."
By the end of 2006, Farah Khan's Happy New Year was shelved, and Khan had instead cast Padukone for the reincarnation melodrama Om Shanti Om (2007). Set against the backdrop of the Hindi film industry, the film tells the story of a struggling actor in the 1970s who dies soon after witnessing the murder of the woman he loved, and is reincarnated to avenge her death. Shah Rukh Khan starred as the protagonist, and Padukone featured in dual roles—Shantipriya, a leading actress of the 1970s, and later as Sandy, an aspiring actress. She said, "I've grown up watching [Shah Rukh] and always admired him so much. To get to work with him ... is quite wonderful. It was also fantastic that Farah showed faith in my talent and cast me opposite him." In preparation for her role, Padukone watched several films of actresses Helen and HemaMalini to study their body language, which she felt "were more graceful" and "completely different from today's actors." However, her voice was dubbed by the voice artist Mona Ghosh Shetty. For one of the songs in the film, "DhoomTaana,” Padukone drew upon Indian classical dance. Om Shanti Om was a commercial success, and emerged as the highest grossing film of the year, with a global revenue of ₹1.49 billion (US$23 million). TaranAdarsh of the entertainment portal Bollywood Hungama reviewed, "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 [Shah Rukh] and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air!" At the annual Filmfare Awards ceremony, Padukone was awarded the Best Female Debut Award and received her first nomination in the Best Actress category.
