Deepika Padukone
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| Born | January 5, 1986 Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Occupation | Model, Actress | ||||||
| Years active | 2004–present | ||||||
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Deepika Padukone (Kannada: ದೀಪಿಕಾ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ), born January 5, 1986) is an Indian supermodel turned actress who appears in Bollywood movies.
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[edit] Biography
Padukone was born to Ujjala and Prakash Padukone on January 5, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore when she was only eleven months old.[1] Her father Prakash Padukone is a badminton player of international repute, while her mother is a travel agent. Padukone also has a younger sister named Anisha and is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer.
Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore. She completed her studies from Mount Carmel College. While in high school she played badminton at the state level like her father and was a member of her father's badminton club.[2] However, she wasn't keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player and abandoned it because of her ICSE exams.[3]
[edit] Career
[edit] Modeling
While pursuing her studies in college, she decided to pursue a career in modeling due to her tall and slender figure.[4] Over the years, she has modeled for famous Indian brand names such as Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca. She received many prestigious modeling offers, which included becoming the brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India. Padukone hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international spokesperson.
At the 5th 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 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 later that year. Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and most recently Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.[5].
[edit] 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 staring opposite actor Upendra. She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film went on to become the biggest hit of the year, both in India and abroad.[6][7] The film featured her portraying Shantipriya - a 1970s superstar, and later as Sandy - a sexiest woman who looks exactly like Shantipriya. 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 indiaFM 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!"[8]
Padukone is currently working on Siddharth Anand's Bachna Ae Haseenon opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Nikhil Advani's Chandni Chowk To China opposite Akshay Kumar.
[edit] Awards & nominations
[edit] Filmfare Awards
Winner
- 2008: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award; Om Shanti Om[9]
- 2008: Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award; Om Shanti Om[9]
Nominated
[edit] Star Screen Awards
Winner
- 2008: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female; Om Shanti Om[11]
- 2008: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahrukh Khan; Om Shanti Om[11]
[edit] Zee Cine Awards
Winner
Nominated
[edit] IIFA Awards
Winner
- 2008: IIFA Awards' Best Debutant (Female); Om Shanti Om[14]
Nominated
[edit] Stardust Awards
Nominated
[edit] Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
Winner
- 2008: Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards' Best Female Debut; Om Shanti Om[17]
[edit] Other Awards
- 2007: Star's Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine; Om Shanti Om[18]
- 2007: HT Café Film Awards, Best Newcomer Award (Female); Om Shanti Om[19]
- 2008: Reebok Zoom Glam Awards, Glam Debutant (Female); Om Shanti Om[20]
- 2008: Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Breakthrough Role (Female); Om Shanti Om[21]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 2006 | Aishwarya | Aishwarya | Kannada film |
| 2007 | Om Shanti Om | Shantipriya/ Sandhya (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 | Releasing on August 15, 2008 | |
| Chandni Chowk To China | Malani/Esha | Releasing on October 29, 2008 |
[edit] References
- ^ A smashing success. Newindpress.com. Retrieved on 2005-06-24.
- ^ Transcript of LIVE CHAT with Model, Deepika Padukone at 12 noon on Thursday, March 3, 2005 in Mumbai. Indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 2005-03-03.
- ^ Deepika Padukone - Biography. DeepikaPadukone.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Smash hit on the ramp. Indiatimes.
- ^ Buy Deepika Padukone's pair of jeans. oneindia.com.
- ^ Box Office 2007. BoxOffice India.com. Retrieved on March 7, 2008.
- ^ Overseas Earnings (Figures in Ind Rs). BoxOffice India.com. Retrieved on March 7, 2008.
- ^ Adarsh, Taran (November 7, 2007). Movie Review: Om Shanti Om. IndiaFM. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
- ^ a b Bollywood Hungama News Network (February 23, 2008). Winners of 53rd Fair One Filmfare Awards. IndiaFM. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
- ^ Bollywood Hungama News Network (February 6, 2008). Nominees - 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards. IndiaFM. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ a b IBNLive.com (January 10, 2008). Taare... sweeps Screen Awards, but Chak De named best film. CNN-IBN. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ Bollywood Hungama News Network (April 27, 2008). Winners of the Zee Cine Awards 2008. IndiaFM. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ Nijjar, Lucky (March 29, 2008). ZEE Cine Awards nominations list announced. Biz Asia. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
- ^ And the award goes to.... IBNLive (June 9, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ Bollywood Hungama News Network (April 16, 2008). Nominations for the IIFA Awards 2008. IndiaFM. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ IndiaFM News Bureau (December 25, 2007). Nominations for Max Stardust Awards 2008. IndiaFM. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ PTI (March 31, 2008). 'Chak De..' has a field day at Producers Guild Awards. The Hindu. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
- ^ Indiantelevision.com Team (December 24, 2007). SRK is Star Gold's 'Sabsey' favourite hero. Indiantelevision.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
- ^ Kotwani, Hiren (December 30, 2007). Starry debut for HT Café Film Awards. Hindustan Times. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ TNN (January 16, 2008). Deepika:2008 Glam Debutante. The Times of India. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ IANS (March 11, 2008). OSO sweeps Central European Awards. Sify. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
[edit] See also
| Awards | ||
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| Filmfare Awards | ||
| Preceded by Kangana Ranaut for Gangster |
Best Female Debut for Om Shanti Om 2008 |
Succeeded by TBA |
| Preceded by Kangana Ranaut for Gangster |
Face of the Year for Om Shanti Om 2008 |
Succeeded by TBA |
