5th January is the birthday of the Bollywood queen Deepika Padukone. She will be entering her 35th year in 2021. Deepika is one of the busiest and finest actors of today’s time. In the entertainment industry she has been active for more than 15 years and her journey in Bollywood from being “just a model” to a “fine actress” hasn’t been easy.
Who can forget those dreamy eyes, long hands, and a tall charismatic beauty from Om Shanti Om? It’s impossible to forget a face and personality like Deepika Padukone. She always brings cheer in our lives with her act on screen. Let’s know these 10 interesting facts about Deepika Padukone and know her a bit more: -
Everyone knows that she is the daughter of a famous personality named Prakash Padukone – a well-known badminton player. But do you know that all her family members, mom, dad, sister, and she are named after various synonyms of light? Yes, Prakash, Ujjala, Anisha, and Deepika all mean “light”.
Once a famous photographer said in an interview that, "I have never seen such a face, personality, height, and attitude like Deepika Padukone since Aishwarya Rai". The camera also loved her. People started focusing on her after her Liril ad came out in 2004.
Deepika was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and when she was 11 months old she was relocated to Bengaluru.
For the movie “Chandni Chowk To China, Deepika had to learn Jujutsu – a Japanese martial art form. She learned it and did all her stunts herself.
Perhaps there is no other actor or actress who has delivered 4 consecutive 100-crore movies back to back in one year. For Deepika Padukone, the year 2013 proved to be extremely lucky. She gave Race 2, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Chennai Express, and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Deepika won her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for portraying Leela.
Out of 70 nominations, Deepika Padukone has earned 196 awards to date.
Being the daughter of a reputed badminton player, she was also trained to become a badminton player. Deepika Padukone played badminton for a long time but that’s not the only sport she aces. She has been a state-level baseball player too.
Many grapevine news says that she was supposed to play Sakina in Saawariya but later Sonam Kapoor made her debut with this movie.
She charges around 11-13 crore per movie.
Deepika Padukone also made it to the list of 100 most persuasive individuals by TIME magazine.
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