DEEPIKA PADUKONE HOT PHOTOS,WALLPAPERS,BIOGRAPHY

DEEPIKA PADUKONE HOT PHOTOS,WALLPAPERS,BIOGRAPHY

Deepika Padukone (Hindi: दीपिका पडुकोण; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress and a former model. She appears mostly in Hindi as well as Tamil and Kannada language films. Born to Badminton player Prakash Padukone, she chose to become an actress and not pursue a career in sports.

Padukone made her acting debut in the 2006 Kannada film Aishwarya. The following year, she made her Hindi film debut in the blockbuster Om Shanti Om opposite Shah Rukh Khan, which earned her the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. It also remains her biggest commercial success so far. She subsequently appeared in films such as Love Aaj Kal (2009) and Housefull (2010). While the former earned her a Filmfare nomination in the Best Actress category, the latter emerged as a commercial success.

In addition to acting, Padukone is also the ambassador of prominent brands such as Tissot, Sony Cybershot, Nescafe and Kingfisher Airlines.

Early life and background

Padukone was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore, Karnataka, India, when she was eleven months old.Padukone is of Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin origin, and her mother tongue is Konkani. Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a retired badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. Padukone also has a younger sister, Anisha, born on 2 February 1991.

Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore, and completed her pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College Bangalore.While in high school she played badminton at the state level.However, she was not keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player.During the time of her film debut she was enrolled with the Indira Gandhi National Open University in Bachelors of Arts (Sociology).

Career

Modeling

While in college, Padukone pursued a career in modeling.[12] She was spotted in a ramp competition in NLS, Bangalore.[citation needed] 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 jewelry show. The cosmetics company Maybelline made her its international spokesperson.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title "Model of the Year".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".[ Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.In addition, she appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song Naam Hai Tera.

Filmography

Year     Film      Role     Notes

2000    Snegithiye         Cameo Tamil film

2006    Aishwarya        Aishwarya        Kannada film

2007    Om Shanti Om Shantipriya/

Sandhya (Sandy)          Filmfare Best Female Debut Award

Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award

Nominated—Filmfare Best Actress Award

2008    Bachna Ae Haseeno     Gayatri

2009    Chandni Chowk to China          Sakhi (Ms. TSM)/

Meow Meow (Suzy)   

2009    Billu      Herself Special appearance in the song "Love Mera Hit Hit"

2009    Love Aaj Kal   Meera Pandit    Nominated—Filmfare Best Actress Award

2009    Main Aurr Mrs Khanna            Raina Khan      Special appearance

2009    Love 4 Ever     Herself Special appearance (item number)

Telugu film

2010    Karthik Calling Karthik Shonali Mukherjee       

2010    Housefull          Sandy  

2010    Lafangey Parindey        Pinky Palkar    

2010    Break Ke Baad            Aaliya Khan    

2010    Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey        Kalpana Datta 

2011    Dum Maro Dum           Herself Special appearance in the song "Mit Jaaye Gum (Dum Maaro Dum)"

2011    Aarakshan        Poorbi Anand  

2011    Desi Boyz         Radhika Awasthi         

2012    Cocktail                       Filming (Releasing on July 13, 2012)

2012    Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani                      Pre-Production

2012    Race 2             Filming (Releasing on November 30, 2012)

2013    Rana                Delayed

Tamil film