The beautiful Indian woman became the best model of the country and one of the most successful Bollywood actresses in the last decade. Last year, the world was able to see the incomparable Deepika Padukone in the world blockbuster with Vin Diesel.
early years
In Copenhagen, January 5, 1986, the future actress Deepika Padukone was born in a Catholic family. The family language of her family is Kannada, which is spoken by the South Indian Kannara people. Deepika's father is a former professional athlete, played badminton at the international level, his mother worked as a travel agent. Her younger sister Anisha was born 6 years later and is now engaged in golf. Deepika was not even a year old when the family returned to India and settled in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
She began her studies at the Sofia High School and continued her pre-university education at Mount Carmel College. As Deepika admitted, she was not a socially adapted child, she had few friends.
Path selection
Most of her time was occupied by badminton, which could not have appeared in the biography of Deepika Padukone, since both the pope and the grandfather of the actress were associated with this game. In school years, she played at national championships for several years in a row, in addition, Deepika played baseball, and at a serious youthful level.
Only in the 10th grade did she decide to stop playing sports and focus on her modeling career. Deepika later wrote that she was engaged in badminton only because it was a family tradition and asked her father for permission to stop training.
Model agents first noticed Padukone when she was eight years old. She starred in several television advertising companies. In 2005, she entered the Indira Gandhi Open University to receive a bachelor's degree in sociology, later she had to switch to distance learning due to her heavy workload.
Modeling career
Scouts noticed a spectacular girl at a competition at the National Law School and were invited to work at Lakme Fashion Week 2005 in Mumbai. This is one of the most prestigious events in the fashion industry of India. In the biography of Deepika Padukone, a period of a dizzying modeling career began. She took part in advertising campaigns of the most famous Indian trading brands.
The exquisite beauty of Padukone, which allows any jewelry to be worn with indescribable grace, has allowed her to become the brand’s ambassador at the Indian Treasures jewelry exhibition. The next step in her modeling career was working for global brands, Deepika became the ambassador of Levi Straus. As a successful model, she was invited to become the international representative of the Maybelin cosmetics company.
Best model
The first awards in the biography of Deepika Padukone appeared in their debut year, at the annual Kingfisher Award Ceremony, where it was recognized as "Model of the Year". A few months later she received awards from the Idea Zee Fashion Awards in the nominations "New Face of the Year" and "Woman Model of the Year." As designers noted, after Aishwarya Rai there wasn’t such a beautiful and fresh girl.
The prestigious shooting for the Kingfisher Swimsuit calendar for 2006 has also become a well-deserved recognition as the leading model of India. By this time she was 21 years old, she moved to Mumbai and began to live in her aunt’s house.
After filming a music video for the song Naam Hai Tera Himesh Reshammiya, the directors noticed her and began to make her an offer to try herself in the movies. Deepika, believing that she lacked experience, enrolled in acting classes at the Anupam Kher Film Academy.
Film debut
The first cinematic experience of Padukone was the romantic comedy "Aishwarya", filmed in her native language Kannada. Her partner was the actor Upendra, popular in the southern states, the picture became a hit at the local box office.
The national film debut in the biography of actress Deepika Padukone began filming in 2007 in the Bollywood film "When Life Is Not Enough" filmed in Hindi. The scenario was based on the popular idea of ​​reincarnation in India. The girl played two roles: the famous actress and a simple girl similar to her. Her work was well received by audiences and critics, she received the Indian Film Award Filmfare Award for best debut role and first nomination for best female role.
After several unsuccessful films, the next successful work was the role of the stubborn careerist Mira Pandit in the romantic drama "Love Yesterday and Today." Padukone's game received mixed reviews from critics, but the picture became very popular with viewers in 2009.
2010 in the biography of actress Deepika Padukone was a record, she starred in five films that received conflicting ratings. The first of them is the psychological drama Kartik Calls Kartik, where her character tries to help a guy with schizophrenia. Critics praised the game Padukone, but the film itself was coolly received by the audience. The comedy directed by Sajid Khan "Full House", in which she got the role of the girlfriend of the protagonist named Sandy, became one of the box office successes, but received negative reviews from critics. Two more films were frankly disastrous, both at the box office and according to critics.
Only up
In the following years, there were films in Deepika Padukone’s biography that for the most part had great commercial success, and for her role in the comedy “Chennai Express,” she received another prize for Best Actress. In 2015, Deepika, along with another beautiful actress Priyanka Chopra, starred in the epic historical melodrama "Bajirao and Mastani", which became the fourth highest grossing film in Indian cinema.
In 2014, she starred in her debut film in English, "Finding Fany," which went unnoticed by the public. But the next film of 2017, the Hollywood blockbuster "Three X: World Domination" with Vin Diesel, became her real breakthrough in the international arena. The first photos in the biography of Deepika Padukone with leading world stars became a real recognition of her talent and beauty.
In January 2018, the premiere of the historical drama Padmawat took place, where she played the queen from Rajasthan. After threats came to the actress and director, she promised not to star in such films anymore.
Personal life
Deepika Padukone's biography and personal life is under the scrutiny of fans and the press. She began dating in 2008 with Ranbir Kapoor from the famous acting dynasty. In 2010, the couple broke up due to Kapoor's many cheating when he was caught red-handed. Regarding marriage, she has repeatedly stated that so far she has no such plans.
In 2011, she had a short affair with a representative of the Indian oligarch’s family, Sidhart Malia, the next year she said that they remained friends and broke up because they did not see a common future. In 2015, she created The Live Love Laugh Foundation.
Now in the biography of Deepika Padukone and personal life, a new period has come, she meets with Indian movie star Ranvir Singh. They are removed a lot, and the family is not always in the first place, but so far the couple refutes frequent messages about their separation.