Bollywood actress and model Deepika Padukone will be celebrating her 26th birthday.
Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and a former model and was born on 5th January, 1986. Deepika’s father, Prakash Padukone, is a retired badminton player and her mother is a travel agent.
Deepika has been modelling since her early teens. She was spotted in a fashion show at the National Law School, Bangalore. The cosmetics company Maybelline made Deepika Padukone its international spokesperson. At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title “Model of the Year”. In addition to that, she appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya’s song "Naam Hai Tera".
Deepika Padukone made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan’s blockbuster "Om Shanti Om" opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film was a re-incarnation melodrama, featuring her in a double role. Her performance was well received, earning the actress a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as well as her first Filmfare Best Actress nomination. Prior to "Om Shanti Om", Deepika had debuted in a Kannada film "Aishwarya".
Deepika was then seen playing a feisty, modern-day Indian woman,in the romantic comedy "Bachna Ae Haseeno" alongside Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and Minissha Lamba. Deepika played a double role again in her next film, "Chandni Chowk To China". Deepika saw success with her movie "Love Aaj Kal" opposite Saif Ali Khan which went on to become a big hit. She received her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination for the film.
Deepika Padukone’s first release in 2010 was Excel Entertainment’s thriller flick "Karthik Calling Karthik". She then featured in Sajid Khan’s multistarrer "Housefull" with Akshay Kumar which was a box-office hit.
She then appeared in her second Yash Raj production, "Lafangey Parindey" opposite Neil Nitin Mukesh as a blind girl hell bent on winning a skating comeptition. Deepika’s next release was Kunal Kohli’s syrupy romance "Break Ke Baad" opposite Imran Khan.
She 's also worked in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey" starrring Abhishek Bachchan. Deepika began the year 2011 with an item number in Rohan Sippy’s "Dum Maaro Dum" starring Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu in the lead. Her song was a remixed version of Zeenat Aman’s iconic song from "Hare Rama Hare Krishna".
Next Deepika featured in Prakash Jha’s reservation melodrama, "Aarakshan" starring alongside Amitabh Bachchan, as his daughter, and Saif Ali Khan, as his love-interest. Her latest release "Desi Boyz" has done well at the Box Office. Her upcoming releases for the next year are, Tamil film "Rana" opposite Rajnikanth, Homi Adajania’s "Cocktail" and Abbas-Mustan’s "Race 2" both opposite Saif Ali Khan and "Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani" opposite Ranbir Kapoor.
FridayMoviez wishes Deepika Padukone a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!