Deepika Padukone Bollywood Actress

Early life and background

Padukone was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore, Karnataka, India, when she was eleven months old.[4] Padukone is of Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin origin, and her mother tongue is Konkani.[5] 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.[6]

Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore, and completed her pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College Bangalore.[7] While in high school she played badminton at the state level.[8] However, she was not keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player.[9]

 Career Modeling



While in college, Padukone pursued a career in modeling.[10] 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.[11] The cosmetics company Maybelline made her its international spokesperson.[12]

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title "Model of the Year".[13] 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".[14][15] Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.[16] In addition, she appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song Naam Hai Tera.

In The Media

In 2009, Padukone started writing weekly columns for HT City, the lifestyle supplement of Hindustan Times. These columns appear online on social network, Desimartini.[45]

She appeared on the cover of lifestyle magazine Vogue on May 2010 and 2011.[46] She also walked the red carpet at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.[47]

On November 2010, she appeared on Koffee With Karan, a popular chat show along with Sonam Kapoor. Her comments on ex-flame Ranbir Kapoor lead to a lot of controversy among Bollywood inner-circles.[48]

 Personal life

In March 2008, Padukone began dating Ranbir Kapoor, her co-star from the film Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008).[49] After her high profile break up with Kapoor in November 2009, Padukone has decided to keep her personal life away from media attention.[50]