Deepika Padukone, most popular and one of the highest paid Indian celebrity was born on 5th January 1986. She is a daughter of badminton player Prakash Padukone. She made her acting debut in 2006. She also made her Hollywood debut along with Vin Diesel. Deepika celebrates her birthday on 5th Jan.
So here are 15 Interesting and Unknown facts about Deepika Padukone.
1. Deepika was born in Copenhagen (Denmark) and raised in Bangalore
2. Apart from Acting & Modeling , she has written columns for a newspaper and also expressed her views about issues like Feminism
3. In Teenage Deepika played Badminton upto National level, but she left that career to become a Model
4. In 2006 she made her acting debut with a Kannada Film Aishwarya. (Many think she debuted with Om Shanti Om)
5. She played a Dual Role in her first Bollywood release Om Shanti Om and won a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Movie went onto become the Blockbuster of 2007
6. Deepika’s first success before Om Shanti Om was a Commercial with Liril Soap
7. Deepika loves outdoor sports. Her sister Anisha is a golf champ
8. In 2006 Himesh Reshammiya gave break to Deepika Padukone with his music video Naam hai Tera Tera.
9. Deepika learned dance from Shiamak Davar and acting from Anupam Kher
10. Impressed by her acting performance in Ramleela, Amitabh Bachchan sent her a bouquet as appreciation, she believes it as the most cherished one
11. She adopted Ambegaon village in Maharashtra and helps them with electricity and water needs.
12. She has 4 back to back 100 crore films (Race 2, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Chennai Express, Ram Leela) in 2013 making her the first actress to do that
13. Deepika is ranked 9 in the Forbes 2015 Celebrity list with an earnings of 59 crores. She is the only lady to be featured in Top 10.
14. She has topped the following listings –
- Most Beautiful Indian – People India Magazine
- Most Desirable India – Times of India
- World’s Sexiest Woman – FHM India
- Hot 100 – Maxim India
- Special Achievement Award – CNN IBN Indian of the Year (2013)
- Entertainer of the Year – NDTV Indian of the Year (2014) and many more
15. Deepika Padukone has won 3 Filmfare Awards, 9 Screen Awards, 6 Zee Cine Awards, 3 Stardust Awards & 6 IIFA Awards for the contributions to the Film Industry.
