Deepika Padukone left her thriving modeling profession and ventured into the world of cinema first with the Kannada movie Aishwarya (2006) after which the Bollywood blockbuster Om Shanti Om (2007). By that point, Deepika was already the face of a number of manufacturers and a showstopper for main vogue designers. As the actor turns 35 at this time, this is his profession earlier than changing into a Bollywood star.
Deepika Spent most of his childhood on the badminton courtroom. He performed the sport on the nationwide degree with the purpose of following the profession path of his father Prakash Padukone. But quickly she realized she was solely doing it as a result of “it runs in the family.” Badminton ace PV Sindhu as soon as wrote on Instagram, “If she had played badminton, she would have become a top player.”
In 2004, on the age of 18, Deepika Took a giant leap of religion and turned to vogue modeling full time, with Liril being one of many first commercials. Of course, she’s been a toddler mannequin for the reason that age of eight, so dealing with the digicam wasn’t an issue. The subsequent 12 months, Deepika made her ramp debut for designer Suneet Verma at Lakme Fashion Week. Designer Wendell Rodrigues noticed her at a jewellery class the place he was a trainer and signed her up with a modeling company.
Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif in an previous image from their modeling days. (Photo: Instagram/Mark Robinson)
Deepika’s massive breakthrough got here when she received the “Model of the Year” award on the Kingfisher Fashion Awards. And in 2006, she grew to become a notable title within the print marketing campaign for the Kingfisher Calendar.
Things progressed very quick for Deepika and by the point she turned 21, she needed to depart her hometown of Bangalore (Bengaluru) and transfer to Mumbai. So to say her first performing stint earlier than movies got here when she appeared in Himesh Reshammiya’s music video “Naam Hai Tera”. Not solely did the tune hit the runway, but it surely additionally put Deepika within the limelight.
How Deepika landed Om Shanti Om can also be an attention-grabbing story. When Deepika grew to become a very fashionable face, it was inevitable to get movie provides. And Farah Khan, who was planning her subsequent massive directorial enterprise, wanted a mannequin to star reverse Shah Rukh Khan. She was joined by her good pal Malaika Arora. And angels Wendell Rodrigues who really helpful Deepika as she had been modeling for him for 2 years until now.
Deepika enrolled in Anupam Kher’s performing institute Actor Preparatory the place actor-model and her rumored ex-boyfriend Nihar Pandya was her batchmate.
Deepika Padukone together with her batchmates in preparation for Anupam Kher’s Actor.
Deepika Padukone with lead actor Upendra in Kannada movie Aishwarya.
attention-grabbing, Farahi Earlier there was a plan to make Happy New Year. But when it bought referred to as off briefly, he signed Deepika for Om Shanti Om (2006). Although opinions for the Kannada movie Aishwarya identified Deepika’s poor efficiency in emotional scenes, Farah went forward together with her, even when it meant dubbing her voice.
Shantipriya was born, and as they are saying, consolation is historical past. Happy Birthday Deepika Padukone!
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
