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Full Deepika Padukone Biography
Deepika Padukone, (Kannada:ದೀಪಿಕಾ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ ) (born January 05, 1986) is an Indian model. She is the daughter of former badminton Champion Prakash Padukone. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, at 11 months old she moved to Mangalore, Karnataka when her family returned to India.
She attended high school in Bangalore. She has been modelling appearances in print and television advertising campaigns for Liril soap, Dabur Lal powder Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, receiving many prestigious modelling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewellery exhibition. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international covergirl face.
At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006. She also won two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - Female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year. She recently did a commercial for moods.
Deepika's father is the legendary Badminton player Prakash Padukone who was one of India's greatest sportsmen. During the late '70s and early '80s Prakash was the World No.1 in Badminton, winning the All-England Open in 1980, and the World Cup in 1981. Her mother is a travel agent and she has a younger sister, Anisha.
Padukone has branched out from modeling into acting. She started by starring in the music video for Naam Hai Tera a song from the pop album Aap Ka Suroor, an independent album by Himesh Reshammiya.
More recently Padukone made her cinematic debut in a Kannada film, Aishwarya, directed by Indrajit Lankesh co-starring Upendra.. The film has already been successful at the box-office, and Padukone has received rave reviews for her screen presence. Padukone will be making her Bollywood debut in Farah Khan- directed Om Shanti Om , opposite Shah Rukh Khan . In the movie , she has been depicted as a 70s superstar Shantipriya and later as Sandy. Padukone has already signed Priyadarshan's next Pirate, and Made In China opposite Akshay Kumar. Om Shanti Om is due to be released on November 9, 2007.
She made an appearance at the T20 match between India and Australia on October 21, 2007. She was invited by the Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. |
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