Deepika Padukone Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Deepika Padukone

• Does Deepika Padukone smoke?: No

• Does Deepika Padukone drink alcohol?: No

• Deepika was born into a Konkani family in Denmark, but her family moved back to Bengaluru when she was 11 months old.
  

  Deepika Padukone’s childhood photo

• She was not a social person at a young age and had very few friends.

• Inspired by her badminton legend father, Prakash Padukone, she started playing badminton at a young age and played State-level badminton till the 10th standard.
  

  Deepika Padukone playing badminton with her father

• Though she wanted to become a Badminton player, she changed her mind and started modeling.

• In order to become a model, she relocated to Mumbai from Bengaluru and stayed at her aunt’s home.

• Deepika made her first catwalk when she was 17 years old.
  

  Deepika Padukone during modeling days

• Deepika won the “Model of the Year” award at the 5th annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards.

• In 2004, she came into limelight with her “oof yu maa!” ad for Liril Orange.

• In 2005, she first appeared in the song “Naam Hai Tera” from Himesh Reshammiya‘s hit album ‘Aap Kaa Surroor.’

• She has learned acting skills from Anupam Kher‘s ‘Actor Prepares‘ and dance from Shiamak Davar.

• Though Deepika was supposed to make her Bollywood debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s ‘Saawariya’, Bhansali played it safe and opted for Anil Kapoor‘s daughter’s formula, and replaced her with Sonam Kapoor.

• Farah Khan approached Deepika to sign her for her film ‘Happy New Year‘, but later on the film was canceled (later released in 2014 starring Deepika) and she was later signed up for ‘Om Shanti Om’ (2007), which became a blockbuster and made her star overnight. 

• In 2008, she was ranked #1 in Indian Maxim’s ‘Hot 100’ list.

• In 2009, Deepika worked as a freelancer writer for HT City, the lifestyle supplement of Hindustan Times.

• For her role as “Suzy” in the film ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ (2009), she learned a Japanese martial art form “Jujutsu”, and performed all the stunts herself.

• In 2010, she adopted a village in Ambegaon, Maharashtra, to provide the villagers with the basic amenities, such as – water and electricity.
  

  Deepika Padukone adopted a village in Ambegaon

• In 2012, she was named ‘India’s Most Beautiful Woman‘ by the Indian edition of People magazine.

• Deepika has a clothing label ‘All About You’, which she launched on Myntra.
  

  Deepika Padukone – All About You

• She prefers using the lift rather than the stairs.

• In 2015, she founded the ‘Live Love Laugh Foundation‘, to prevent and deal with depression.
  

  Deepika Padukone founded Live Love Laugh Foundation

• She was offered a role in ‘Furious 7‘ (2015), but she declined the offer due to other commitments.

• In 2016, she became the highest paid actress of Bollywood after the grand success of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Bajirao Mastani.’

• She is very systematic at doing things and has a habit of listing down everything.

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