Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. Her first screen appearance was in Himesh Reshammiya's music video "Naam Hai Tera" in 2005.[1] Padukone made her film debut by playing the titular protagonist in the Kannada film Aishwarya (2006).[2] Her first Hindi film release came the following year with Farah Khan's melodrama Om Shanti Om, in which she played dual roles opposite Shah Rukh Khan.[3] For her performance, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and also received a Best Actress nomination at the same ceremony. Her sole film role in 2008 was as one of Ranbir Kapoor's love interests in Bachna Ae Haseeno.[4]
Padukone's first film release of 2009, the kung fu comedy Chandni Chowk to China opposite Akshay Kumar, proved to be a box office flop.[5][6] However, her next release, Imtiaz Ali's romance Love Aaj Kal grossed ₹1.2 billion (US$18 million) worldwide,[7] and garnered her a second Best Actress nomination at Filmfare.[8] Padukone had five film releases in 2010. The comedy Housefull was a commercial success,[7] though her other four releases that year failed at the box office.[9] The series of poorly received films continued with both her 2011 releases, the drama Aarakshan and the comedy Desi Boyz.[10]
The role of an impulsive party-girl in Homi Adajania's Cocktail (2012) proved to be a breakthrough for Padukone.[10][11] Critics praised her performance and she received several acting nominations for it.[12][13] The year 2013 was key for Padukone; three of her four releases that year earned over ₹1 billion (US$15 million) in India.[14] Among these were two of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time—the romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and the action-comedy Chennai Express.[15][16] She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for portraying Leela, a character based on Juliet, in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013).[17][18][19] In 2014, Padukone appeared in Kochadaiiyaan, an animation film in Tamil, which was shot using motion capture technology.[20] Also that year, she played a young widow in Adajania's Finding Fanny and a bar dancer in the ensemble heist film Happy New Year.[21][22] The following year, Padukone starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan in Shoojit Sircar's comedy-drama Piku (2015).[23][24] and portrayed Mastani in Bajirao Mastani (2015).
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