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Bollywood Actress: Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone, the Indian supermodel has hit Bollywood like a whiff of fresh air. Her dazzling performance in her very first movie "Om Shanti Om" released in 2007 made people to sit up and take notice of her. Critics hailed her performance while fans began to adore her.

Deepika Padukone who was born in 1986 to international badminton champion Prakash Padukone and his wife Ujjala Padukone has set her sights on Bollywood quite early in her childhood. Though a badminton champion at State level while in school, Deepika did not step into the shoes of her father to carve out a career in sports. After hanging the badminton racquet for good, the gorgeous beauty Deepika Padukone plunged into modeling while continuing her college studies in early 2000.

Within no time this svelte beauty Deepika has become a renowned model with several high-profile campaigns to her credit. She campaigned for Liril soap, Close-up toothpaste, Parachute coconut hair oil, Levi Strauss Signature Brand, Pepsi, Deepam Sarees, Kingfisher, Maruti Alto, Fiama Di Wills Soap, and many more Indian brands.
Deepika Padukone hit the international modeling scene with Maybeline New York, L' Oreal and Elle and several others. She has also walked the ramp at several fashion shows such as Wills India, Lakme, Tommy Hilfiger, Provogue; and for noted fashion designers like Tarun Tahiliani, Deepika Govind, Vikram Phadnis, Rohit Bal and others. She has also appeared on Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar in 2006. The lanky sensuous model Deepika has won several awards for her modeling works. She was twice the 'Kingfisher Model of the Year' in 2004 and 2005. She won Society 'Young Achievers Award' in 2004, and Elle's Model of the Year award.

Her successful modeling career made the heads turn in Bollywood. People began to take notice of her sensuous beauty. It was Himesh Reshammiya who first gave her a break on his music video "Aap Ka Suroor" in 2006. She appeared on a single 'Naam Hai Tera' on his album. Deepika later made her film debut with a Kannada language movie "Aishwarya" in 2006 starring opposite Upendra. The movie was a big hit. The following year, the sultry Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone got the biggest break of her career. Shahrukh Khan's home production 'Red Chillies Entertainment' invited Deepika Padukone to play the lead role opposite him in "Om Shanti Om". The movie directed by Farah Khan became one of the biggest hits of the year grossing a net of Rs. 86.5 crores plus an additional overseas grossing of Rs. 36 crores. The sexy Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone received rave reviews for her outstanding performance in "Om Shanti Om" besides winning a number of awards.

Deepika Padukone later appeared in "Bachna Ae Haseeno" opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The hot Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone is now busy lining up her forthcoming movies, "Chandni Chowk to China" starring Akshay Kumar, "Billo Barber" starring once again Shahrukh Khan and another untitled project starring Saif Ali Khan.

The svelte beauty Deepika Padukone has been voted as the world's sexiest woman by the readers of 'Maxim' a famous men's lifestyle magazine. With this title, sexy Deepika joined the ranks of Eva Longoria, Marissa Miller, Lindsay Lohan, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu and Kareena Kapoor, the other sexy women on the Maxim Hot 100 list.

The moment "Om Shanti Om" became a blockbuster hit; Deepika became one of the hottest searchable names on the net. As hundreds and thousands of people began to look up for her in cyberspace, Deepika Padukone Wallpapers and Deepika Padukone Pictures have begun to titillate the cyber visitors. There are currently thousand of websites with Hot Deepika Padukone Wallpapers and Deepika Padukone Pictures.