Model-n-Actress Deepika Padukone is the daughter of the famous Badminton champ Prakash Padukone. Deepika started walking the ramp at the age of seventeen. She has shot for many TV commercials namely ‘Close Up’ and ‘Limca’ which left a mark on the viewers. Deepika was also chosen as the ‘Liril’ girl.

Deepika’s first music video was Himmesh Reshamiya’s “Naam Hai Tere”. Deepika made her debut in the South Indian industry with the Kannada film ‘Aishwarya’ directed by Indrajit Lankesh, which was declared a hit at the box-office.  Deepika has also attended Anupam Kher’s acting academy in Mumbai and that’s where she found her love, aspiring actor Nihar Pandiya. Deepika is however, denying her relationship by giving the cliché line “we are just friends”.

Deepika was to make her Bollywood debut opposite Shahrukh Khan in ‘Happy New Year’ however; the movie got shelved, but the actress has no regrets as she is still making her debut opposite King Khan in ‘Om Shanti Om’. The actress has also signed Rakesyh Om Prakash Mehra’s ‘Delhi 6’. Deepika has also been selected as the Indian face for New York cosmetic brand ‘Maybelline’.

Within a short span of time, Deepika has managed to achieve a lot and with things going her way she sure is Bollywood’s rising star.