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Deepika Padukone Wiki
Deepika Padukone Wiki
Deepika Padukone (born January 5, 1986) is an Indian supermodel turned actress who appears in Bollywood movies.
Born : January 5, 1986 (1986-01-05) (age 23)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation : Model, Actor
Years active : 2004–present
Biography
Padukone was born to Ujjala and Prakash Padukone on January 5, 1986, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore, India, when she was only eleven months old. Her parents hail from Padukone village in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi District, Karnataka, India. Her father, Prakash Padukone, was a badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. Deepika has a younger sister, Anisha, born in 1991.
Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore. She completed her Pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College in Bangalore, India. While in high school she played badminton at the state level like her father and was a member of her father's badminton club. However, she wasn't keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player and abandoned it to concentrate on her ICSE exams.
Career
Modeling
While pursuing her studies in college, she decided to pursue a career in modeling. Over the years, she has modeled for well-known Indian brand names such as Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca. She received many prestigious modeling offers, which included brand ambassador for the Jewels of India retail jewellery show. Padukone hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their international spokesperson.
At the 5th annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title "Model of the Year". Shortly afterward, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006 and won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards: "Female Model of the Year - (Commercial Assignments)" and "Fresh Face of the Year" later that year. Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.
Acting
After pursuing a successful career in modeling, Padukone branched out into acting. She started by starring in the music video for the song Naam Hai Tera from the independent pop album Aap Kaa Surroor by Himesh Reshammiya.
In 2006, Padukone made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Aishwarya starring opposite actor Upendra. She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan's international hit Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film featured her portraying 1970s star Shantipriya and later as Sandhya, a young woman who looks exactly like Shantipriya. Her performance was well received, earning the actress a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as well as her first Filmfare Best Actress nomination. Taran Adarsh from indiaFM noted, "Deepika has all it takes to be a top star — the personality, the looks and yes, she's supremely talented too. Standing in the same frame as SRK and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air!"
Padukone next appeared in Siddharth Anand's Bachna Ae Haseeno, which released on August 15, 2008. As of January 2009, Padukone is currently working on Imtiaz Ali's Production No.1 opposite Saif Ali Khan. She will also be seen in the Warner Bros.-Bollywood collaboration Chandni Chowk To China, scheduled for release on January 16, 2009.
Awards and nominations
Filmfare Awards
Winner
* 2008: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award; Om Shanti Om
* 2008: Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award; Om Shanti Om
Nominated
* 2008: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Om Shanti Om
Star Screen Awards
Winner
* 2008: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female; Om Shanti Om
* 2008: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahrukh Khan; Om Shanti Om
Zee Cine Awards
Winner
* 2008: Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut; Om Shanti Om
Nominated
* 2008: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female; Om Shanti Om
IIFA Awards
Winner
* 2008: IIFA Awards' Best Debutant (Female); Om Shanti Om
Nominated
* 2008: IIFA Best Actress Award; Om Shanti Om
Stardust Awards
Nominated
* 2008: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female; Om Shanti Om
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
Winner
* 2008: Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards' Best Female Debut; Om Shanti Om
Other Awards
* 2007: Star's Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine; Om Shanti Om
* 2007: HT Café Film Awards, Best Newcomer Award (Female); Om Shanti Om
* 2008: Reebok Zoom Glam Awards, Glam Debutant (Female); Om Shanti Om
* 2008: Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Breakthrough Role (Female); Om Shanti Om
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepika_Padukone
Deepika Padukone Height
Deepika Padukone Height : 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Deepika Padukone Date of Birth : 5 January 1986, Copenhagen, Denmark
Deepika Padukone Date of Birth : 5 January 1986, Copenhagen, Denmark
Deepika Padukone Biography
Deepika Padukone Biography
Deepika Padukone Photo
Deepika Padukone (born January 5, 1986) is an Indian supermodel turned actress who appears in Bollywood movies.
Born: January 5, 1986 (1986-01-05) (age 23)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation : Model, Actor
Years active : 2004–present
Padukone was born to Ujjala and Prakash Padukone on January 5, 1986, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore, India, when she was only eleven months old. Her parents hail from Padukone village in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi District, Karnataka, India. Her father, Prakash Padukone, was a badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. Deepika has a younger sister, Anisha, born in 1991.
Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore. She completed her Pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College in Bangalore, India.[4] While in high school she played badminton at the state level like her father and was a member of her father's badminton club. However, she wasn't keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player and abandoned it to concentrate on her ICSE exams.
(wikipedia)
Deepika Padukone, Railways, 6th Pay Commission-- most searched words
Deepika Padukone, Railways, 6th Pay Commission-- most searched words
Bangalore (PTI): Bollywood's Deepika Padukone, Indian Railways and the sixth pay commission seemed to dominate the minds of Indians in 2008 with the three being among the most searched words on the internet.
Bollywood icons ruled the roost in 2008 among users of Yahoo India Search as they were included in almost all the categories, according to Yahoo India, a leading internet company which announced its most popular searches, themes and trends of the year gone by.
Deepika Padukone topped the top personality searches by users along with Shilpa Shetty and Aishwarya Rai. Users also looked for information on issues affecting their daily life: the sixth pay commission, bomb blasts and the UPA trust vote were the most searched key words in the news category.
The launch of iphone, the Harbhajan Singh-Sreenath row and Bangalore blasts were also among the top news searches for 2008.
Searches in the sports category comprised cricket, Sachin Tendulkar and the Indian Tour of Australia.
Films, including 'Singh is King,' 'Dasavatharam' and 'Kuselan' were searched heavily by users.
Cricket, Katrina Kaif and Asin (of Ghajini fame) were among the top searched words on Yahoo India Mobile.
"Extreme proliferation of information and paucity of time is fuelling the human desire to get the right answers faster than ever before, prompting them to look for newer search experience which integrates relevant text, images and video content information from across the web onto a single search results page," said Gopal Krishna, VP, Head of Audience, Emerging Markets, Yahoo.
- PTI
Deepika Padukone: Most searched celebrity on Yahoo
Yahoo! India, the pioneering Internet portal providing value added services for web users, announced the most popular searches for its 2008 Year-ender special. Among the top people searches, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone emerged a clear winner.
YAHOO! INDIA, the leading Internet company announced the most popular searches, themes and trends as part of its 2008 Year-ender special, as told through the searches conducted by millions of users. Among the top people searches, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone emerged a clear winner.
These most searched words in 2008, not only represents the top ten searches across categories, but also shows that users even search for information that affect their daily life including the economy, government organisations and controversies.
“Extreme proliferation of information and paucity of time is fuelling the human desire to get the right answers faster than ever before, prompting them to look for newer search experiences. People are showing a strong preference for a search experience, which integrates relevant text, images,and video content information from across the web onto a single search results page,” said Gopal Krishna, vice president (VP) and head of audience – Emerging Markets, Yahoo!
“These search trends provide greater insight on consumer search behaviour, which in turn helps in making the right information available to people more quickly and easily," Gopal added.
Mobile users continued their online activities even when they were on-the-go. The top searches on Yahoo! oneSearch, the company’s award-winning mobile search product, was ‘cricket’ followed by ‘Katrina Kaif’ and ‘Asin’, the lead actress of popular Bollywood film Ghajini.
“Users are increasingly searching for information on a mobile device. Yahoo! oneSearch is designed for the needs of a mobile user, intuitively returning results grouped around the user’s query intent. For instance, when users search for cricket, Yahoo! oneSearch returns the latest scores, schedules, team profiles, roster, news, images and links to the cricket teams’ websites,” said Vishal Maheshwari, senior director, Connected Life, Yahoo! India.
Synopsis on “Top 10” searches
Users on Yahoo! India search looked for various people and themes across categories like entertainment, sports, people, news, movies and online sites. India’s entertainment industry and Bollywood icons definitely ruled in 2008, as they were included in almost all of the top categories. The hottest searches this year included Deepika Padukone, Indian Railways and the Sixth Pay Commission. Deepika once again topped the top people searches, along with Shilpa Shetty and Aishwarya Rai. The launch of iphone, the Bhajji-Sreesanth row and the Bangalore blasts were among the top news search for 2008.
Searches in sports category comprised cricket, Sachin Tendulkar and the Indian tour of Australia. Films took centre stage as well, with titles like Singh Is Kinng, Dasavatharam and Kuselan being searched heavily by users.
Top 10 most searched words on Yahoo! India Mobile
1. Cricket
2. Katrina Kaif
3. Asin
4. Deepika Padukone
5. Priyanka Chopra
6. Bipasha Basu
7. Kajol
8. Trisha Krishnan
9. Olympics 2008
10. Bihar Flood
About Yahoo! India
Yahoo! India launched in June 2000, has established itself as the pioneering and leading Internet portal providing value added services for web users in India and users abroad with special interest in India. Yahoo! India seeks to provide a compelling web experience to Internet users. A full range of tools and marketing solutions from Yahoo! India help businesses connect with Internet users and make it a ‘must-buy’ partner of choice for advertisers, globally. Yahoo! India also offers an array of communications, commerce and content services that serve as a starting point for online needs of Internet users.
Source: merinews.com
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