The queen of Bollywood, Deepika Padukone, is celebrating her 37th birthday today. She is the most adored and celebrated queen by her fans. The Pathaan actress’s life is nothing short of a fairy tale as she possesses everything a woman desires.
Deepika made her acting debut in Farah Khan’s ‘Om Shanti Om,’ in which she co-starred with Shah Rukh Khan. Deepika was a model before becoming one of Bollywood’s highest-paid actors, and she appeared in numerous TV commercials in the 2000s.
Deepika Padukone, the elder daughter of Indian badminton legend Prakash Padukone, used to be a national-level badminton player before she became a model. Deepika began her acting career after years of modeling. Deepika has been in films for 15 years, beginning with Om Shanti Om, in which she played a movie star as well as an actor hired to impersonate the aforementioned movie star.
Deepika appeared in one of the first advertisements for a toothpaste brand. In the 2004 commercial, she was seen dancing in the bathroom with an animated Close-Up toothpaste. Over the next few years, Deepika Padukone garnered attention for her TV commercials for brands such as Limca, in addition to walking the runway at fashion shows for some of the country’s biggest designers.
She has since collaborated with some of Bollywood’s most acclaimed directors, including Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela, Bajirao Mastani, Padmaavat) and Shoojit Sircar (Piku). Deepika was most recently seen in Gehraiyaan (2022), alongside Ananya Panday and Siddhant Chaturvedi, which was directed by Shakun Batrathe and produced by Karan Johar. ‘Pathaan,’ her next film with Shah Rukh Khan, is set to be released on January 25. Among other upcoming projects, she has ‘Fighter’ with Hrithik Roshan.