Deepika Padukone is one of the most popular actresses in India. In fact, is also one of the highest-paid actresses in India. She was born to the badminton star, Prakash Padukone. Deepika Padukone was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Notably, she has appeared in around 28 films, with approximately 16 of them becoming box office hits. This goes to show why she is one of the most successful actresses in the Hindi film industry.
Deepika who predominantly works in Bollywood is also an internationally acclaimed actor, fashion and youth icon and mental health ambassador from India. Notably, her accolades include three Filmfare Awards.
Deepika features in listings of India’s most popular personalities. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in the year 2018. Padukone, the daughter of the badminton player Prakash Padukone was raised in Bangalore.
As a teenager, she had a soft corner for badminton and she played the sport in the national level championships. However, she left her career in the sport in order to become a fashion model. She soon got offers for film roles and then made her acting debut in 2006 as the title character of the Kannada film Aishwarya.
She also played a dual role opposite Shah Rukh Khan in her first Bollywood release, the romance Om Shanti Om (2007), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Padukone had received praise for her starring role in the romance Love Aaj Kal (2009).
Since then, she carved out a reputation for herself in the Bollywood film industry. Recently, Ranveer Singh took to Instagram and then hosted a live Instagram session with his huge fanbase. He had opened up about his forthcoming projects. Meanwhile, he was asked about his wife, Deepika Padukone.
The actor opened up that she is currently in Spain shooting with Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham for the film, Pathan. He also went on to share an amusing anecdote from his conversations with Deepika where he disclosed how she is quite impressed with John’s physique and fitness.
Needless to say, even Ranveer Singh also revealed his reaction to his wife’s high praises over John’s body. He said: “She’s (Deepika Padukone) telling me, ‘My God, baby, you’re gonna look at John’s body’. I was like, ‘Yeah baby, I know. He’s got one hot bod on him’.”