Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. Her first screen appearance was in Himesh Reshammiya's music video "Naam Hai Tera" in 2005.[1] Padukone made her film debut by playing the titular role in the Kannada film Aishwarya (2006).[2] Her first Hindi film release came the following year with Farah Khan's melodrama Om Shanti Om, in which she played dual roles opposite Shah Rukh Khan.[3] For her performance, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and also received a Best Actress nomination. Her sole film role in 2008 was as one of Ranbir Kapoor's love interests in Bachna Ae Haseeno.[4]
Padukone's first film release of 2009, the kung fu comedy Chandni Chowk to China opposite Akshay Kumar, proved to be a box office flop.[5][6] However, her next release, Imtiaz Ali's romance Love Aaj Kal grossed ₹1.2 billion(US$17 million) worldwide,[7] and garnered her a second Best Actress nomination at Filmfare.[8] Padukone had five film releases in 2010. The comedy Housefull was a commercial success,[7] though her other four releases failed at the box office.[9] The series of poorly received films continued with both her 2011 releases—the drama Aarakshan and the comedy Desi Boyz.[10] The acclaimed role of an impulsive party-girl in Homi Adajania's Cocktail (2012) proved to be a breakthrough for Padukone and she received several acting nominations for it.[10][11][12]
Padukone found further success in 2013 when all four of her films were box office hits.[13] Among these were two of the highest-grossing Indian films—the romantic comedies Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Chennai Express.[14] She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for playing a character based on Julietin Sanjay Leela Bhansali's tragic romance Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela(2013).[15][16] In 2014, Padukone appeared in the Tamil animation film Kochadaiiyaan and played a bar dancer in the top-grossing heist film Happy New Year.[17][18][19] The following year, she played a headstrong architect in Shoojit Sircar's acclaimed comedy-drama Piku, which earned Padukone her second Best Actress award at Filmfare, and portrayed the warrior Mastani in Bhansali's highly successful historical romance Bajirao Mastani.[20][21][22][23] Padukone's first project in Hollywood—the action film xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)—earned over US$345 million worldwide.[24] Padukone's highest-grossing Indian release came in 2018 with Bhansali's ₹5.45 billion (US$76 million)-grossing period drama Padmaavat, in which she portrayed the titular role of Rani Padmavati.[25][26]
Films[]
| Title | Year | Role | Director(s) | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aishwarya | 2006 | Aishwarya | Indrajit Lankesh | Kannada film | [2] |
| Om Shanti Om | 2007 | Shantipriya / Sandy[a] | Farah Khan | Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
[28] [29] |
| Bachna Ae Haseeno | 2008 | Gayatri | Siddharth Anand | [31] | |
| Chandni Chowk to China | 2009 | Sakhi / Meow Meow[a] |
Nikhil Advani | [32] | |
| Billu | 2009 | Herself | Priyadarshan | Special appearance in song "Love Mera Hit Hit" | [33] [34] |
| Love Aaj Kal | 2009 | Meera Pandit | Imtiaz Ali | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress | [8] [35] |
| Main Aurr Mrs Khanna | 2009 | Raina | Prem Soni | Special appearance | [36] |
| Karthik Calling Karthik | 2010 | Shonali Mukherjee | Vijay Lalwani | [37] | |
| Housefull | 2010 | Sandy | Sajid Khan | [38] | |
| Lafangey Parindey | 2010 | Pinky Palkar | Pradeep Sarkar | [39] | |
| Break Ke Baad | 2010 | Aaliya Khan | Danish Aslam | [40] | |
| Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey | 2010 | Kalpana Datta | Ashutosh Gowariker | [41] | |
| Dum Maaro Dum | 2011 | — | Rohan Sippy | Special appearance in song "Dum Maro Dum" | [42] |
| Aarakshan | 2011 | Poorbi Anand | Prakash Jha | [43] | |
| Desi Boyz | 2011 | Radhika Awasthi | Rohit Dhawan | [44] | |
| Cocktail | 2012 | Veronica Malaney | Homi Adajania | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress | [11] [45] |
| Race 2 | 2013 | Aleena Malik | Abbas–Mustan | [46] | |
| Bombay Talkies | 2013 | Herself | Multiple[b] | Special appearance in song "Apna Bombay Talkies" | [48] |
| Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | 2013 | Naina Talwar | Ayan Mukerji | [49] [50] | |
| Chennai Express | 2013 | Meenalochani Azhagusundaram |
Rohit Shetty | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress | [51] [52] |
| Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela | 2013 | Leela Sanera | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Filmfare Award for Best Actress | [15] [53] |
| Kochadaiiyaan | 2014 | Vadhana Devi | Soundarya Rajinikanth | Tamil film Animated film |
[17] |
| Finding Fanny | 2014 | Angelina 'Angie' Eucharistica | Homi Adajania | English language film | [54] |
| Happy New Year | 2014 | Mohini Joshi | Farah Khan | [55] | |
| My Choice | 2015 | Herself | Homi Adajania | Short film | [56] |
| Piku | 2015 | Piku Banerjee | Shoojit Sircar | Filmfare Award for Best Actress | [57] [22] |
| Tamasha | 2015 | Tara Maheshwari | Imtiaz Ali | [58] | |
| Bajirao Mastani | 2015 | Mastani | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress | [23] [59] |
| xXx: Return of Xander Cage | 2017 | Serena Unger | D. J. Caruso | American film | [60] |
| Raabta | 2017 | — | Dinesh Vijan | Special appearance in song "Raabta" | [61] |
| Padmaavat | 2018 | Rani Padmavati | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress | [62] [63] |
| Zero | 2018 | Herself | Aanand L. Rai | Special appearance | [64] |
Music videos[]
| Title | Year | Role | Performer(s) | Album | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Naam Hai Tera" | 2005 | — | Himesh Reshammiya | Aap Kaa Surroor | [1] [66] |
| "Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" | 2010 | Herself | Various | — | [67] |
| "Bolydude Ganeshan" | 2012 | — | Ganesh Hegde | Let's Party | [68] |