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Deepika PadukoneDeepika Padukone was born 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen, to Prakash Padukone, a former badminton player her mother, a travel agent. Deepika has a younger sister, Anisha Padukone.

Deepika started her career as a model while she was in college. She was spotted in a ramp competition in NLS, Bangalore. Over the years, she has modelled for Indian brands such as Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca. Deepika was awarded as Female Model of the Year and Fresh Face of the Year by Idea Zee Fashion Awards. She was the brand ambassador of Levi Strauss and the international spokesperson for Maybelline.
Deepika Padukone made her debut as an actress with a Kannada movie, Aishwarya in 2006. Her Bollywood debut was in 2007 in Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. The movie was a blockbuster and Deepika was awarded her first Filmfare as Best Female Debut Award and was also nominated for the Best Actress. Her next movie was a romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno alongside Ranbir Kapoor and was a huge commercial success. She later played a double role again in Chandni Chowk To China in 2009 and later appeared in Love Aaj Kal opposite Saif Ali Khan which was one of the biggest hits of 2009.
Her first release of 2010 was Karthik Calling Karthik. The movie flopped at box office. Her performance in Yash Raj production’s, Lafangey Parindey, where she played the role of blind girl, determined on winning a skating competition was praised by the critics. Her next release was Break Ke Baad opposite Imran Khan was not a commercial success but won Deepika positive reviews. Her performance in Prakash Jha’s reservation melodrama, Aarakshan got rave reviews. In 2012, Deepika first appeared in Cocktail. Her performance earned her her third Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Later in 2012 she was seen in Race 2
As of 2013, she is shooting for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani opposite Ranbir Kapoor and forRam Leela opposite Ranveer Singh.
Deepika dated Ranbir Kapoor for one year and later in 2009 ended the relationship. In 2010 she started dating Kingfisher head Vijay Mallya’s son Siddharth Mallya and they broke up in 2012.
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Deepika Padukone bags Farah Khan's Happy New Year opposite Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh DeepikaThe grapevine has been abuzz with news of Deepika Padukone bagging the role opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Farah Khan's filmHappy New Year, which goes on floors in September.

This is because she has had a great year so far with two hits, Race 2and Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, or perhaps because her on-screen chemistry with Shah Rukh Khan in Chennai Express looks fabulous.

But what is most interesting is that, Deepika Padukone's achievement is being hailed as that much bigger because she has, reportedly pipped screen rival Katrina Kaif and several other contenders such as Priyanka Chopra, television actor Anita Lokhande to the post.

While director Farah Khan and producer Shah Rukh Khan have remained tight-lipped about the new developments — all Shha Rukh Khan would say when I inquired about it was that as yet he only knew that he was acting in the film along with Abhishek Bachchan and Boman Irani — but the speculations just refuse to stop.

Ileana D'Cruz's role in Barfi! is yet another film that was mired in switch-speculation. Word was that Katrina had been approached for the role before she finally declined the offer. Another recent swap-tainted film that comes to mind is this year's blockbuster romantic drama Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani for which names of Anushka, Deepika and Katrina were being trotted out as contenders. Finally it was Dippy who landed the part, reportedly due to a great on-screen chemistry and the interest their pairing aroused, courtesy their past relationship.

While casting coups are commonplace enough given the ups and downs in the star barometer, they are often blamed on date crunch, financial demands, starry tantrums and so on. Speculations get a whole new spin if professional rivals are in the fray, or if there is talk of foulplay — as in an actor who was promised the part is dropped in favour of another. Sometimes it is the actor who may drop out of a project due to a more lucrative project and so on on. Whatever be the cause, cast alterations and the Chinese Whispers surrounding casting coups are almost as interesting to cinema lovers as gossip about film stars' personal lives. And then, of course, there is the whole publicity paraphernalia built around a star that thrives on such news.