Om Shanti Om (Hindi pronunciation: [oËm ÊaËnt̪ɪ oËm]) is a 2007 Indian fantasyromanticmelodrama film directed and co-written by Farah Khan with Mayur Puri and Mushtaq Shiekh. It stars Shah Rukh Khan as Om, a junior artist of the 1970s who has a crush on a secretly married superstar, played by Deepika Padukone in her Hindi film debut. Her lover, a producer played by Arjun Rampal, kills her in a fire; Om witnesses this and dies from the injuries sustained from trying to rescue her. Reincarnated as a superstar in the 2000s, he seeks to avenge his love. Om Shanti Om also starred Shreyas Talpade, Kirron Kher, Bindu and Javed Sheikh in supporting roles, and saw cameos from many Bollywood celebrities in several sequences and songs.
The film was produced and presented by Shah Rukh's wife Gauri Khan under the banner Red Chillies Entertainment on a budget of â¹400 million. Farah conceived Om Shanti Om while directing the musical Bombay Dreams (2002), which was based on the Indian film industry. After Shah Rukh rejected the first version of Happy New Year, she was reminded of Om Shanti Om; the film's title derives from a similar titled song from the 1980 film Karz. The soundtrack album was composed by VishalâShekhar, with lyrics written by Javed Akhtar. The background score was composed by Sandeep Chowta. The album received positive reviews and was also commercially successful, becoming the highest-selling album of the year in India.
Released on 9 November 2007, Om Shanti Om earned over â¹1.49 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing Indian film at the time, both in India and overseas territories.[citation needed] It received positive reviews from critics, with praise directed to the performances and the film's narrative. The film won several awards in major Indian film award ceremonies. At 53rd Filmfare Awards, it received 12 nominations, winning for Best Female Debut and Best Special Effects, and also won the National Film Award for Best Production Design.
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Plot[edit]
Om Prakash Makhija (Shah Rukh Khan), a junior artist in 1970s Hindi cinema, is in love with a film superstar named Shantipriya 'Shanti' Kashyap (Deepika Padukone). One evening, Om Prakash attends the premiere of Shanti's film, and envisions himself as the lead actor Manoj Kumar. Om Prakash and his friend Pappu (Shreyas Talpade) take on numerous small acting roles as extras, and one night, a drunk Om Prakash describes his fantasy of one day winning a Filmfare Award for Best Actor. At the shooting of a film, Om Prakash rescues Shanti after a fire grows out of control, and they become friends. Om tries to woo her.
Om Prakash overhears a conversation between Shanti and a film producer named Mukesh Mehra (Arjun Rampal). The pair have recently married in secret, and Shanti reveals that she is pregnant with Mukesh's child. Mukesh seems overjoyed and asks Shanti to meet him at the set of their upcoming film titled Om Shanti Om. Mukesh promises to cancel the film, reveal their marriage to the public, and have a grand wedding on the set much to the dismay of Om Prakash. However, revealing his true colours, Mukesh tells Shanti that their relationship and child will ruin his career and sets the backdrop on fire.
Om Shanti Om Ajab Si
Om Prakash attempts to rescue Shanti, but is attacked by Mukesh's guards. After the guards leave, he again attempts to rescue Shanti, but he is thrown from the building by the explosion. A disorientated Om Prakash is hit by a car owned by Rajesh Kapoor (Javed Sheikh), an actor taking his pregnant wife, Lovely (Asawari Joshi), to the hospital. At the hospital, Om Prakash remembers his moments with Shanti as he dies, while Lovely gives birth to a son, also named Om, and Om Prakash's soul reincarnates into the newborn Om Kapoor.
30 years later[edit]
Om Kapoor, nicknamed OK (Shah Rukh Khan), becomes a famous actor and lives the luxurious life dreamt of by Om Prakash, but experiences pyrophobia and subconsciously inherits Om Prakash's memories. At an awards ceremony, OK unknowingly delivers a speech Om Prakash made when he was drunk, which is heard by Pappu on television. At the event, Rajesh (who is OK's father) introduces him to Mukesh, whose introduction causes OK to fully remember the events of Om Prakash's life. OK later reunites with Om Prakash's mother Bela (Kirron Kher) and Pappu, and conspires to avenge Shanti's death by making Mukesh confess his crime.
OK convinces Mukesh to restart shooting for Om Shanti Om, and he plans to convince Mukesh that Shanti's spirit is haunting him. To impersonate Shanti, OK finds a super-fan named Sandhya 'Sandy' Bansal (Deepika Padukone), a doppelgänger of Shanti. Throughout the film's shooting, OK and his friends arrange incidents to remind Mukesh of the past. During the music launch of the film, OK taunts Mukesh by revealing the extent to which he knows the story of Shanti's death. But when Mukesh runs after Sandy thinking she is the ghost of Shanti, Sandy accidentally cuts her arm and bleeds. Seeing this, Mukesh realises that she is not Shanti's spirit. Mukesh tries to confront OK, but he is suddenly hit by the set's swinging chandelier.
After Mukesh regains consciousness, OK confronts him but Mukesh reveals that he knows Sandy is not a ghost after all. During the quarrel, Sandy reappears and taunts Mukesh. She reveals that after the fire ceased to burn, Mukesh found that Shanti had survived and buried her alive below the chandelier. OK is confused about how Sandy knows this detail, since he did not know this himself. Mukesh, spooked by the fact that she knows all these details, attempts to shoot Sandy, shocked by the revelation about the murder, but Mukesh and OK fight, which results in yet another fire. Just when OK is about to kill Mukesh, Sandy stops him, saying Mukesh will die, but not by his hand. The chandelier proceeds to fall on Mukesh, killing him instantly.
Pappu and Sandy rush to join OK, who is shocked when he sees Sandy in two places at once. OK realises that the person he assumed to be Sandy was actually Shanti's spirit, and recalls instances where supernatural events helped when OK's plans almost did not work, realising that Shanti was responsible. She smiles warmly towards OK and tearfully bids him goodbye, disappearing as she moves into the light.
Cast[edit]
Cameo Appearances throughout the film (in alphabetical order)
Other Special Appearances during the song 'Deewangi Deewangi' (in order of appearance)
Production[edit]Development[edit]
In 2002, Farah Khan worked as a choreographer for the musical Bombay Dreams in London, which she felt presented a 'clichéd and outdated version' of the Indian film industry.[8] She thought that the musical would not be successful if released in India.[8] She instead thought of a new story, writing her initial thoughts about the subject on Andrew Lloyd Webber's letterhead while staying in his house.[9] Later in 2006, Farah began to work on her next project, which was tentatively titled Happy New Year. Amid speculations that Shah Rukh Khan would star in Happy New Year, the actor rejected the first draft of the film, upon which Farah's husband and editor Shirish Kunder reminded her of the story she had conceived while in London.[10]Happy New Year, which was to mark Deepika Padukone's Hindi debut, was put on hiatus and revived more than 8 years later under the same title.[11]
Farah completed writing the first script of Om Shanti Om within two weeks.[10] She set the first half in the 1970s as she felt the Hindi films made during that period were much more influential than those made in other periods, particularly the 1980s, which she felt was a period when 'the worst movies were made'. She also included many references to the 1970s, which were also prevalent in films of that time. She said, 'Everything in the first half is about the 70sâsuch as the mother who overacts, mouthing cliched dialogues. Then there are cabarets, badminton and other stuff popular during that era.'[8] Shah Rukh's costumes were designed by Karan Johar, while Manish Malhotra designed Padukone's costumes. The rest of the cast had their costumes designed by Sanjeev Mulchadni.[12]
In addition to directing the film, Farah co-wrote the story with Mayur Puri and Mushtaq Shiekh. She was also the film's choreographer. Puri wrote the screenplay and dialogues.[13] He completed the writing process in two months and rewrote the film's second half.[14] Puri created the screenplay by writing his natural reaction to the characters as scenarios. He knew that despite being part of a crowd, junior artists do not want to be recognized as such, ruins their chances of landing a leading role in future. This was used in a sequence involving Shah Rukh and Talpade, who play junior artists. Puri blended different genres together in Om Shanti Om, which he felt was challenging. He used his personal memories from childhood for creating the 1970s.[15] Shirish Kunder was the editor, while V. Manikandan was the cinematographer.[13]
Sabu Cyril was the film's production designer. Sabu was first offered the Mani Ratnam-directed Guru (2007) at a time when Om Shanti Om was being planned, but ultimately chosen the latter due to his earlier commitment to Farah for her future project.[16] Farah used two particular dialogues in the film: 'When you want something badly, the whole universe conspires to give to you' and 'In the end everything will be ok and if its not ok its not the end'. These were used as Khan felt that it reflected her philosophy in her life.[17] Farah stated that the film's opening scene was her most favorite in it.[18] In 2008, Puri felt his most favourite dialogue from the ones he wrote would be the Filmfare Awards speech.[15] The film's title derives from the eponymous song from the film Karz (1980).[19]Om is a Hindu mantra; Om Shanti Om roughly translates to 'Peace Be With You'.[20][21]
Casting[edit]
Deepika Padukone plays the love interest of Shah Rukh's character in her Hindi film debut.
Shah Rukh was cast as the lead; he gained six packs for a song sequence.[22] He felt Om Shanti Om was a 'happy film'.[23] Farah was advised by Malaika Arora to cast Padukone as the female lead, who was suggested by Wendell Roddick, under whom Padukone was working.[24] She was cast without a screen test.[25] Khan felt that she was 'a beautiful, classic Indian beauty' who fit the role of an actor of the 1970s.[8] She was excited at the prospect of working with Shah Rukh and said, 'I've grown up watching [Shah Rukh] and always admired him so much. To get to work with him .. is quite wonderful. It was also fantastic that Farah showed faith in my talent and cast me opposite him.'[26]
In preparation for her role, Padukone watched several films of actresses Helen and Hema Malini to study their body language.[27] Her character was modelled after Malini and nicknamed Dreamy Girl after her the latter's nickname as Dream Girl.[28] Rampal was approached by both Khan and Shah Rukh at the latter's New Year's Eve party. Rampal was initially reluctant to do the role as he felt it was 'too evil' for someone like him. With persuasion from Shah Rukh, he agreed. Rampal wore a mustache in the film which was suggested by Shah Rukh.[10] Shreyas Talpade played a supporting role as the best friend of Khan's character. After the release of Iqbal (2005) and completing the filming of Dor, Talpade, who attended the same gym as Khan, was called for a narration of what would be Om Shanti Om. He agreed to do the role.[29]
Kirron Kher, Bindu and Javed Sheikh also appear in the film.[6] 31 Bollywood film actors appeared in cameo appearances for the song 'Deewangi Deewangi'. Other actors were also supposed to play cameos, including Fardeen Khan, who was arrested at Dubai airport in a drug case. Dev Anand refused as he always played lead roles in his career. Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu didn't appear in the song, despite plans to include them. Amitabh Bachchan refused due to his son's wedding, while Aamir Khan refused due to Taare Zameen Par's (2007) pending editing. Khan had wanted the three Khans to appear together in a film. Rekha, who appears in the song, carried out 2 days of rehearsal for it. All those who appeared for the song received gifts, including a Blackberry phone and a Tag Heuer watch.[10]
Principal photography[edit]
Om Shanti Om was made on a budget of â¹400 million.[2] The first scene to be filmed was one where Talpade's character tells Shah Rukh's character that he will be a hero; Shah Rukh was an hour late for filming.[29] Farah was pregnant with triplets while filming and experienced difficulties while shooting, she would constantly vomit while directing the film.[30] The film was shot entirely in sync sound; Farah dismissed rumours of Padukone's voice being dubbed.[31] In 2015, however, Mona Ghosh Shetty admitted to have dubbed for Padukone in the film.[32] The fake fight scene involving a stuffed tiger was inspired by a similar scene in the film Tarzan 303.[10] Old cars owned by actors Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini were used for filming for authenticity.[33]
A number of references to real life was also filmed, including a scene in which Om saves Shantipriya from a fire, which was a spoof of Sunil Dutt rescuing Nargis from a fire on the sets of Mother India (1957). For a shot involving a Filmfare Awards ceremony, Khan stood on the red carpet of an actual Filmfare Award ceremony and requested actors to dictate dialogues as she stated. The song 'Deewangi Deewangi' was shot over a period of six days.[10] The song 'Dhoom Tana' has digitally altered guest appearances, which included Sunil Dutt from Amrapali (1966), Rajesh Khanna from Sachaa Jhutha (1970) and Jeetendra from Jay Vejay (1977).[34] Farah wanted to film Shakira for filming a special appearance had made her commit a few days for the role. Due to the uncertainty of her dates, the idea was scrapped.[33]
In February 2007, a filming schedule was completed in Film City. It was then reported that filming would move outdoors after Shah Rukh completed filming for Kaun Banega Crorepati.[35] In October 2007, Abhishek Bachchan finished filming for his cameo appearance; he shot between 10 and 2 in the night for his screen time of about one and a half minutes.[36] Filming of the last sequence and the end-credit song was done in Film City.[37] Farah continued the tradition of featuring an end-credits song beginning with Main Hoon Na (2004).[38]
Om Shanti Om was produced by Shah Rukh's wife Gauri Khan under their Red Chillies Entertainment banner. While Marching Ants handled the publicity design, Gauri was the presenter. Shyam Kaushal, Amar Shetty and Shah Rukh were the action directors.[13] The film's final reel length was 4013.94 ft (1223.45 m).[13]
Music[edit]
The film score was composed by Sandeep Chowta while the original songs featured inOm Shanti Om were composed by the duo Vishal-Shekhar with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. The vocals are provided by KK, Sukhwinder Singh, Marianne, Nisha, Caralisa Monteiro, Shaan, Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rahul Saxena, Sonu Nigam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Richa Sharma, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, DJ Aqeel, DJ G, Kiran Karnath, Jackie V, Nikhil Chinapa, DJ Nawed and Zoheb.[39] Initially, A. R. Rahman was signed in to compose original songs and background score for the film but he opted out after disagreements with T-Series as he wanted them to share the copyrights of music between him and the lyricist.[40] Farah then approached Vishal-Shekhar, and asked them to compose modern, retro music for the film.[41] They intended the soundtrack to be a tribute to the music of the 1960s and 1970s, while appealing to newer audiences at the same time.[42] Trade reports predicted that the album will be commercially successful.[43] The soundtrack album of Om Shanti Om was released on 18 September 2007 on CD.[39][44]
In a soundtrack review, Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama gave it four stars out of five and opines, 'Om Shanti Om is easily one of the most complete scores by Vishal-Shekhar and Javed Akhtar.'[45] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com also gave it four stars out of five, applauding the tracks but criticized the 'Dark Side' mix. She concludes her review by writing, 'Om Shanti Om is an out and out musical that captivates with its roaring polyphony and unabashed drama.'[46]Aakash Gandhi of Planet Bollywood gave a rating of 8.5 stars out of 10 and writes, 'not only have [Vishal-Shekhar] proven themselves in terms of musical ingenuity and quality, they have shown us the confidence, the poise, and the ability to step up to the plate and hit a grand-slam when theyâre called upon to do so.' He further gave them a 'standing ovation'.[47] Writing for AllMusic, Bhaskar Gupta gave the album four and a half stars out of five and praises the composers, writing, 'Vishal-Shekhar finally delivered a soundtrack that could be deemed their signature offering.'[48]
Vishal-Shekhar was nominated for Best Music at the 53rd Filmfare Awards, Producers Guild Awards 2008 and Zee Cine Awards 2008, winning for Best Composer at the 2nd Asian Film Awards.[49] Vishal Dadlani was alone nominated for Best Lyrics at the Filmfare and Producers Film Guild award ceremonies. Akhtar was nominated for Best Lyrics at the Filmfare and Zee Cine awards, winning at the 9th IIFA Awards. It was the highest-selling music album of the year in India, with sales of around 2 million units.[50]
Release[edit]
Om Shanti Om created a record of sorts by going in for an unheard of 2000 prints (worldwide) release. This was the highest number of prints (including digital) for any Indian movie at the time of its release.[51]Om Shanti Om set another record for registered pre-advance booking of 18,000 tickets in a chain of theatres in Delhi a few days before the advance booking was to start.[52] A special screening was conducted for Bollywood actors.[53]Red Chillies Entertainment had reportedly sold the world rights for the film to Eros International for an amount between Rs. 720â750 million. Baba Films, a production and distribution company, had offered a record Rs. 110 million for the rights to the Mumbai Circuit, surpassing the highest amount ever paid for the territory. As a marketing strategy, Amul advertised Shah Rukh.[54]
Nina Davuluri's talent for Miss America 2014 was a Hindi Film fusion dance choreographed by Nakul Dev Mahajan and performed to Dhoom Taana. It was the first time Hindi Film ever appeared on the Miss America stage and Davuluri is the first Indian American to win the competition.[55][56][57][58][59]Om Shanti Om was remade into a Japanese musical titled Oomu Shanti Oumu.[60][61] A book, titled The Making of Om Shanti Om written by Mushtaq Sheikh, was released after the release of the film. The book gives an insight into the production and happenings behind the camera of the film.[62][63]
Manoj Kumar's body double issue[edit]
Manoj Kumar planned to sue the makers of Om Shanti Om for showing his body double in bad taste.[64] Kumar added, 'Are the Mumbai police so stupid that they can't recognise Manoj Kumar and lathicharge him in the '70s when he was a star?â.[65] Kumar also alleged that Shahrukh Khan is communal.[66] Later, in a press conference, Shahrukh Khan and director Farah Khan accepted their mistake and apologised for the matter.[67] Farah Khan even offered to cut the scene which Manoj Kumar felt was hurtful, but Kumar refused on grounds that, as Farah had stated, 'I [Farah Khan] am like his daughter. He said, 'Betiyaan maafi nahi maangti' (Daughters don't ask for forgiveness). I told him that he could've called me and scolded me.'[67] Later, Kumar said that though this incident was hurtful to him, he wishes to forgive, ignore, and move on, saying that he prefers to 'see Ram in everyone and ignore the Ravana.'[68]
In 2008, before the film's television premiere on Sony TV, Manoj Kumar filed for a stay on the television release, at civil court in Mumbai. On 8 August 2008, he won permanent injunction on the scenes in Om Shanti Om that lampooned him. The court ordered the producers and Sony Entertainment Television, to edit the Manoj Kumar look-alike scenes before showing the film on the channel on 10 August 2008. It also ordered that the film could not be shown in any mediaâTV, DVD or Internetâwithout the scene being deleted.[69][70]
Plagiarism allegations[edit]
On 7 August 2008, before its television release, scriptwriter Ajay Monga moved the Bombay High Court alleging that the basic storyline of the film was lifted from a film script he had emailed to Shah Rukh Khan in 2006. According to the petition, 'Monga, along with one more writer Hemant Hegde, had registered the script with the Cine Writers Association (CWA) in September 2005. In January 2008, Cine Writers Association (CWA) rejected Monga's appeal at a special Executive Committee meeting. Thereafter, he approached the court to stay the film's screening on television. Though, on 6 August the court rejected Monga's plea for seeking a stay on the television telecast, it directed all the respondents including Shahrukh Khan, Farah Khan, Red Chillies Entertainment, Gauri Khan (director Red Chillies) and film's co-writer Mushtaq Sheikh, to file their say by the next hearing on 29 September 2008.[71][72] In November 2008, the Film Writers' association sent a communication to Red Chillies and Ajay Monga that it had found similarities in Om Shanti Om and Monga's script. The similarities were more than mere coincidences according to Sooni Taraporewala who chaired a special committee that has investigated the case on behalf of the Film Writers' association.[73]
Another allegation of plagiarism came from Rinki Bhattacharya, daughter of late Bimal Roy, who directed Madhumati. She threatened legal action against Red Chillies Entertainment and the producer-director of Om Shanti Om, as she felt that the film's second half was similar to Madhumati, also a rebirth saga.[71][74]
Reception[edit]Critical response[edit]India[edit]
Om Shanti Om was received positively by Indian film critics.[75][76][77]Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it four stars out of five and writes, 'Om Shanti Om is Bollywood masala in its truest form and also, at its best' but notes, 'the second half could've been crisper'.[78]Khalid Mohamed of Hindustan Times gave the film four stars out of five and appreciated the performances, observing how Rampal is 'consistently first-rate as the suave villain' while Padukone is 'fantastic, so surprisingly assured that you marvel at her poised debut'. He notes that 'the enterprise belongs to Shah Rukh Khan, who tackles comedy, high drama and action with his signature styleâspontaneous and intuitively intelligent. Six-pack or no-packs, heâs the entertainer of the year in this valentine to the movies.'[79]
Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India gave the film three and a half stars out of five and writes, 'Farah Khanâs re-birth saga literally makes an art of retro and paints the seventies pop culture in Andy Warholish strokes'. She called it an 'unabashed tribute' to Karz.[80]Raja Sen of Rediff.com gave it three and a half stars out of five and applauded the performances of Shah Rukh, Padukone and Talpade. He writes, 'Om Shanti Om is an exultant, heady, joyous film reveling in Bollywood, and as at most parties where the bubbly flows free, there is much silly giggling and tremendous immaturity.' He criticized the dialogues and excessive cameos in the film.[81]
Lego stars wars 3 cheats. Rajeev Masand of CNN-News18 gave the film three stars out of five and writes, 'Unpretentious and completely transparent in its intentions, Om Shanti Om is an entertainer in the true sense of the word, mixing up genre elements like comedy, drama, action and emotion to create a heady broth of Manmohan Desai-style exaggerated entertainment.' He compliments the dialogues 'which so cleverly incorporates Bollywood's oldest clichés into these characters' everyday parlance.'[82] A commentator for Indo-Asian News Service felt that Shah Rukh's acting was repetitive and writes, 'He needs to curtail his unwarranted superstar mannerisms even in a total masala film like Om Shanti Om', while complimenting the performances of Padukone, Rampal and Talpade.[76]
Sudish Kamnath of The Hindu stated that the film is 'an unabashed celebration of willing suspension of disbelief, calling it a 'light-hearted tribute to Hindi cinema the way we know it and love it'. He praised the performances of Shah Rukh, Padukone and Talpade, while criticizing Rampal and Kher. He also praised the various spoofs, especially the ones directed at Manoj Kumar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Abhishek Bachchan.[83] Writing for SantaBanta.com, Subhash K. Jha gave it one star out of five and criticized the spoofs 'which keeps swinging from homage to imitation with infuriating artifice', writing, 'The mood is one of patronizing and condescension rather than genuine admiration for an era that's gone with the wind'.[84]
Overseas[edit]
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave Om Shanti Om a rating of 83%, based upon 6 reviews (5 fresh and 1 rotten).[85] Tajpal Rathore of BBC gave it 4 out of 5 stars as well and stated, 'Both a homage to and parody of Hindi Films, this cinematic feast delivered straight from the heart of the film industry will have you glued to your seats till the end.'[86] Mark Medley of National Post gave 3 stars and stated, 'The film is a mess for all the right reasons; elements of comedy, drama, romance, action and the supernatural are packed in. But really, the plot is just a vehicle to get from one song-and-dance number to the next.'[87]AOL gave the film 3 out of 5 stars stating, 'The movie consists of all the elements that are essentially called the 'navratnas' of Indian cinema â from joy to grief to romance to revenge. And she mixes these well to cook up a potboiler, which is sure to be a run away hit.'[88]
Box office[edit]
Om Shanti Om opened across 878 cinemas in 2000 prints worldwide.[89] The film's net gross (after deducting entertainment tax) was â¹994 million (US$14 million) in India.[90] The film collected US$2.78 million in the United Kingdom, US$3.6 million in North America and US$3.7 million collectively from the rest of the world, which resulted in total overseas collections of $10,080,000, the 4th largest of all time as of 2010.[91] As a result of these collections, a worldwide gross of â¹1.50 billion (US$22 million) was accumulated.[92]
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Deepika Padukone (pronounced [d̪iËpɪkaË pÉÉÊkoËɳeË] or [paËÉÊkoËɳ]; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian film actress and producer. The highest-paid actress in India, her accolades include three Filmfare Awards. She features in listings of the nation's most popular personalities, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.
Padukone, the daughter of the badminton player Prakash Padukone, was born in Copenhagen and raised in Bangalore. As a teenager, she played badminton in national level championships but left her career in the sport to become a fashion model. She soon received offers for film roles and made her acting debut in 2006 as the title character of the Kannada filmAishwarya. Padukone then 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 received praise for her starring role in the romance Love Aaj Kal (2009), but this was followed by a brief setback. The romantic comedy Cocktail (2012) marked a turning point in her career, and she gained further success with starring roles in the romantic comedies Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Chennai Express (both 2013), the heist comedy Happy New Year (2014), and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period dramas Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Padmaavat (2018). Padukone's acclaimed portrayal of a character based on Juliet in Bhansali's tragic romance Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) and a headstrong architect in the comedy-drama Piku (2015) earned her two Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. Her first project in Hollywood came with the action film XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017).
Padukone formed her own production company KA Entertainment in 2019. She is the chairperson of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image and is the founder of the Live Love Laugh Foundation, which creates awareness on mental health in India. Vocal about issues such as feminism and depression, she also participates in stage shows, has written columns for a newspaper, designed her own line of clothing for women, and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products. Padukone is married to her frequent co-star Ranveer Singh.
Early life and modelling career
Padukone was born on 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Konkani-speaking parents.[1][2] Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a former professional badminton player and her mother, Ujjala, is a travel agent.[3] Her younger sister, Anisha, is a golfer.[4] Her paternal grandfather, Ramesh, was a secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association.[5] The family relocated to Bangalore, India when Padukone was a year old.[6] She was educated at Bangalore's Sophia High School and completed her pre-university education at Mount Carmel College.[7] She subsequently enrolled at the Indira Gandhi National Open University for a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology but later quit it due to scheduling conflicts with her modelling career.[6][8]
Padukone with her parents and sister at the 59th Filmfare Awards in 2014
Padukone has said that she was socially awkward as a child and did not have many friends.[6] The focus of her life was badminton, which she played competitively from a young age. Describing her daily routine in a 2012 interview, Padukone said, 'I would wake up at five in the morning, go for physical training, go to school, again go for playing badminton, finish my homework, and go to sleep.'[6] Padukone continued to pursue a career in badminton throughout her school years and played the sport in national level championships. She also played baseball in a few state level tournaments.[9] While concentrating on her education and sporting career, Padukone also worked as a child model, first appearing in a couple of advertising campaigns at the age of eight.[10] In the tenth grade, she changed focus and decided to become a fashion model. She later explained, 'I realised that I was playing the game only because it ran in the family. So, I asked my father if I could give up the game and he wasn't upset at all.'[11] In 2004, she began a full-time career as a model under the tutelage of Prasad Bidapa.[11][12]
Early in her career, Padukone gained recognition with a television commercial for the soap Liril and modelled for various other brands and products.[13][14] In 2005, she made her runway debut at the Lakme Fashion Week for designer Suneet Varma and won the 'Model of the Year' award at the Kingfisher Fashion Awards.[15][16] Padukone's fame increased when she appeared in a highly popular print campaign for the 2006 Kingfisher Calendar;[17] the designer Wendell Rodricks commented, 'Since Aishwarya Rai, we haven't had a girl as beautiful and fresh.'[18] Rodricks had spotted her at a Ganjam jewellery class he was teaching and signed her up with the Matrix agency.[19] At the age of 21, Padukone relocated to Mumbai and stayed at her aunt's home.[6] That year, she gained wider recognition by featuring in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song Naam Hai Tera.[20]
Padukone soon began to receive offers for film roles.[21] Believing herself to be too inexperienced as an actor, she instead enrolled for a course at Anupam Kher's film academy.[22] Following much media speculation, the director Farah Khan, who had noticed her in Reshammiya's music video, made the decision to cast her for a role in Happy New Year.[6][17] Fashion designer Wendell Rodricks also takes credit in helping her get the role. Farah Khan was looking for a model to star in her next film, and got in touch with Malaika Arora. Rodricks, for whom Padukone had been modelling for roughly two years then, recommended her to Arora, a close friend of his, who in turn recommended her to Khan in 2007.[23]
Acting careerFilm debut and breakthrough (2006â2009)
Padukone announced in 2006 that she would make her film debut with Aishwarya, a Kannada film directed by Indrajit Lankesh.[17] The romantic comedy was a remake of the Telugu filmManmadhudu, and she was cast in the title role opposite the actor Upendra. The film proved to be a major commercial success.[24] RG Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com was appreciative of Padukone's screen presence but added that 'she needs to work on her emotional scenes.'[25]
By the end of 2006, Farah Khan's Happy New Year was shelved, and Khan had instead cast Padukone for the reincarnation melodrama Om Shanti Om (2007).[26] Set against the backdrop of the Hindi film industry, the film tells the story of a struggling actor in the 1970s who dies soon after witnessing the murder of the woman he loved and is reincarnated to avenge her death. Shah Rukh Khan starred as the protagonist, and Padukone featured in dual rolesâShantipriya, a leading actress of the 1970s, and later as Sandy, an aspiring actress. She said, 'I've grown up watching [Shah Rukh] and always admired him so much. To get to work with him .. is quite wonderful. It was also fantastic that Farah showed faith in my talent and cast me opposite him.'[27] In preparation for her role, Padukone watched several films of actresses Helen and Hema Malini to study their body language, which she felt 'were more graceful' and 'completely different from today's actors.'[28] However, her voice was dubbed by the voice artist Mona Ghosh Shetty.[29] For one of the songs in the film, 'Dhoom Taana,â Padukone drew upon Indian classical dance, and according to Dorling Kindersley, 'mesmeriz[ed] audiences' by using hasta mudras (hand gestures).[30]Om Shanti Om was a commercial success, and emerged as the highest-grossing film of the year, with a global revenue of â¹1.49 billion (US$22 million).[31]Taran Adarsh of the entertainment portal Bollywood Hungama reviewed, 'Deepika has all it takes to be a top starâthe personality, the looks and yes, she's supremely talented too. Standing in the same frame as [Shah Rukh] and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air!'[32] At the annual Filmfare Awards ceremony, Padukone was awarded the Best Female Debut Award and received her first nomination in the Best Actress category.[33]
Padukone at the first look launch of Love Aaj Kal in 2009
Bollywood Hungama reported that the success of Om Shanti Om proved a breakthrough for Padukone.[34] She followed this success with the role of Gayatri (one of star Ranbir Kapoor's love interests), a feisty student in Australia who moonlights as a cab driver in Yash Raj Films' romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008). The film was a financial success,[35] but Namrata Joshi of Outlook wrote that Padukone's performance was disappointing; 'She is mannequin-like and utterly lacks fire and zing.'[36]
Padukone's first release of 2009 came alongside Akshay Kumar in the Nikhil Advani-directed kung fu comedy Chandni Chowk To China, in which she portrayed the dual roles of Indian-Chinese twin sisters Sakhi and Suzy. Produced by Warner Bros., it had one of the widest international releases ever given to an Indian film.[37] Padukone learned the Japanese martial art form of jujutsu and performed her own stunts.[38][39] Despite the hype, Chandni Chowk To China was a financial failure with worldwide earnings of â¹554.7 million (US$8.0 million) on a budget of â¹800 million (US$12 million).[40][41] Film critics were generally disappointed with the picture and Padukone's performance;[42] Justin Trout of Orlando Weekly noted, 'She is so wasted in Chandni Chowk, my mind often wandered back to Om Shanti Om during her scenes, possibly as a defense mechanism.'[43]
That same year, Padukone featured in an item number (for a song called 'Love Mera Hit Hit') in the drama Billu,[44] following which she appeared alongside Saif Ali Khan in the romantic dramaLove Aaj Kal from the writer-director Imtiaz Ali. The film documented the changing value of relationships among the youth and had Padukone play the part of Meera Pandit, a head-strong career woman. With a worldwide gross of â¹1.2 billion (US$17 million), Love Aaj Kal proved to be the third highest-grossing film of 2009.[31] Aniruddha Guha of Daily News and Analysis said that Padukone 'delivers the best of her four performances so far' and Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India mentioned her as 'definitive and strong.'[45][46] At the 55th Filmfare Awards Padukone received a nomination for Best Actress.[47]
Career struggles (2010â2011)
Padukone had five film releases in 2010. Her first role was in Vijay Lalwani's psychological thrillerKarthik Calling Karthik, where Padukone was cast as the supportive girlfriend of a depressed man (played by Farhan Akhtar) who goes through a series of changes after receiving mysterious phone calls every morning. Derek Elley of Variety found the film to be 'thinly plotted' but added that 'the uncomplicated ingenuousness of Padukone .. helps make the tall tale convincing.'[48] Commercially, the film performed poorly.[49] Her most economically profitable film that year was Sajid Khan's â¹1.15 billion (US$17 million)-grossing comedy film Housefull in which she featured alongside an ensemble cast including Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Arjun Rampal, Jiah Khan, and Boman Irani.[31]Raja Sen described the film as a 'festival of bad acting' and attributed Padukone's poor performance to her 'plasticky expressions.'[50]
Padukone at a promotional event for Lafangey Parindey in 2010
Pradeep Sarkar's drama Lafangey Parindey (2010) saw Padukone star opposite Neil Nitin Mukesh in the role of Pinky Palkar, a blind girl determined to win a skating competition. In preparation for her role, she observed the interactions of blind people and rehearsed scenes while blindfolded.[51] Writing for The Hindu, Sudhish Kamath was particularly impressed by Padukone and wrote that she 'exercises considerable restraint' in playing her part.[52] Later that year, Hindustan Times published that the film helped change people's perception of Padukone, with focus directed on her acting prowess rather than her appearance.[53] Her next role was opposite Imran Khan in the Danish Aslam-directed romantic comedy Break Ke Baad. CNN-IBN's Rajeev Masand found the film to be 'reasonably engaging' and noted that it was 'watchable largely for the performance of its leading lady.'[54] Both Lafangey Parindey and Break Ke Baad underperformed at the box office.[49]
Padukone's final release of 2010 was Ashutosh Gowarikar's period filmKhelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey opposite Abhishek Bachchan. Based on the book Do and Die by Manini Chatterjee, the film is a retelling of the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid.[55] Bachchan featured as the revolutionary leader Surya Sen and Padukone played Kalpana Dutta, his confidante.[56] Padukone said that she did not research for the role as there were 'hardly .. any reference points as to what Kalpana looked like other than a few photos,' and relied completely on Gowarikar's direction.[57] A review published in The Telegraph was appreciative of Padukone's portrayal, and the film received a generally positive critical reception.[58][59] Despite this, it was a major commercial disappointment.[60]
Padukone began 2011 with an item number in Rohan Sippy's Dum Maaro Dum. The song was a remixed version of the iconic song 'Dum Maro Dum,' from the 1971 film Hare Rama Hare Krishna, which featured Zeenat Aman.[61] Padukone referred to it as 'the wildest song any actress has done;' the song's 'suggestive lyrics' and 'raunchy moves' attracted controversy including a court case for indecency.[62][63] Her next film was Prakash Jha's socio-political drama Aarakshan, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee and Prateik Babbar, which dealt with the political issue of caste-based reservations in India. Trade journalists had high expectations for the film which ultimately flopped at the box office.[64][65] Critical reaction was largely negative, though Pratim D. Gupta mentioned Padukone as the most 'refreshing thing about [the] movie.'[66][67] Her final appearance that year was in Rohit Dhawan's comedy-drama Desi Boyz alongside Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Chitrangada Singh, a role that failed to propel her career forward.[68][69] The series of poorly received films led critics to perceive that Padukone had '[lost] her sparkle.'[70]
Establishing with romantic comedies and Ram-Leela (2012â2014)
In an interview for The Indian Express, Padukone said that her starring role in the 2012 Homi Adajania-directed romantic comedy Cocktail marked a significant turning point in her career.[71] Raja Sen of Rediff.com opined that she had successfully proved to be a 'stunning girl who can also act.'[72] Set in London, Cocktail tells the story of a software engineer (played by Saif Ali Khan) and his relationship with two temperamentally different womenâan impulsive party girl (Veronica, played by Padukone) and a submissive girl next door (Meera, played by Diana Penty). During the script narration, the producer Dinesh Vijan offered Padukone the choice of which woman to play; she decided on Veronica to expand her horizons as an actress.[73] Portraying the role was a creative and physical challenge for her, and to achieve the physical requirements of her character she exercised extensively and followed a rigorous diet.[74][75] Critics were divided in their opinion of the film, but particularly praised Padukone's performance;[76] Devesh Sharma of Filmfare credited her as the 'soul of the film' and wrote that she 'excels in every scene, whether as a material girl who enjoys sex, drugs and rock and roll or as the jealousy ridden girl out to destroy herself.'[77]Cocktail earned Padukone Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies, including Filmfare, Screen, and IIFA.[78] The film proved to be a box office hit as well.[79]
In 2013, Padukone established herself as a leading actress of contemporary Hindi cinema by featuring in four of the top-grossing productions of the year.[80][81] She collaborated with Saif Ali Khan for the fourth time (alongside John Abraham and Jacqueline Fernandez) in Abbas-Mustan's Race 2, an ensemble action thriller that served as a sequel to Race (2008). The film received predominantly negative reviews,[82] but with a total collection of â¹1.62 billion (US$23 million), it proved to be a commercial success.[83][84] In a scathing review, Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV wrote that both Padukone and Fernandez 'strut around like wound-up automatons that are all decked-up but have nowhere to go.'[85]
Padukone and Ranveer Singh at an event for Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela in 2013. She was awarded her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.
Ayan Mukerji's romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani was Padukone's next film release. Co-starring opposite Ranbir Kapoor, she was cast as Naina Talwar, a 'shy wallflower,' which marked a departure from the glamorous characters that she had a reputation for portraying.[86] Film critics praised her performance, though their response to the film was mixed.[87][88] Raja Sen thought that the film 'lacked a good story' but added that Padukone 'acts within herself and eschews exaggeration, and the results are impressive .. This may be her most self-aware performance so far'.[89] The pairing of Padukone with her former boyfriend was anticipated,[90] and the film emerged as a major commercial success.[83][91] Her next appearance was opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Rohit Shetty's action-comedy film Chennai Express. She played Meenalochini Azhagusundaram, a Tamil girl on the run from her father (a local don), which required that she adopt a Tamil accent. Critical opinion on her accent was mixed,[92] but her performance received praise;[87] film critic Aseem Chhabra wrote, 'Padukone is delightful in the filmâbeautiful, smiling, and often a lot more playful and funny than Khan.'[93]Chennai Express earned over â¹3.95 billion (US$57 million) to emerge as Padukone's highest-grossing release to that point, and alongside Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani it ranks among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.[94]
Padukone next played opposite Ranveer Singh in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, an adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy of Romeo and Juliet from director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her role was Leela, a Gujarati girl based on the character of Juliet.[95] Initially titled Ram-Leela, the film's title was changed after a court case was registered against Bhansali, Padukone, and Singh for 'offending the religious sentiments' of the Hindu community by showcasing sex and violence under a title that referred to the life of Rama.[96]Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela released among protests across several states in India, but was generally well received by critics.[97][98] Meena Iyer of The Times of India mentioned Padukone as 'breathtaking', and writing for Deccan Chronicle, Khalid Mohamed concluded that 'it's Deepika Padukone whom the film belongs to. Looking drop dead gorgeous and going at her part with a wallop, she's the prime asset of Ram-Leela.'[99][100] The film earned â¹2.02 billion (US$29 million) worldwide, making it Padukone's fourth consecutive success of the year.[81][84] Her performances in Chennai Express and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela won her several awards,[101] including the Screen Award for Best Actress for both films and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the latter.[102][103]
In 2014, Padukone featured opposite Rajinikanth in the Tamil filmKochadaiiyaan, a period drama that was shot using motion capture technology.[104] She was paid â¹30 million (US$430,000) for two days worth of work in it.[105][106] In Homi Adajania's widely praised satire Finding Fanny, Padukone played a young widow who takes a road trip with her dysfunctional friends (played by Arjun Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia and Pankaj Kapur) in search of a woman named Fanny.[107] The film was screened at the 19th Busan International Film Festival;[108] critic Anuj Kumar of The Hindu wrote that Padukone successfully 'takes off the fineries of Bollywood and you can sense the freedom from baggage in her performance'.[109] Later that year, she starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan for the third time in Farah Khan's renewal of Happy New Year. She played a bar dancer who trains a group of underachievers for a dance competition. Sanjukta Sharma of Mint found her role to be of minimal importance that required her only to be 'a pretty thing to be laughed at and pitied', but the film became one of her most successful, earning over â¹3.4 billion (US$49 million) worldwide.[94][110]
Piku and period films with Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015âpresent)
Following an appearance in Homi Adajania's online video on feminism, entitled My Choice,[111] Padukone took on the role of a headstrong Bengali architect who cares for her hypochondriac father (played by Amitabh Bachchan), in Shoojit Sircar's comedy-drama Piku (2015). She was drawn to the depiction of a realistic father-daughter bond, which she thought was rare in Hindi cinema.[112] Reviews for the film were positive;[113] Tanmaya Nanda of Business Standard praised the film's feminist tone, and wrote that Padukone proves 'what she is capable of when given something more to do than look pretty and be the crazy-dance girl at parties'.[114] NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee opined that she 'holds Piku together with a restrained star turn'.[115] With a worldwide gross of over â¹1.40 billion (US$20 million), Piku emerged as a box office hit, and garnered Padukone several awards, including second Best Actress awards at Filmfare and Screen.[116][117]
Padukone at an event for Bajirao Mastani in 2015. The film ranks among her highest-grossing releases.
Later in 2015, Padukone played the part of a businessperson who helps Ranbir Kapoor's character overcome his conflicts in Imtiaz Ali's romantic drama Tamasha. Despite poor financial returns, Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com named Padukone's performance as the best by an actress that year, writing that she 'is so potent in Tamasha, it's almost as if you can hear her heartbeat across the screen'.[118][119] In her final release of 2015, Padukone reunited with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ranveer Singh in Bajirao Mastani, a historical drama about a tragic extramarital affair. Singh was cast as the maratha general Bajirao I, while Priyanka Chopra and Padukone featured as his first and second wife, respectively. To play the warrior-princess Mastani, Padukone learnt sword-fighting, horse-riding, and the martial art form of kalaripayattu.[120] With a revenue of over â¹3.5 billion (US$51 million), Bajirao Mastani proved to be the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year.[94]Anupama Chopra found Padukone 'riveting', but Subhash K. Jha thought that she was 'way too subtle and silken, and not steely enough'.[121][122] The film was showcased at the International Film Festival of India;[123] at the 61st Filmfare Awards, Bajirao Mastani was named Best Film and Padukone received her second Best Actress nomination in that year.[116][124]
The action film XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), in which Padukone played the lead female role of Serena Unger, opposite Vin Diesel, marked her first project in Hollywood.[125] Critical reception of the film was mixed.[126] Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer termed the film a 'repetitious heap of remarkably tedious CGI-enhanced action scenes' and thought that Padukone's talent was wasted in it.[127] Conversely, Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter believed that she had successfully 'outclassed' Diesel to 'practically [steal] the film'.[128] The film earned over US$345 million worldwide, a majority of which came from the Chinese box office.[129] Padukone received three nominations at the Teen Choice Awards and followed it with an item number in the romantic drama Raabta.[130][131][132]
In 2018, Padukone portrayed Rani Padmavati, a Rajput queen who commits jauhar (self-immolation) to protect herself from the Muslim invader Alauddin Khilji, in the period drama Padmaavat; it marked her third collaboration with Bhansali and Singh.[133] She was challenged by the need to convey her character's courage through silence and considered it to be the most emotionally exhausting role of her career.[134] She read history books on the era and researched the various historical depictions of Padmavati.[134]Right-wing Hindu groups speculated that the film portrayed a romantic liaison between Padmavati and Khilji; they protested violently and placed a bounty to behead Padukone and Bhansali.[135] Following a deferment in release, the film was cleared for exhibition after several modifications were made to it.[136][137]Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost criticised the film's glorification of jauhar, but credited Padukone for managing to 'eke something out of the stereotype-ridden writing'.[138] Ankur Pathak of HuffPost too took note of the film's regressive theme but thought that Padukone had played her part with 'restrained elegance'.[139] With an estimated budget of â¹2 billion (US$29 million), Padmaavat is one of the most expensive Hindi film, and with earnings of â¹5.45 billion (US$79 million), it is Padukone's highest-grossing release and one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers.[140][141] She received another Best Actress nomination at Filmfare.[142]
Upcoming projects
Padukone will star as an acid attack survivor (based on Laxmi Agarwal) in Chhapaak, a drama by Meghna Gulzar, which will mark her first production venture under her company KA Entertainment.[143][144] She will next produce 83, a sports film about India's victory at the 1983 Cricket World Cup, starring Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, in which she will also take on the role of Dev's wife, Romi.[145] Padukone has also committed to reprise the role of Serena Unger in the fourth instalment of the XXX film series.[146]
Personal life
Singh and Padukone at their wedding reception in 2018
Padukone shares a close bond with her family, and visits them regularly in her hometown of Bangalore.[147] She lives by herself in Prabhadevi, a neighbourhood in Mumbai, and admits to missing the presence of her family there.[6][148] She says, 'I miss them, but luckily I have a life of my own, which keeps me from getting homesick. I wouldn't want them to uproot their lives from Bengaluru just to be with me.'[149] A practicing Hindu, Padukone considers religion to be an important aspect of her life and makes frequent visits to temples and other religious shrines.[150]
While filming Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008, Padukone began a romantic relationship with co-star Ranbir Kapoor.[151] She spoke openly about the relationship and sported a tattoo of his initials on the nape of her neck.[152] She has said that the relationship had a profound effect on her, transforming her into a more confident and social person.[6] The Indian media speculated on an engagement, and reported that this had occurred in November 2008, although Padukone had stated that she had no plans to marry within the next five years.[153] The couple broke up a year later;[154] she professed in an interview to feeling betrayed for a long time.[6] In a 2010 interview, Padukone accused him of infidelity, and Kapoor later admitted to it.[155][156][157] They reconciled their friendship while working on Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.[158] Padukone subsequently became reticent to discuss her personal life, but in 2017, she fondly spoke of her relationship with her frequent co-star Ranveer Singh.[134] In November 2018, the couple married in traditional Konkani and Sindhi ceremonies at Lake Como, Italy.[159]
Off-screen work
In addition to acting, Padukone has written opinion columns and has been involved with women's health and fitness magazines. She has also supported charitable organisations, and has performed for stage shows. In 2009, she was hired by Hindustan Times to write weekly columns for their lifestyle section; through these columns she interacted with her fans and passed details of her personal and professional life.[160][161] That year, she participated in the World 10K Bangalore marathon, which raised â¹13.1 million (US$190,000) in support of 81 NGOs.[162][163] In 2010, Padukone adopted the Maharashtrian village of Ambegaon as part of NDTV's Greenathon Campaign, to provide the village with a regular supply of electricity.[164] She visited Indian jawans (troops) in Jammu, for an Independence Day special episode of NDTV's reality show Jai Jawaan.[165]
Padukone performing at the 'SLAM! The Tour' concert in 2014
Padukone took part in the opening ceremony of the third season of the Indian Premier League at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.[166] Three years later, she performed alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Pitbull for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League.[167] In 2014, she participated in a concert tour across North America, entitled 'SLAM! The Tour', in which she performed alongside her co-stars from Happy New Year.[168] Padukone has also been involved with the Olympic Gold Quest team, established by her father and Geet Sethi to support Indian athletes at the Olympic Games, along with sports personalities such as Leander Paes and Viswanathan Anand and several other actors.[169] In 2013, she launched her own line of clothing for women, in association with the retail chain Van Heusen.[170] Two years later, Padukone collaborated with the fashion portal Myntra to launch another line under her brand 'All About You'.[171] In 2019, she was appointed as the chairperson of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.[172] Through her own company, KA Enterprises, Padukone invested in Drum Foods International, a fast-moving consumer goods company who made the yogurt brand Epigamia.[173]
Padukone has also been outspoken on issues such as feminism and has said, 'New feminism isn't about being aggressive; it's about reaching the top yet being soft. It's about being you â feminine, strong and full of will power.â[174] In a 2015 interview, Padukone spoke about her personal experience of overcoming depression, and in October that year she formed a foundation to create awareness on mental health in India, named The Live Love Laugh Foundation.[175][176] The following year, she launched a campaign named More Than Just Sad to assist general physicians in their treatment of patients suffering from depression or anxiety.[177] Also in 2016, the foundation teamed with Facebook and the AASRA organisation to launch multilingual tools and educational resources in Facebook's networking site to support people with suicidal tendencies.[178] Padukone became the brand ambassador for the NGO Indian Psychiatric Society and on her foundation's first anniversary, the two organisations collaborated to launch the video and poster campaign #DobaraPoocho dedicated to victims and survivors of depression.[179][180]
In the media
The journalist Vir Sanghvi, in 2013, described Padukone as 'strong, someone who makes up her own mind, [and] has motivation within herself.'[181] She is particularly known in the media as a professional, disciplined performer, whose 'work takes precedence over everything else.'[70] A reviewer for Rediff.com described her personality as 'simple,' 'grounded,' and 'accessible,' and wrote, 'She takes criticism in her stride, acknowledges her limitations and strives to work hard at getting better. She handles praise with equal composure.'[182] Ayan Mukerji (the director of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani) considers her to be 'a woman who will flirt with you but you will love to take her home to meet your mom as well.'[70] Padukone has maintained a Twitter account since 2010, and launched an official Facebook page in 2013.[183] She is the most followed Asian woman on Twitter.[184][185]
Om Shanti Om Film
Padukone at an event for Lux in 2016
Padukone is considered among the most popular and high-profile celebrities in India.[33][87] Analysing her career, Reuters published that after making a successful debut with Om Shanti Om, she featured in a series of films for which critics labelled her as 'wooden' and 'mocked her accent.'[186]The Indian Express added, 'Not too long ago after a few unwise script calls and the public blow up of her high profile relationship with Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika was written off. Credit to her much touted professionalism, dedication, discipline and perseverance that she bounced back.'[187] Following the success of Cocktail, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, and Chennai Express, several media publications began crediting her as the most successful contemporary actress in India.[31][188] In 2017, India Today featured her among the nation's 50 most powerful people.[189] The global edition of Forbes ranked her as the tenth highest-paid actress in the world in 2016 and in 2018, the magazine ranked her as the highest-earning woman celebrity in India.[190][191][192] From 2014â2016 and in 2018, she was the highest ranked woman on the Indian edition of Forbes' 'Celebrity 100' (a list based on the income and popularity of celebrities), peaking at the fourth position in 2018 with an estimated annual earning of over â¹1.12 billion (US$16 million).[193][194][195] Also in 2018, Time magazine named Padukone one of the 100 most influential people in the world, Variety featured her in their listing of the 50 most impactful women in the world, and the market research firm YouGov named her the world's thirteenth most admired woman.[196][197][198]
Padukone is considered a sex symbol and style icon in India â the media cites her figure, height 1.74 m (5 ft 81â2 in), smile, and eyes as her distinctive physical features.[199] The actress ranks high on various listings of the most attractive Indian celebrities.[200] In 2008, she topped Indian Maxim's 'Hot 100' list,[201] and in 2012, she was named 'India's Most Beautiful Woman' by the Indian edition of People magazine.[202] Padukone has frequently featured in The Times of India's listing of the 'Most Desirable Woman', topping the list in 2012 and 2013.[203][204][205] In 2010 and 2014, she was named the 'World's Sexiest Woman' by the Indian edition of FHM.[206] and she was selected by the UK magazine Eastern Eye as the 'Sexiest Asian Woman' in 2016 and 2018.[207][208] Taking note of her dress sense, Filmfare credited her as one of the 'few actresses who experiments with colours, cuts and silhouettes.'[209] In the fitness book The Four-Week Countdown Diet, the actress was cited by Namita Jain as 'the ultimate role model for a healthy, fit and active lifestyle.'[210]
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Padukone is an active celebrity endorser for several brands and products, including Tissot, Maybelline, Coca-Cola, and L'Oreal Paris, among others.[211] In 2014, Business Standard reported that Padukone earned â¹50 million (US$720,000) to â¹60 million (US$870,000) per endorsement deal and TAM AdEX named Padukone the most visible face on television in India that year.[212][213] In 2016, Duff & Phelps estimated her brand value to be US$86 million, the third highest of Indian celebrities.[214]
Accolades
Padukone has been the recipient of three Filmfare Awards: Best Female Debut for Om Shanti Om (2007), and two Best Actress awards for Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) and Piku (2015).[33][103]
References
Further reading
External links
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