Actress Deepika Padukone has come a long way in the film
Industry; she will complete a decade in the industry this year. Deepika debuted
with Shah Rukh Khan in Om Shanti Om in 2007 and has since then achieved global
recognition, fame and stupendous success. Deepika also debuted in Hollywood
with Vin Diesel previously this year. She is one of the highest paid actresses
in Bollywood and is paid more than the male leads in her next, Padmavati.
Deepika’s achievement story is not only inspirational but
also quite unique. She started out as a model and worked in a music video
before she got her big break with megastar Shah Rukh Khan. First-rate Fashion
designer Wendell Rodricks was instrumental in endorsing Deepika for Om Shanti
Om. Deepika was the show opener of Wendell’s show Isadora. He had specified, “I
showed a collection called Isadora at Lakmé Fashion Week...it was a game
changer for Deepika. Director Farah Khan asked my friend Malaika to suggest a
new model to star opposite Shah Rukh Khan for her new film. Om Shanti Om did
not have a working title at the time. I suggested Deepika who was barely two
years into modelling. I made her open the show and told Malaika that the first
girl I was sending out was the one I recommend. Malaika liked her, conveyed the
same to Farah and a screen test was done. The rest is history."
On the film front, Deepika will be playing the role of Queen
Padmavati in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next film. She has also signed a film with
Irrfan Khan that will go on floors next year.
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