33 Facts about Deepika Padukone that will make you have a Deepika-movie-marathon

Here are 33 interesting facts about the Bollywood hit making actress Deepika Padukone.

1. Deepika was actually born in Copenhagen, Denmark on 5th January 1986.
2. As a kid, Deepika was always happy and loved to dance.
3. Deepika lived in Bangalore during her teen years, which helped her inculcate a south Indian accent for her movies., including Chennai Express.
4. Very few people knew that Deepika wanted to become an actress when she was a child. When she was in 10th grade, only 2-3 people knew that she wanted to become an actor.
5. As a child and teenager, Deepika would watch every movie that was released in cinemas. She was always the most excited to go to the movies.
6. It took Deepika almost 4 years to establish herself as a small-time model let alone a big actress.
7. Her career’s milestone was a soap commercial of Liril from which she gained massive popularity. This commercial aired in 2004.
8. In 2005, she became Kingfisher’s model of the year where she made her debut in the Lakme Fashion Week.
9. Her first media debut was in the hit album ‘Nam Hai Tera’ which is Himesh Reshammiya’s pop album. Farah Khan spotted her in this album and chose to cast her in her upcoming movie with Shah Rukh Khan.
10. Om Shanti Om was Deepika Padukone’s first acting gig as the main character in a movie.
11. During the shooting of Om Shanti Om, Farah would scold Deepika most of the time due to her inadequate acting experience. At one point, Farah wanted to remove Deepika from the film.
12. After the shooting of Om Shanti Om, she joined Anupam Kher’s acting school to improve her acting skills.
13. Deepika even recieved her first Filmfare award as Best Debut Female for Om Shanti Om.
14. After Om Shanti Om, Deepika did around 5 movies but none of them did well in the box office. She even received negative criticism for her acting.
15. Her first successful movie after Om Shanti Om was Love Aaj Kal. This movie gave her good credit as a good actress. She even received positive reviews from critics.
16. During the filming of Bachna Aae Haseeno, she began dating her co-star of the film, Ranbir Kapoor. Both of them created a lot of buzz amid the media. Deepika also has a tattoo of Ranbir’s initials on her neck, RK.
17. After Deepika and Ranbir broke up, Deepika was completely scattered. She made no movies and told the media that she was suffering with mental illnesses and depression.
18. Post her breakup, she did another movie in 2013 called Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani with her ex boyfriend Ranbir himself. This film did extremely well in the box office. It even became the highest grossing film that year.
19. In 2013, Deepika became the highest paid actor in Bollywood. Some of her movies got credited above Shah Rukh Khan.
20. In 2015, she was casted for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ramleela which was a blockbuster hit. During the shooting of this movie is where she met her fiance Ranveer Singh.
21. Ranveer and Deepika did not date right after the shooting or during. They were good friends and would talk respectfully and fondly of each other in front of the media and during interviews. There were even times when they defended each other’s life choices while the media was rampaging them.
22. For the film Ramleela, Deepika was a Filmfare for Best Actress and Ranveer won the Best Actor award in the same year. Sources state that during the Ramleela success party is where the actors might have started to like each other more than friends.
23. Deepika was casted in India’s first space movie with motion capture technology. It was a Tamil film names Kochadaiyan. This film had become very popular in the South. She was paid 4,60,600 USD for this movie.
24. Apart from acting, Deepika also does a lot of philanthropic work. She writes weekly columns for Hindustan Times. She is involved in multiple charities and organizations including causes such as mental illness, depression, women empowerment and animal charities.
25. Deepika is also known for doing her own stunts. For her movie Chandni Chowk to China, she had to learn jujutsu and Japanese martial arts for the film.
26. Deepika was the first choice for movies including Dhoom 3 and Jab Tak Hai Jaan. However, for some reason, other stars were casted instead.
27. Deepika married co-star Ranveer Singh in 2018. Their wedding was private and was held in Italy. The famous Indian designer, Sabyasaachi was the stylist for her wedding, dolling her in a beautiful and stunning red outfit.
28. Deepika’s talent manager, Karisma Prakash is the lady who runs the show for the actress. However, post the NCB raid after Sushanth Singh Rajput’s death, the manager has been missing. The position of manager has been taken over by Deepika’s mom.
29. Deepika is termed as one of the most disciplined actress in Bollywood. She is also a neat freak and likes everything to be extremely clean. She stated in an interview with Karan Johar that she might have OCD as she needs everything to be in the perfect place at all times.
30. Apart from cleaning, the actress also likes to eat. She calls herself a foodie. She loves eating all kinds of food from around the world. There are even multiple videos of her on YouTube where she shows her interest for food. After a hard day of shooting she usually helps herself to a chocolate.
31. In 2017, Deepika starred in the Vin Disel movie, xXx: The return of Xander Cage. This was her Hollywood debut. However, after this movie she never took up any other Hollywood movies since. She says she see’s no scope for her in Hollywood movies.
32. Deepika is called the Bollywood hit maker. In 2013, she made four back to back hits, all which entered the 100 crore club. She was the only actress to achieve this milestone.
33. Deepika’s favourite actors of all time are Shah Rukh Khan and Brad Pitt. Her favourite Actresses include Hema Malni, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit and Kajol.