Deepika Padukone Height Weight Bra Size Age Biography Family Wiki Net Worth, Affairs, Marriage & much more. Deepika Padukone (born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. One of the highest-paid actresses 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 film Aishwarya. 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), Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period dramas Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Padmaavat (2018), and the Hollywood action film XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017). She also received critical acclaim for playing 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), winning two Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. She formed her own company Ka Productions in 2018, under which she produced Chhapaak (2020), in which she also starred as an acid attack survivor.
Padukone 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, in a Saraswat Brahmin family to Konkani-speaking parents. Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a former professional badminton player and her mother, Ujjala, is a travel agent. Her younger sister, Anisha, is a golfer. Her paternal grandfather, Ramesh, was a secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association. The family relocated to Bangalore, India when Padukone was a year old. She was educated at Bangalore’s Sophia High School and completed her pre-university education at Mount Carmel College. She subsequently enrolled at the Indira Gandhi National Open University for a bachelor of arts degree in sociology, later withdrawing due to scheduling conflicts with her modelling career.
Padukone has said that she was socially awkward as a child and did not have many friends. 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.” 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. 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. 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.” In 2004, she began a full-time career as a model under the tutelage of Prasad Bidapa.
Early in her career, Padukone gained recognition with a television commercial for the soap Liril and modelled for various other brands and products. 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. Padukone’s fame increased when she appeared in a highly popular print campaign for the 2006 Kingfisher Calendar; the designer Wendell Rodricks commented, “Since Aishwarya Rai, we haven’t had a girl as beautiful and fresh.” Rodricks had spotted her at a Ganjam jewellery class he was teaching and signed her up with the Matrix agency. At the age of 21, Padukone relocated to Mumbai and stayed at her aunt’s home. That year, she gained wider recognition by featuring in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya’s song “Naam Hai Tera”.
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Padukone soon began to receive offers for film roles. Believing herself to be too inexperienced as an actor, she instead enrolled for a course at Anupam Kher‘s film academy. 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 Om Shanti Om. 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.
Deepika Padukone Height Weight Age Bra Size Affairs Family Biography
| Bio/Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Deepi, Deepz |
| Profession | Actress |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in Feet Inches- 5’8″ |
| Weight (approx.) | in kilograms– 55 kg in pounds– 121 lbs |
| Figure Measurements (approx.) | 34-26-34 |
| Eye Colour | Black |
| Hair Colour | Brown |
| Career | |
| Debut | Kannada: Aishwarya (2006) Bollywood: Om Shanti Om (2007) Hollywood: XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017) |
| Awards, Honours, Achievements | Filmfare Award Best Female Debut for “Om Shanti Om” (2008) Best Actress Award for “Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela” (2014) Best Actress Award for “Piku” (2016) International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Award Best Female Debut for “Om Shanti Om” (2008) Best Actress Award for “Chennai Express” (2014) Best Actress Award for “Piku” (2016) |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 5 January 1986 |
| Age (as of 2023) | 37 Years |
| Birthplace | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Signature | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| School | Sophia High School, Bengaluru |
| College/University | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru |
| Educational Qualification | College dropout |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Caste | Brahmin (Chitrapur Saraswat) |
| Food Habit | Non-Vegetarian |
| Address | B/Cozihom, Pali Hill, Bandra (West), Mumbai 400050 |
| Hobbies | Dancing, Reading, Playing badminton, Cooking |
| Likes/Dislikes | Likes: Eating South Indian snacks, wearing Indian clothes like sarees, chudidaars, to put mascara, gym wear Dislikes: Negativity, Wearing Designer Clothes |
| Tattoo(s) | A tattoo on Neck A tattoo on Anckle |
| Controversies | • On 14 September 2014, the Times of India tweeted: “OMG: Deepika Padukone’s cleavage show.” After it, Deepika bashed at TOI’s tweet for this inappropriate heading and tweeted, “Yes I am a woman. I have breasts. I have a cleavage. You got a problem?.” She also received support from both fans and film fraternity, after the Times of India published a report and a photo dedicated to the actress’s cleavage. Later, the story and tweet were removed from Twitter. • After her breakup with Ranbir Kapoor, she cheekily commented on Ranbir on a popular chat show “Koffee with Karan” that Ranbir should endorse a condom brand. • After her marriage with Ranveer Singh, an Italian Sikh group alleged that the Sikh code of conduct was violated in their Sindhi-Punjabi wedding. • On 7 January 2020, she joined the JNU vigil, in which many students were injured in the JNU hostel attacks, to show her support and condemn the brutal attack on JNU students that happened on 5 January 2020. The movie star was in town for the promotion of her movie Chhapaak and visited the protesting students at Jawaharlal Nehru University to express her solidarity against the JNU attack. She said, “I feel angry that this is happening. At the same time, it is a matter of concern that action is not being taken.” Social media was abuzz with negative as well as positive comments from netizens with the hashtags ‘boycottchhapaak’ and ‘IStandwithDeepika’ trending simultaneously on Twitter. • On 21 September 2020, Deepika Padukone’s name appeared in the drug probe into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death by the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB). Some news channels indicated her involvement in the drug racket in Bollywood based on WhatsApp chats from October 2017. In the chats, a ‘K’ and a ‘D’ are discussing drug supplies with Sushant’s former manager Jaya Saha; ‘D’ asking for “maal” from ‘K’ who replies that she has it, but it is at home. ‘D’ also then clarifies that she needs “hash” and not “weed” as they plan to meet up at a restaurant. |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Affairs/Boyfriends | • Nihaar Pandya (Actor) • Upen Patel (Actor) • Muzammil Ibrahim (Actor) • Yuvraj Singh (Cricketer) • Ranbir Kapoor (Actor) • Siddharth Mallya (Actor) • Ranveer Singh (Actor) |
| Marriage Date | 14-15 November 2018 |
| Marriage Place | Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy |
| Family | |
| Husband/Spouse | Ranveer Singh (m. 2018-present) |
| Children | None |
| Parents | Father– Prakash Padukone (Former Indian Badminton Player) Mother– Ujjala Padukone (Worked as a Travel Agent) |
| Siblings | Brother– None Sister– Anisha Padukone (Younger, Golfer) |
| Favourites | |
| Food | Ravioli Bolognese, Pasta, Dal-Chawal, Biryani, Maharashtrian Varan, South Indian Food, Mediterranean Food, Dim Sum, Spaghetti, Pasta, Chocolates |
| Actor(s) | Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Brad Pitt, Richard Gere |
| Actresses | Hema Malini, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Kajol |
| Film(s) | Hema Malini, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Kajol |
| Singer(s) | A.R. Rahman, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber |
| Colour(s) | White, Mauve |
| Fashion Designer(s) | Anju Modi, Tarun Tahiliani, Manish Malhotra, Rohit Bal |
| Fashion Brand | Zara |
| Holiday Destination(s) | France, Maldives |
| Sports | Badminton, Football, Polo |
| Restaurants | • Olive, Mumbai • Ram and Shyam, Mumbai • Sunny’s, Bengaluru • Ping Pong, London • Scalini, London • Soho House, Toronto • Mabula, South Africa |
| Style Quotient | |
| Cars Collection | Audi Q7, Audi A8, Mini Cooper, BMW 5-Series |
| Assets/Properties | In September 2021, Deepika and Ranveer bought a massive plot in Alibaug. |
| Money Factor | |
| Salary (approx.) | Rs. 14 Crore/Film (As in 2018) |
| Income (as of 2018) | Rs. 112.8 crore/annum |
| Net Worth (approx.) | $20 Million |
Personal life
Padukone shares a close bond with her family, and visits them regularly in her hometown of Bangalore. She lives in Prabhadevi, a neighbourhood in Mumbai, and has admitted to missing the presence of her parents there. A practicing Hindu, Padukone considers religion to be an important aspect of her life and makes frequent visits to temples and other religious shrines.
While filming Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008, Padukone began a romantic relationship with co-star Ranbir Kapoor. She spoke openly about the relationship and sported a tattoo of his initials on the nape of her neck. She has said that the relationship had a profound effect on her, transforming her into a more confident and social person. 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. The couple broke up a year later; she professed in an interview to feeling betrayed for a long time. In a 2010 interview, Padukone accused him of infidelity, and Kapoor later admitted to it. They reconciled their friendship while working on Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.
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, whom she began dating in 2012. In November 2018, the couple married in traditional Konkani and Sindhi ceremonies at Lake Como, Italy.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Aishwarya | Aishwarya |
| 2007 | Om Shanti Om | Shantipriya “Shanti” Kashyap / Sandhya “Sandy” Bansal |
| 2008 | Bachna Ae Haseeno | Gayatri Jakhar |
| 2009 | Chandni Chowk to China | Sakhi Godbole / Suzy |
| Billu | Herself | Special appearance in song “Love Mera Hit Hit” |
| Love Aaj Kal | Meera Pandit | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| Main Aurr Mrs Khanna | Raina Bhushan | Special appearance |
| 2010 | Karthik Calling Karthik | Shonali Mukherjee |
| Housefull | Saundarya “Sandy” Rao | |
| Lafangey Parindey | Pinky Palkar | |
| Break Ke Baad | Aaliyah Khan | |
| Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey | Kalpana Datta | |
| 2011 | Dum Maaro Dum | — |
| Aarakshan | Purvi Anand | |
| Desi Boyz | Radhika Awasthi | |
| 2012 | Cocktail | Veronica Malaney |
| 2013 | Race 2 | Alina Malik |
| Bombay Talkies | Herself | Special appearance in song “Apna Bombay Talkies” |
| Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Naina Talwar | |
| Chennai Express | Meenalochani “Meenamma” Azhagusundaram | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela | Leela Sanera | Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| 2014 | Kochadaiiyaan | Vadhana Devi |
| Finding Fanny | Angelina “Angie” Eucharistica | |
| Happy New Year | Mohini Joshi | |
| 2015 | Piku | Piku Banerjee |
| Tamasha | Tara Maheshwari | |
| Bajirao Mastani | Mastani | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| 2017 | XXX: Return of Xander Cage | Serena Unger |
| Raabta | — | Special appearance in song “Raabta” |
| 2018 | Padmaavat | Rani Padmavati |
| Zero | Herself | Special appearance |
| 2020 | Chhapaak | Malti Agarwal |
| 2021 | 83 | Romi Bhatia |
| 2022 | Gehraiyaan  | Alisha |
| Cirkus | TBA | Filming; cameo appearance |
| Pathan | TBA | Filming |
| 2023 | Project K | TBA |