Deepika Padukone – the promising actress of bollywood.

Deepika Padukone – the promising actress of bollywood.

Deepika Padukone is one of the most promising newcomers of bollywood films. She stormed bollywood films with her impressive performance in the film Om Shanti Om, opposite Shahrukh Khan.

She is the daughter of the famous sports personality Prakash Padukone. Her father had represented India in international competitions on badminton and won numerous championships. Deepika had started her career in modeling and then switched to bollywood films. She had acted in Kannada film.


In Om Shanti Om, she played the role of Shantipriya, an actress of the 70s, and a superstar by every means. Shahrukh Khan, an amateur actor entered the film world and got an opportunity to perform opposite her. There were dream sequences and other aspects of the film.

All the songs in the film including “om shanti om” were very successful. The title song had feature nearly all the leading actors of the present generation as well as old legends like Rekha, Shabana Azmi, Dharmender, Jeetender, etc. She also received the filmfare award for the best female debute.


She is presently working on the film Baachna Ae Haseeno opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Chandnii Chowk to China opposite Akshay Kumar.

The viewers expect her to continue her good work that she had shown in Om Shanti Om in the films to follow.