You may know her as an actress, as a diva, as a superstar, but you may not know these unknown facts about Deepika Padukone that we are going to tell you.
- Deepika was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 5, 1986, and later moved to Bengaluru with her family when she was 11 months old.
- Her father Prakash Padukone is a former international badminton player of repute and her mother Ujjala is a travel agent. Her father won the men’s singles title at the All England Championship in 1980.
- The younger sister of Deepika, Anisha Padukone is a golf champion.
- Padukone did her schooling at ‘Sophia High School and pre-university education at ‘Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru, India.
- Very few people know that Deepika had decided to pursue acting in her class 10th. She was every time very excited to watch every new film which used to release.
- In 2004, she appeared in a soap commercial of Liril from which she had gained massive popularity. This was her career's milestone commercial.
- Very few people know that before Om Shanti Om, Deepika did a movie named "Aishwarya" which was a Kannada movie. After which she joined Anupam Kher's acting school to improve her acting skills.
- Deepika is one of the top actresses today, but she has never worked with Salman Khan.
- Deepika is not a spontaneous friend. She takes time to become friends and trust a person.
- For the movie Chandni Chowk To China, Deepika mastered a Japanese martial art form—Jujutsu—-and performed all the stunts herself, without a body double.
- Deepika is the only actress in Bollywood who gave back to back four hits with collections over 100 crores each. It started with “Race 2”, then, “Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani”, “Chennai Express” and “Goliyon ki Raasleela – Ram Leela”.
- The first break that Deepika got, was given by famous singer and music composer Himesh Reshammiya, in his music album “Naam Hai Tera”
- Apart from being a stunning actress in Bollywood. Deepika writes a weekly column in Hindustan Times. She is also involved in many social causes and charities. She even adopted a village of Maharashtra.
- Ranveer and Deepika first met in 2012 when the actor was dating someone else. Recalling the first meeting, the Padmaavat actor had admitted that he was smitten by Deepika’s beauty. Going further, Ranveer stated that he saw her at an event abroad wearing a silver gown. “The first time I saw her, I almost went flat!" the actor was quoted saying. On the other hand, Deepika felt that Ranveer wasn’t her type.
- Her favorite movie is Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) and her favorite actor is Shahrukh Khan.
- 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.
- Deepika’ has an OCD ( Obsessive-compulsive disorder ) of keeping everything neat, clean and proper. She even said that she would love to work as a secretary as she loves managing and paperwork.
- She is very emotional, quiet and introvert kind of person. When ‘Deepika’ was about to sign ‘cocktail’, she was offered the role of ‘Meera’ as she is a quiet and sensible person, but ‘Imtiaz Ali’ suggested her to do the ‘Veronica's’ role. In which she later gave her excellent performance and she also realized that there is some ‘Veronica’ inside her, who came out after this movie.