Despite a non-filmi background, Deeepka Padukone has achieved what many of her peers with roots in Bollywood yearns to.
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Despite a non-filmi background, Deepika Padukone has achieved what many of her peers with roots in Bollywood yearn to and has become one of the most bankable stars in Bollywood.
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Before entering Bollywood, she was a model and part of the Kingfisher Calendar 2006.
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Deepika made a big bang Bollywood debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om released in 2007.
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The daughter of India's first badminton star Prakash Padukone, she also played badminton at national-level championships but left midway.
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Her latest film Chennai Express again opposite Shah Rukh Khan had a dream run at the box office. Her next film Ram-Leela opposite Ranveer Singh is set to release on November 15, 2013.
