Todayis Mastani Girl Deepika Padukone's birthday. The actress turned 36 years old.Deepika Padukone is one of the highest-paid Bollywood actresses. She was also featuredin the lists of the nation's most popular personalities. It has been over 14years since Deepika made her debut with Om Shanti Om and constantly giving hitsto the industry.
On herbirthday let's take a look at her top 4 movies in Hindi cinema:
OmShanti Om
Deepikamade her Bollywood Debut from the Fantasy satire film, Om Shanti Om. In themovie, Deepika starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan. For this movie, she won theFilmfare Award for Best Female Debut. In the movie Deepika played the role of a70s actress and her lover; a producer killed her in the fire in a studio. In themovie, Shah Rukh khan had a secret crush on the actress. Both of them died inthe burning fire. 30 years later, both of them reincarnated and the actress isnow a struggling artist and Shah Rukh Khan, a born superstar. Both of them metby coincidence and take revenge on the villain. With this film, Deepika hadmade a place for herself in the hearts of the audience.
YehJawaani Hai Deewani
Releasedin 2013, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is a hit movie of Deepika and Ranbir. The movieis about the story of Naina and Kabir both of them met during a trekking tripwhere they fall in love but couldn't express their love. They soon parted andmet each other at their friend's wedding. Both of them again fall for eachother and finally confess their love at the end. This was the second movie ofthe duo together after Bachna Ae Haseeno. This movie got 9 nominations in the 59thFilmfare Awards.
Piku
Pikuwas a family comedy-drama movie. In the movie, Deepika as the titularprotagonist nailed the character. Piku was a Bengali character residing inDelhi with her Father played by Amitabh Bachchan. The whole story is about aroad trip of Piku and her father with their driver Irrfan Khan. Deepika won hersecond Filmfare award for Best Actress for this movie.
Padmaavat
Based onthe epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Deepika played therole of Rani Padmavati, the queen from the Rajput genre. The queen was knownfor her beauty and Sultan Alauddin Khilji heard about her beauty and wanted tomeet her. But it was not possible and to complete the desire he played manytricks but failed in the end. Deepika played a very strong character in themovie. The movie also faced some controversy from some Rajputana caste organizations;they claim that the movie portrays their queen in a bad manner. After manychanges, the movie was finally released in the theaters. The movie won threeNotional Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards.