Today
is 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 featured
in the lists of the nation's most popular personalities. It has been over 14
years since Deepika made her debut with Om Shanti Om and constantly giving hits
to the industry.
On her
birthday let's take a look at her top 4 movies in Hindi cinema:
Om
Shanti Om
Deepika
made her Bollywood Debut from the Fantasy satire film, Om Shanti Om. In the
movie, Deepika starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan. For this movie, she won the
Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. In the movie Deepika played the role of a
70s actress and her lover; a producer killed her in the fire in a studio. In the
movie, Shah Rukh khan had a secret crush on the actress. Both of them died in
the burning fire. 30 years later, both of them reincarnated and the actress is
now a struggling artist and Shah Rukh Khan, a born superstar. Both of them met
by coincidence and take revenge on the villain. With this film, Deepika had
made a place for herself in the hearts of the audience.
Yeh
Jawaani Hai Deewani
Released
in 2013, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is a hit movie of Deepika and Ranbir. The movie
is about the story of Naina and Kabir both of them met during a trekking trip
where they fall in love but couldn't express their love. They soon parted and
met each other at their friend's wedding. Both of them again fall for each
other and finally confess their love at the end. This was the second movie of
the duo together after Bachna Ae Haseeno. This movie got 9 nominations in the 59th
Filmfare Awards.
Piku
Piku
was a family comedy-drama movie. In the movie, Deepika as the titular
protagonist nailed the character. Piku was a Bengali character residing in
Delhi with her Father played by Amitabh Bachchan. The whole story is about a
road trip of Piku and her father with their driver Irrfan Khan. Deepika won her
second Filmfare award for Best Actress for this movie.
Padmaavat
Based on
the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Deepika played the
role of Rani Padmavati, the queen from the Rajput genre. The queen was known
for her beauty and Sultan Alauddin Khilji heard about her beauty and wanted to
meet her. But it was not possible and to complete the desire he played many
tricks but failed in the end. Deepika played a very strong character in the
movie. The movie also faced some controversy from some Rajputana caste organizations;
they claim that the movie portrays their queen in a bad manner. After many
changes, the movie was finally released in the theaters. The movie won three
Notional Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards.