Every actor in the film industry has their own origin story. Be it the superstar Rajinikanth, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty and Akshay Kumar. These stars gained fame only because of their hard work.
Similarly, there is an actress who is one of the most highly-paid celebrities in India and has delivered major hits with Shah Rukh Khan. Can you guess who she is? She started off her career as a badminton player in national-level championships as a teenager. But then she left her career in sports to become a fashion model which paved the path for her in the film industry.
She is Deepika Padukone, the daughter of the badminton player Prakash Padukone. She marked her acting debut in 2006 with the Kannada film Aishwarya. She got her first Bollywood break with Farah Khan’s romantic-musical, Om Shanti Om opposite Shah Rukh Khan.
From tracing her journey from a model to being the bankable and top actress in the industry, Deepika Padukone has established herself as a prolific performer after dishing out versatility with various roles and script selection. Did you know that this highly-paid actress was also a part of one of Himesh Reshammiya’s bangers, Naam Hai Tera Tera from the hot-selling album, Aap Ka Suroor? Deepika Padukone was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and brought up in Bengaluru. While her father was ranked World No.
1 in 1980, she too followed him in his footsteps initially. In an interview once, she revealed, “I realised that I was playing the game.