Deepika Padukone Most Sexiest and Hot Bollywood Actress

Deepika Padukone

Top 10 Hottest Actresses of Bollywood – Deepika Padukone

The hottest most telented model and actress Deepika Padukone is at number 4. Born to badminton player Prakash Padukone on 5 January 1986, she chose to become an actress. She made her acting debut in 2006 and got huge fame after Om Shanti Om. She was noted for portraying modern, independent women in several commercially successful films, including Love Aaj Kal, Housefull, Cocktail and Race 2 her performance in the latter earned her unanimous critical appreciation and Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies.

Date of Birth	5 January 1986, Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	5' 8½" (1.74 m)

Mini Bio (1)

Deepika Padukone, born 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark, is an Indian model & Actress. She is the daughter of former badminton Champion Prakash Padukone. Her mother tongue is Konkani. Deepika has a younger sister named Anisha.

She has been modeling appearances in print and television advertising campaigns for Liril, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, receiving many prestigious modeling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewelery exhibition. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international cover-girl face.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly after wards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006, thus cementing her reputation as a supermodel. She also bagged two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anish Balan (Sunday, October 14, 2007 )

Trivia (17)

Daughter of badminton legend Prakash Padukone.

Her favorite movies are Life Is Beautiful (1997), Cinderella Man (2005), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Darr (1993), Baazigar (1993), Devdas (2002), Dil (1990), Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993), Sometimes (1976), The Color of Paradise (1999), Mary Poppins (1964), Scent of a Woman (1992), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Priceless (2006), Rockstar (2011), Barfi! (2012), English Vinglish (2012), Blue Jasmine (2013), Still Alice (2014) and Amy (2015).

Her favorite actresses are Hema Malini, Juhi Chawla, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Sushmita Sen and Preity Zinta.

Her favorite actors are Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Irrfan Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Richard Gere, Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp.

Loves music, eating, sleeping, and watching movies.

Plays a little bit of basketball, tennis, throw ball and baseball.

She played state level badminton till the 10th standard. Then she had to study for her ICSE board exams, so she stopped playing for three months. She never considered taking it up as a career because she was never interested in a professional sport. She took up modeling as a hobby, but later realized she wanted to do it professionally.

Attended Sophia High School in Bangalore and later did her undergraduate studies from Mount Carmel College.

Has a younger sister named Anisha who plays all sports, except badminton.

Her mother is a travel agent while her father, a badminton player, played at the international level for India and won the All England Championship in 1980.

Born to Ujjala & Prakash Padukone.

Spokesmodel of Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste, Limca, Jewels of India, Parachute's Advanced Massager, Levi Strauss (India) Pvt. Ltd., and Maybelline.

Indian supermodel.

Favorite Indian designers are Tarun Tahiliani, Manish Malhotra and Rohit Bal.

Her favorite songs are Hero by Mariah Carey, Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein from Sometimes (1976), Pehla Nasha from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992), Angel by Lionel Richie, Ankhon Mein Teri Ajab Si from Om Shanti Om (2007), and We Are The World by Michael Jackson. Her favorite musicians include A.R. Rahman, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Usher Raymond and Justin Bieber.

Was offered a part in Furious 7. Declined because of scheduling conflicts with her Bollywood commitments.

She was engaged to actor Muzammil Ibrahim in 2004.

Personal Quotes (33)

Even though I played national level badminton, I told my parents when I was in 10th that I was not interested in continuing. Being a model or actor fascinated me from a young age, and I even did a couple of ads when I was just eight years old.

Comedy is the most difficult. Comic timing is something which you either have it in you, or you don't. You have to have a good sense of humour to be able to understand it. A split second can make you lose the punch.

Being a movie star isn't easy. It requires a lot of commitment and sacrifice. Your career goes through extreme ups and downs. You are judged all the time. Great things are written about you, but at the same time, not-so-good things are also said. At times, things are said about you that are completely untrue, and people mostly try to pull you down.

At some level, I feel it is nice to know that a film of yours is doing well at the box office and has also got great reviews. That feels like success.

While I believe that when you are in the glamour industry, you have to look your best, I also believe being skinny is not 'hot and happening.'

To me, the mind and body are one. I'm very transparent, in a way, and people can very easily make out what mood I'm in.

The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.

Relationships or not, I believe that people don't need to know about my life beyond a certain point.

My parents never raised their hand or fired me. Their way of disciplining me was to tell me what is right or wrong.

Maybe because I am from a sports background, I don't give up easily. I am a fighter.

I have always believed that chemistry can't be created between two people. You either have it or you don't. The script can only enhance it.

I have a lot of friends, but my biggest fear is loneliness. I miss my family in Mumbai, and my biggest nightmare every day is to go back home alone.

I guess I learnt to appreciate old Hindi-movie music from my dad and somewhere down the line picked up jazz as well.

I am methodical to the point of being obsessive-compulsive. And I have always been good at multi-tasking.

I am a big foodie, so much so that I eat in every half an hour. This is the secret of my glowing skin.

I don't think I am a star; I consider myself like any other girl who is of my age. Others may be working in office and doing different jobs. Similarly I don't think I am doing something different... I am also working.

I am not very comfortable about dancing at weddings and New Year parties. Maybe it's because of the way I have been brought up; I wouldn't want my family to feel that cringe moment. Dance is an art for me.

For me, competition is good; that is what keeps me on my toes and keeps me going. I am always trying to better my own work, do better than my earlier films... do films that are challenging and exciting for me.

Everybody doesn't get to do each and every film. I don't compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.

Every film teaches you something; every experience on every film set with every co-star teaches you something. You learn something new. I think the challenge is to keep working harder and doing better.

My character in 'Cocktail' was different from my personality. Homi Adajania took me to London, showed me how girls dress and behave there. I had not seen that kind of lifestyle before.

It's good to be slightly ambitious, but I believe one shouldn't be too calculative. It's good to be on the edge, but I have never followed my mind. I have always followed my heart. And it has yielded the right results.

I wish to be appreciated not only as a film star but also for the person I am. If I manage to bring a smile on people's faces, then I think I'll be successful.

I was born in Copenhagen, and when I was a year old, we moved to Bangalore. I was always a shy person and was happy with just a few friends and that came from my own social awkwardness. I did not know how to make conversations.

I try and work out as often as possible. Since I travel very often, it becomes very difficult to have a daily work out routine, but I practice yoga every day or try and play some sport. Also, I am very aware of what suits my body in terms of food and exercise.

I still live as normal a life as anybody else. I have two homes to run. I have my staff to take care of. I work, pay bills and attend society meetings like everybody else.

I have always been focused on my job. No profession allows you the luxury of being half-focused. If you're not into it, you're not there. And the film industry is all the more harsh in these cases, perhaps because it's a business of the limelight.

I feel ups and downs are a part of one's career, and this totally depends on how you take it. You can either be knocked down by the negative things, or you can take it in a positive way and learn from it.

I don't want to be typecast as a heroine who does a certain kind of cinema, which is why I experiment with the types of films that I do. But yes, I won't deny that romantic love stories or romantic comedies are what I enjoy doing the most, because as an audience those are the kind of films that I like watching.

I don't think you need any kind of backing here in the industry. I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work.

There is a strong side to me, that is of a homemaker. I look forward to spending time at home in the evenings, cooking a meal, chatting with my parents and inviting friends over.

The best feeling is when you are remembered for the character you play on the screen and people associate you with that character. There is no better feeling than that feeling.

Preparation is definitely important, but it depends on the kinds of roles I do. Like, I completely identify with my character in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.' I had to be myself and I didn't have to actually prepare for it.