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SEE PICS! Deepika Padukone transformation from modelling days to now

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: January 5, 2021 17:42 IST

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Deepika has changed tremendously in 12-13 years. Today is Deepika's birthday. We have brought some old photos of her on her birthday.
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Today, Deepika Padukone is known as the topmost actress in Bollywood. Today, the beautiful and glamorous Deepika has countless fans all over the world.
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Deepika did modeling before coming to the movies.
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Deepika, daughter of badminton player Prakash Padukone, was born in Copenhagen.
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As a teenager, she played nationally. However, accepting the path of becoming a model forced her to give up on her dream of becoming a badminton player.
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Deepika was a model before coming to the movies. She had started modeling since her college days.
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She also walked the ramp at the National Law College in Bengaluru. Later, Deepika became the brand ambassadors of famous brands such as Liril, Dabur Dant Manjan, Closeup, Limka.
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2006 should be a special year for Deepika. Because that same year she became the Kingfisher Calendar Girl. She was chosen as the Model of the Year. She was selected in the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar.
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She appeared in Himesh Reshammiya's 'Naam Hai Tera'.
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After many struggles, in 2006 she got an offer for the Kannada film 'Aishwarya'. However, her debut film in Bollywood was in 2007.
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‘Om Shanti Om; in this very first film, she got a chance to work with Shah Rukh Khan.
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She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for this film. After this, however, Deepika never looked back.
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