Deepika Padukone bollywood's latest sensations.
She is the daughter of former badminton Champion Prakash Padukone.
Her origin is Karnataka. She started her career as a model.
"I was introduced to the film industry in the kannada movie ‘Aishwarya'. In hindi ‘Om Shanthi Om' is my first movie. I consider acting with Sharukh Khan in my first movie as my strength. This movie has been picturised in the 1970 style.In this movie an south Indian actress comes to Hindi film industry to act, and she becomes a super star. I am acting in that role. since I am an south Indian actress this role suits me well. I am getting a lot of offers from bollywood. I am going to act in a Yash Chopra production too soon. There is a lot of rumors that I am in dating hindi actor ranbir kapoor. I've trained to distance myself from such rumors as soon as I joined the film industry. My father is my trainer. My family trusts me completely. I will not dissappoint them". - Said Deepika while doing her debut in Hindi.
"To be honest, personally I never thought of myself as 'sexy' or 'hot' but if that's the call that people have taken, then I hope I live up to it. I am so excited about this," Deepika said in a press statement.
She joins the likes of previous Bollywood celebrity-winners like Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor.
"Deepika was our choice as the winner because apart from her huge fan following with the new generation of Indians, she also has the potential to be an international face. This calls for a huge party," said Anup Kutty, editor of Maxim-India.
Deepika will be felicitated August end in Mumbai.