Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone is celebrating her 36th birthday today. Deepika's father was into sports and she has also been a tennis player at the national level. But, she always wanted to do something different. In his desire for this, she stepped into the modeling world in the year 2004. After that, she entered the Bollywood world. Deepika started her career with Shahrukh Khan's film 'Om Shanti Om' but do you know because of whom she got this film. Let us tell you that someone is behind Deepika's success.
When Farah Khan was looking for a new actress
According to the news, Bollywood director Farah Khan was looking for a new actress for her film 'Om Shanti Om'. Then she saw Deepika in singer Himesh Reshammiya's music video and she liked it.
This actress got the first chance
She talked to Bollywood actress and model Malaika Arora about this. She said that some good girl should be suggested for the film. Deepika had also walked the ramp with famous fashion designer Wendell Rodricks, who is a good friend of Malaika. Just then, as soon as Malaika spoke to Wendell about it, she suggested Deepika's name.
Credit also goes to Wendell Rodricks
Filmfare also published an interview with fashion design designer Wendell Rodricks. In this, he said, 'When the title of the film was not even decided, then director Farah Khan was looking for an actress. When Malaika Arora talked to me about this, I suggested the name of Deepika, who had been modeling for almost 2 years. When Malaika met Deepika, she liked it and she further suggested Deepika's name to Farah. Rest screen test, everything is history.
Lucky Charm proved to be the first film
After this Deepika got a chance to do a film with Shahrukh. This was Deepika's first film as a heroine, which proved to be a lucky charm for her. She also won many awards for this character. After this, Deepika did not look back. She has been in Bollywood for 14 years and today she is one of the top actresses.
Talking about the work front, Deepika recently did a cameo in husband Ranveer Singh's film '83', which did not show anything special. Although Ranveer's acting in the film was highly appreciated. Deepika will soon be seen in the film Gheeyan, Pathan. Apart from this, she is also doing projects with John Abraham and Shahrukh.
