‘Prakash Padukone’s daughter Deepika is new Liril girl’, read an article on an entertainment portal. The year was 2004. When the 18-year-old girl was asked about her Bollywood dreams, pat came the reply, “At the moment I’m really caught up with my exams and am not thinking of anything else.” Prior to this, the dimpled beauty had done a few commercials as a kid. She was also a national-level badminton player. When the Liril ad went on air, people went ‘oof-yu-maa’ over Deepika. A few commercials later, Deepika turned her attention towards modelling and trained under fashion choreographer and designer Prasad Bidapa. After making her ramp debut at Lakme Fashion Week in 2006, the Bengaluru girl flaunted her dance moves in Himesh Reshammiya’s ‘Naam Hai Tera’ music video. She also acted in a Kannada film Aishwarya opposite south star Upendra. Meanwhile, Farah Khan was looking out to cast a new face opposite Shah Rukh Khan for Om Shanti Om . When the choreographer-filmmaker asked for suggestions from her good friend and actress Malaika Arora, the latter took Deepika’s name after fashion designer Wendell Rodrigues’ recommended her name to her. A screen test was done and the rest is history. As… Read full this story
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