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"Deepika Padukone"-The Princess
Padukone was born to Ujjala and Prakash Padukone on January 5, 1986, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore, India, when she was only eleven months old.[1] Her parents hail from Padukone village in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi District, Karnataka, India.[2] Her father, Prakash Padukone, was a badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. Deepika has a younger sister, Anisha, born in 1991[3]
Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore. She completed her Pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College in Bangalore, India.[4] While in high school she played badminton at the state level like her father and was a member of her father's badminton club.[5] However, she wasn't keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player and abandoned it to concentrate on her ICSE exams.[6].
Modeling
While in college, Padukone pursued a career in modeling.[7] Over the years, she has modeled for such Indian brand names such as Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, and "brand ambassador" for the Jewels of India retail jewelery show.[citation needed] The cosmetics company Maybelline made her its international spokesperson.[citation needed]
At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title "Model of the Year".[citation needed] Shortly afterward, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006 and won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards: "Female Model of the Year - (Commercial Assignments)" and "Fresh Face of the Year".[citation needed] Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.[8]
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Acting
After pursuing a successful career in modeling, Padukone branched out into acting. She started by starring in the music video for the song Naam Hai Tera from the independent pop album Aap Kaa Surroor by Himesh Reshammiya.
In 2006, Padukone made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Aishwarya starring opposite actor Upendra. She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan's international hit Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan.[9][10] The film featured her portraying 1970s star Shantipriya and later as Sandhya, a young woman who looks exactly like Shantipriya. Her performance was well received, earning the actress a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as well as her first Filmfare Best Actress nomination. Taran Adarsh from indiaFM noted, "Deepika has all it takes to be a top star — the personality, the looks and yes, she's supremely talented too. Standing in the same frame as SRK and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air!"[11]
Padukone next appeared in Siddharth Anand's Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) opposite Ranbir Kapoor and then the Warner Bros.-Bollywood collaboration, Chandni Chowk To China, which released on January 16, 2009. As of January 2009, she is working on Imtiaz Ali's Production No.1 opposite Saif Ali Khan
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Filmfare Awards
Winner
2008: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award; Om Shanti Om[12]
2008: Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award; Om Shanti Om[12]
Nominated
2008: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Om Shanti Om[13]
[edit] Star Screen Awards
Winner
2008: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female; Om Shanti Om[14]
2008: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahrukh Khan; Om Shanti Om[14]
[edit] Zee Cine Awards
Winner
2008: Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut; Om Shanti Om[15]
Nominated
2008: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female; Om Shanti Om[16]
[edit] IIFA Awards
Winner
2008: IIFA Awards' Best Debutant (Female); Om Shanti Om[17]
Nominated
2008: IIFA Best Actress Award; Om Shanti Om[18]
[edit] Stardust Awards
Nominated
2008: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female; Om Shanti Om[19]
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Chennai - incredible
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Chennai is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India's fourth largest metropolitan city. Popularly known as "Gateway to South India", it is well connected internationally and to other parts of India. The city is governed by the Corporation of Chennai consisting of a Mayor and councilors.
Chennai boasts of rich historical legacy which lends an inexplicable charm to the city. The Portuguese arrived here in the 16th century and were followed by the Dutch, and East India Company. The British were able to establish their undisputed supremacy in the city and the Fort St George became the nucleus around which the british authority grew and expanded. In the 19th century, the city emerged as the seat of Madras presidency and today stands as a significant city of India. The flourishing economy of the city is credited to its key industries - automobile, software services, hardware manufacturing, petrochemicals, textiles and financial services.
Chennai is adequately connected to rest of India and the world.It is popularly known as 'Gateway to the World'. There are three modes of transport to reach Chennai:More
NTR Garden
NTR gardenis located at Hussainsager lake. It is a memorial to the late N T Rama Rao, one of the most charismatic Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The sprawling NTR Gardens, set up in an area of 36 acres, offer a serene atmosphere and yet provide recreation facilities such as a Machan tree, Japanese Garden, Car Cafe, Souvenir shops, Bonsai Garden, Fruit Restaurant and Children’s Playing area and lot of more. A monorail system takes the visitors around the garden.
One of the most recent and glamorous attractions of Hyderabad is the NTR garden which is located at Hussainsager lake. It is a memorial to the late N T Rama Rao, one of the most charismatic Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The sprawling NTR Gardens, set up in an area of 36 acres, offer a serene atmosphere and yet provide recreation facilities such as a Machan tree, Japanese Garden, Car Cafe, Souvenir shops, Bonsai Garden, Fruit Restaurant and Children’s Playing area and lot of more. A monorail system takes the visitors around the garden.
The glamorous NTR Gardens lays by the tranquil Hussein Sagar Lake and with it the twin city of Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh has got yet another jewel in its list of major attractions. The gardens built around the memorial or Samadhi of enigmatic ex-chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, popularly known as N.T.Rama Rao. Spread over a sprawling 36 acres of beautifully manicured gardens it offers a somber atmosphere but still provide many recreational facilities that are popular equally among all age groups. Maintained by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA), the place was formerly a dumping site for a thermal power station. But now it provides the freshest of air in the bustling city of Hyderabad.
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