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Happy Birthday Deepika Padukone: 5 roles by DP that prove her mettle
She is one of the highest-paid actresses in India, and her accolades include three Filmfare best actor Awards.
By Sakshi Verma
Global star Deepika Padukone turned 37 today. On this occasion, birthday wishes have been pouring in from all corners of the world. She is one of the highest-paid actors in India, and her accolades include three Filmfare best actor Awards.
Padukone has given several iconic roles in 13 years of her acting career, and the actor does not shy away to wear flaws on her sleeves.
From being the only Indian to be a brand ambassador of Louis Vuitton, Cartier, and Levi’s to having her Madame Tussauds wax statue with the elitists, the actor has several feathers on her cap.
As Deepika Padukone celebrates her 37th birthday, we bring to you 5 promising roles that only DP could have pulled off.
Tara in Tamasha
The film that went unnoticed at the time of its release but is now the highest-regarded film for Bollywood lovers, Tamasha is a once-in-a-lifetime film. Just as the actors say, Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor were lucky to have been chosen by Imtiaz Ali to play the character of Tara and Ved.
While Kapoor gave his career-best performance in Tamasha, Padukone brought the much-needed anchor ship to the film. Tamasha is a film that everyone can relate to at some point in their life and the credit goes to both the lead actors.
Padukone’s character’s rawness and the emotions in her eyes was the highlight of the film, like literally, people could just look into her eyes and know what was Tara going through.
Deepika Padukone in and as Piku
A daughter dealing with her father’s constipation seems like a fun story, but it was Padukone who added emotions and swing to that character. A woman hailing from Kolkata to be living in Delhi and dealing with her father’s constipation and uncalled for critical approach is Piku’s theme.
An actor like Padukone to be picking up a character like Piku, that too after heavy-handed films like Bajirao Mastani and Ram Leela was a smart choice.
The character is still regarded as one of the most-layered characters played on screen and DP’s work in Piku was widely appreciated by critics as well as the audience. She also ended up winning the Filmfare award for Best Actor that year.
Mastani Bai in Bajirao Mastani
After Ram Leela, not only fans but even Padukone wanted to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali only because the audience thought the Om Shanti Om actor could pull off a historical character after seeing her as Leela.
And the actor didn’t disappoint the audience. Bajirao Mastani! the grand ethereal Bollywood film, with prominent actors like Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Milind Soman, and many others proved Padukone’s mettle once again.
With the traumas that Mastani was going through, the hardships that she had to deal with, and the non-acceptance the character received, the star made it her own. From deadly sword fights to impactful dialogues, she got everything absolutely spot on in this film.
Veronica in Cocktail
The actor, who hails from Bangalore made a mark on the big screen with a Bollywood debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan, after a few flops and turn around in her personal life, Deepika Padukone’s Cocktail turned out to be a game changer for her. The role of Veronica not only established her as a capable actor but also opened the gate for Padukone in women-centric films.
The way she portrayed Veronica’s emotions on screen, made the audience fall for her pain. The actor was also credited for dealing with her character’s mental issues very well.
Shanti and Sandhya (Sandy) in and Om Shanti Om
To all those who are wondering why with films like Chhapaak, Padmavat, Ram Leela, Chennai Express, and Gehrayiyan in her kitty, Om Shanti Om in this list, please look back at Deepika Padukone walking out of that yellow taxi in pink lehenga waving at us and letting the world know that she has arrived.
An actor like Padukone deserved a grand debut like Om Shanti Om opposite one and only Shah Rukh Khan. The film had both actors in double roles and Padukone nailed both the roles of Shanti and Sandhya. She brought much-needed calmness to Shanti’s character, while the actor seemed to have a fun time playing Sandy.
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Amul gives shout out to SRK’s Jawan in a creative post after it crossed Rs 1000 crore | See here
The Amul mascot is pictured in the image sporting Shah Rukh Khan’s famous half-mask look from the movie and chowing down on some butter-covered bread.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s film Jawan is creating an uproar at the box office. Over Rs. 576 crore have already been earned by this action-packed movie in India alone. Within its third week of release, the movie reached the coveted Rs 1,000 crore milestone overseas.
The Indian dairy company Amul has honoured the movie with a clever and humorous topical post in honour of this incredible accomplishment. The Amul mascot is pictured in the image sporting Shah Rukh Khan’s famous half-mask look from the movie and chowing down on some butter-covered bread.
The caption, which includes the name of the film’s director Atlee, cleverly reads, JaWan Thousand Crores, followed by Atlee Butterly Delicious, a beautiful play on words.
Pooja Dadlani, Shah Rukh Khan’s manager, shared the post on Instagram and thanked Amul India for the awesome artwork.
Amul is renowned for its original and creative ways of honouring India’s accomplishments. Today also Amul made a creative post to celebrated India’s success in Asian Games.
They had previously created a unique poster for Rajnikanth’s movie Jailer. The movie’s poster featured cartoon representations of Rajnikanth and Tamannaah Bhatia and included the captivative statement.
The cast of the September 7, 2023 film Jawan, which features Nayanthara, Deepika Padukone, Vijay Sethupathi, Sanya Malhotra, and Priyamani among others in the film. Shah Rukh Khan’s fame as an international superstar has been strengthened by the film’s ability to enthral audiences everywhere.
On work front, Shah Rukh Khan will next be seen in Taapsee Pannu, Boman Irani, and director Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki. The film focuses on how Indians wanting to immigrate to nations like Canada and the USA use the Donkey Flight route in illegal ways.
On December 21, the Dunki crew will deliver a complete day of content, not just late-night premieres. The goal is to increase word-of-mouth and arouse interest in the audience for the typical weekend, which runs from Friday to Sunday.
Additionally, Shah Rukh Khan will make an appearance in the upcoming, action-packed thriller directed by Sujoy Ghosh. In the movie, he will co-star with his daughter Suhana Khan for the first time. However, at this moment, no official announcement has been made.
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The Vaccine War social media review: Nana Patekar delivers excellent performance in this must watch film
Vaccine War is a bold attempt bravely executed by Vivek Agnihotri. The film shows the pandemic woes and catastrophe and the virtual war to develop the vaccine and the challenges faced by the team of talented scientists and the ultimate achievement.
The spread of the coronavirus and the pandemic has affected the life of every person on the planet. Many films show the plight of various sections of the society during the lockdown that was imposed. The Vaccine war shows the plight of scientists and the hardships they faced to bring out India’s own vaccine in a record time of seven months. The film has got mixed reviews on social media.
Samim Alam said the film is a documentary type slow burn politically influenced boring movie. He said the vaccine war looks C grade type movie which has poor colour grading, background music, editing and screenplay.
Shayanmp said the vaccine war is realistic, patriotic and thrilling.
Hemant Sanganee said the Vaccine War is a bold attempt bravely executed by Vivek Agnihotri. He gave the film 4 star rating. The film shows the pandemic woes and catastrophe and the virtual war to develop the vaccine and the challenges faced by the team of talented scientists and the ultimate achievement. Hemant said Vivek Agbihotri has delicately and nicely handled the subject of the film.
He said the film shows the sincere effort and some insightful and delightful performances from the leading actors like Anupam Kher and Nana Patekar as Dr Balram Nagpal DG of ICMR. Pallavi Joshi as Dr Priya Abraham director of NIV leads from the front and holds the fort with sensitivity and emotions. Raima Sen as Rohini Singh Dhulia shines and tries to put her best foot forward. Hemant said the film is a must watch cinema.
He said Vaccine War is not only an important film from the point of view of factual data and dossier. It brings forth with some astue research but also highlights the contribution of the Indian female scientists who put their whole force in achieving a target at the cost of their family life and responsibilities to serve the country and mankind at large
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Ranbir Kapoor uses secret Instagram account, Alia Bhatt reveals on his birthday
Sharing the photos on Instagram, Alia captioned the post in which she called her husband her love, her bestfriend and her happiest place.
Actor Alia Bhatt gave her husband, actor Ranbir Kapoor, an adorable note and a collection of never-before-seen images on his 41st birthday. Alia uploaded several images from their vacations and wedding on Instagram on Thursday.
The first photo which Alia shared showcased her getting a kiss while closing eyes from husband Ranbir Kapoor on the cheek in the blurry picture. While taking the selfie, he stuck out his tongue. The couple appeared to have travelled to New York, where the photo was apparently taken at night.
The following image shows Alia and Ranbir cuddling up while they watched a baseball game. They matched in their caps. Ranbir sported a blue shirt, while Alia was dressed in a white T-shirt. They were facing away from the camera.
In the following photo, Alia, who was wearing casual clothing, posed for a selfie in front of the number 8. She further shared a close-up, black-and-white image of Ranbir from their wedding day. The following unposed black and white photo shows Ranbir showing Alia his palm while she smiles and looks at it. The final image was another close-up of Ranbir’s face that was taken while they were on vacation a few years back.
Sharing the photos on Instagram, Alia captioned the post in which she called her husband her love, her bestfriend and her happiest place. She further revealed in her caption that as he is reading this caption from his secret account sitting right next to her, all she wanted to say Happy birthday to him.
The actor added, he make it all magical and added infinity symbol, sparkles and heart suit emojis in her caption. As soon as the Alia shared the images revealing about Ranbir’s secret Instgram accout, fans went crazy. Taking to comment section one user urged Alia to reveal the user name of his secret account, another wished Ranbir on her post and said to make it official so that they can connect more. Others also wished Ranbir and dropped heart emojis in the comment section.
Meanwhile, Ranbir Kapoor will be next seen in Animal which is scheduled to release in December this year. The makers of the film has dropped the first teaser of the film today and Ranbir’s fans are eagerly waiting to see him on the big screen.
