Deepika Padukone

Padukone was born on 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to Konkani-speaking Indian parents.{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Celebrity/Deepika-Padukone/894255-Profile.aspx |title=Biography: Deepika Padukone |access-date=6 August 2013 |date=23 July 2012 |work=Hindustan Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231022055/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Celebrity/Deepika-Padukone/894255-Profile.aspx |archive-date=31 December 2014}}{{cite news |title=I don't have an issue marrying an actor: Deepika Padukone |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Deepika-Padukone-Prakash-Padukone-Madhuri-Dixit/articleshow/33391212.cms |author=Gupta, Priya |agency=Times News Network |date=8 April 2014 |access-date=29 August 2020 |work=The Times of India |archive-date=5 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205104254/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Deepika-Padukone-Prakash-Padukone-Madhuri-Dixit/articleshow/33391212.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Baksi |first=Dibyojyoti |title=Shah Rukh Khan made Deepika Padukone learn Tamil |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-made-deepika-padukone-learn-tamil/story-cdrZkwDuAQGCilR51uF7wI.html |access-date=18 August 2013 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=13 June 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081932/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-made-deepika-padukone-learn-tamil/story-cdrZkwDuAQGCilR51uF7wI.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a former professional badminton player and her mother, Ujjala, is a travel agent.{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-182121908.html |title=She's the model of success |work=The Star |date=4 August 2008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610213030/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-182121908.html |archive-date=10 June 2014 |via=Highbeam}} Her younger sister, Anisha, is a golfer.{{cite news |last=Kaura |first=Neha |title=Deepika's link-ups don't bother us, says sister |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepikas-link-ups-dont-bother-us-says-sister/articleshow/13994578.cms |access-date=2 July 2013 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=11 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616173634/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepikas-link-ups-dont-bother-us-says-sister/articleshow/13994578.cms |archive-date=16 June 2012 }} Her paternal grandfather, Ramesh, was a secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/an-exciting-tournament/article3185184.ece |title=An exciting tournament |newspaper=The Hindu |date=5 January 2006 |access-date=3 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107085559/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/an-exciting-tournament/article3185184.ece |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=live }} The family relocated to Bangalore, India when Padukone was a year old.{{cite news |last=Gupta |first=Priya |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Ranbir-and-I-are-still-friends-Deepika-Padukone/articleshow/16782698.cms |title=Ranbir and I are still friends: Deepika Padukone |access-date=29 August 2013 |date=13 October 2012 |newspaper=The Times of India |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014233537/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Ranbir-and-I-are-still-friends-Deepika-Padukone/articleshow/16782698.cms |archive-date=14 October 2012 }} She was educated at Bangalore's Sophia High School and completed her pre-university education at Mount Carmel College.{{cite web |title=Just How educated are our Bollywood heroines?: Deepika Padukone |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-just-how-educated-are-bollywood-heroines/20120118.htm#3 |work=Rediff.com |access-date=6 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805134000/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-just-how-educated-are-bollywood-heroines/20120118.htm |archive-date=5 August 2013 }} She subsequently enrolled at the Indira Gandhi National Open University for a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with her modelling career.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Deepika-Padukone-has-not-put-studies-on-back-burner/articleshow/2661901.cms |work=The Times of India |title=Deepika Padukone has not put studies on back-burner |access-date=6 August 2013 |date=30 December 2007 |archive-date=18 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718235820/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Deepika-Padukone-has-not-put-studies-on-back-burner/articleshow/2661901.cms }}

Padukone has said that she was socially awkward as a child and did not have many friends. The focus of her life was badminton, which she played competitively from a young age. Describing her daily routine in a 2012 interview, Padukone said, "I would wake up at five in the morning, go for physical training, go to school, again go for playing badminton, finish my homework, and go to sleep." Padukone continued to pursue a career in badminton throughout her school years and played the sport in national level championships. She also played baseball in a few state level tournaments.{{cite news |last=Banerjee |first=Soumyadipta |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-i-was-a-state-level-baseball-player-deepika-padukone-1349480 |title=I was a state level baseball player: Deepika Padukone |work=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=3 August 2013 |date=18 February 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222022814/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-i-was-a-state-level-baseball-player-deepika-padukone-1349480 |archive-date=22 February 2014 }} While concentrating on her education and sporting career, Padukone also worked as a child model, first appearing in a couple of advertising campaigns at the age of eight.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/mp/2004/08/11/stories/2004081101100100.htm |title=The long and short of the ramp |work=The Hindu |access-date=3 August 2013 |date=11 August 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911085352/https://www.thehindu.com/mp/2004/08/11/stories/2004081101100100.htm |archive-date=11 September 2018 |url-status=dead }} In the tenth grade, she changed focus and decided to become a fashion model. She later explained, "I realised that I was playing the game only because it ran in the family. So, I asked my father if I could give up the game and he wasn't upset at all."{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/613309.cms |title=Smash hit on the ramp |work=The Times of India |first=Asha |last=Chowdary |access-date=3 August 2013 |date=13 April 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025015245/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/613309.cms |archive-date=25 October 2012 }} In 2004, she began a full-time career as a model under the tutelage of Prasad Bidapa.{{cite news |last=Malani |first=Gaurav |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-Padukone-not-a-part-of-race/articleshow/10971364.cms |title=Deepika Padukone not a part of race |access-date=3 August 2013 |date=7 December 2011 |newspaper=The Times of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107085559/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-Padukone-not-a-part-of-race/articleshow/10971364.cms |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=live }}
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Early in her career, Padukone gained recognition with a television commercial for the soap Liril and modelled for various other brands and products.{{cite news |last=Gahlaut |first=Kanika |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/prakash-padukone-daughter-deepika-in-new-liril-soap-ad/1/196716.html |title=Making a splash |work=India Today |access-date=3 August 2013 |date=12 April 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928143943/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/prakash-padukone-daughter-deepika-in-new-liril-soap-ad/1/196716.html |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Deepika Padukone: Biography |date=3 December 2008 |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity-profile/Deepika-Padukone.htm |publisher=Zee News |access-date=7 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906020146/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity-profile/Deepika-Padukone.htm |archive-date=6 September 2013 }} In 2005, she made her runway debut at the Lakme Fashion Week for designer Suneet Varma and won Model of the Year at the Kingfisher Fashion Awards.{{cite web |last=Menon |first=Sita |url=http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2005/apr/21fwdeep.htm |title=Go white this summer |access-date=3 August 2013 |date=21 April 2005 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928093037/http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2005/apr/21fwdeep.htm |archive-date=28 September 2013 }}{{cite news |last=Chowdhury |first=Smita R. |title=Glamour, glitz & grace |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050405/asp/calcutta/story_4572605.asp |access-date=3 August 2013 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=5 May 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927205701/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050405/asp/calcutta/story_4572605.asp |archive-date=27 September 2013 }} Padukone's fame increased when she appeared in a popular print campaign for the 2006 Kingfisher Calendar; the designer Wendell Rodricks commented, "Since Aishwarya Rai, we haven't had a girl as beautiful and fresh."{{cite news |url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/young-achievers-deepika-padukone-ms-dhoni-to-rabbi-shergill/1/181846.html |title=Young achievers: Deepika Padukone to Aditya Mittal, MS Dhoni to Rabbi Shergill |work=India Today |access-date=3 August 2013 |date=20 February 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002174146/http://m.indiatoday.in/story/young-achievers-deepika-padukone-ms-dhoni-to-rabbi-shergill/1/181846.html |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=dead}} Rodricks had spotted her at a Ganjam jewellery class he was teaching and signed her up with the Matrix talent agency.{{cite book |last=Vasudev |first=Shefalee |title=Powder Room |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DzdfsXQEtqoC&pg=PT61 |publisher=Random House India |isbn=978-81-8400-297-3 |page=61 |year=2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231234025/http://books.google.com/books?id=DzdfsXQEtqoC&pg=PT61 |archive-date=31 December 2013 }} At the age of 21, Padukone relocated to Mumbai and stayed at her aunt's home. In 2006, she gained recognition by featuring in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song "Naam Hai Tera" for the album Aap Ka Surroor.{{cite news |last=Iyer |first=Meena |title=Deepika Padukone in awe of beauty pageant winners |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-Padukone-in-awe-of-beauty-pageant-winners/articleshow/10767352.cms |access-date=3 August 2013 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=17 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107085600/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-Padukone-in-awe-of-beauty-pageant-winners/articleshow/10767352.cms |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=live }}

Padukone soon began to receive offers for film roles.{{cite web |title=The hottest heroine in Kannada cinema |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/24sld1.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=24 August 2006 |access-date=6 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928092027/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/24sld1.htm |archive-date=28 September 2013 }} Believing herself to be too inexperienced as an actor, she enrolled for a course at Anupam Kher's film academy.{{cite news |title=On course: Deepika Padukone joins Anupam Kher's Film Academy |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/badminton-star-prakash-padukone-daughter-deepika-shifted-to-mumbai/1/193374.html |work=India Today |date=11 July 2005 |access-date=6 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928143940/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/badminton-star-prakash-padukone-daughter-deepika-shifted-to-mumbai/1/193374.html |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead}} Following much media speculation, the director Farah Khan, who had noticed her in Reshammiya's music video, made the decision to cast her for a role in her upcoming film, then named Happy New Year.{{Cite web|title=13 Years Of Om Shanti Om: Deepika Padukone Gets Nostalgic. Here's What She Did|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/13-years-of-om-shanti-om-deepika-padukone-gets-nostalgic-heres-what-she-did-2322826|access-date=22 August 2021|website=NDTV.com|date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120144059/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/13-years-of-om-shanti-om-deepika-padukone-gets-nostalgic-heres-what-she-did-2322826|url-status=live}} Rodricks also takes credit in helping her get the role. Khan was looking for a model to star in the film, and got in touch with Malaika Arora. Rodricks, for whom Padukone had been modelling for roughly two years then, recommended her to Arora, a close friend of his, who in turn recommended her to Khan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/malaika-arora-deepika-padukone-om-shanti-om-wendell-rodricks-1039745-2017-09-07|title=Throwback Thursday: Did you know Malaika Arora helped Deepika Padukone bag her first film Om Shanti Om?|date=7 September 2017|website=India Today|access-date=22 May 2019|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012014140/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/malaika-arora-deepika-padukone-om-shanti-om-wendell-rodricks-1039745-2017-09-07|url-status=live}}

{{See also|Deepika Padukone filmography}}

Padukone made her acting debut with Aishwarya (2006), a Kannada film directed by Indrajit Lankesh.{{cite web |author-link=R. G. Vijayasarathy|last=Vijayasarathy |first=R. G. |title=Meet Deepika Padukone |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/mar/14sd1.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=14 March 2006 |access-date=6 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055752/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/mar/14sd1.htm |archive-date=23 October 2013 }} The romantic comedy was a remake of the Telugu film Manmadhudu, and she was cast in the title role opposite the actor Upendra. The film proved to be a commercial success.{{cite news |last=Kumar |first=S.S |title=Ramya in a rush |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ramya-in-a-rush/article3230859.ece |access-date=3 August 2013 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=29 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107085559/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ramya-in-a-rush/article3230859.ece |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=live }} R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com was appreciative of Padukone's screen presence but added that "she needs to work on her emotional scenes."{{cite web |last=Vijayasarathy |first=R.G. |title=Deepika's Aishwarya is a must watch |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/15aish.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=15 September 2006 |access-date=3 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055429/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/15aish.htm |archive-date=23 October 2013 }} By the end of 2006, Farah Khan's Happy New Year was shelved, and Khan had instead cast Padukone for the masala film Om Shanti Om (2007).{{cite web |title='I was pulling SRK's hair out!' |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/dec/10fchat.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=10 December 2007 |access-date=6 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928093128/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/dec/10fchat.htm |archive-date=28 September 2013 }} Set against the backdrop of the Hindi film industry, the film tells the story of a struggling actor who is reincarnated to avenge the death of a film star. Shah Rukh Khan starred as the lead, and Padukone featured in dual roles of a star in the 1970s, and later, an aspiring actress.{{cite news |last=Ray |first=Sarit |title=I'm a shy person: Deepika |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Im-a-shy-person-Deepika/articleshow/2509541.cms |access-date=3 August 2013 |date=2 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928194317/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-11-02/news-interviews/27986233_1_dream-debut-modelling-deepika-padukone |archive-date=28 September 2013 |newspaper=The Times of India |url-status=live }} In preparation, Padukone watched several films of actresses Helen and Hema Malini to study their body language.{{cite news |last=Thakur |first=Shweta |title=I saw Hema Malini films for '70s look: Deepika |date=17 November 2007 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/i-saw-hema-malini-films-for-70s-look-deepika/story-mGPqGR1oyShb3ElcJ7qpDO.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=10 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130102931/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/i-saw-hema-malini-films-for-70s-look-deepika/story-mGPqGR1oyShb3ElcJ7qpDO.html |archive-date=30 January 2016 }} Her voice was dubbed by the voice artist Mona Ghosh Shetty.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Why-is-Deepikas-Hindi-in-Kochadaiiyaan-dubbed/articleshow/28313572.cms |title=Why is Deepika's Hindi in Kochadaiiyaan dubbed? |date=2 January 2013 |access-date=3 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105062349/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-03/news-interviews/45834895_1_deepika-padukone-dramatic-prowess-and-zest-kochadaiiyaan |archive-date=5 January 2014 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }} For one of the songs in the film, "Dhoom Taana", Padukone drew upon Indian classical dance, and according to Dorling Kindersley, "mesmeriz[ed] audiences" by using hasta mudras (hand gestures).{{cite book |title=The Book of Dance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EzKmKyugOjkC&pg=PA113 |date=3 September 2012 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited |isbn=978-1-4093-2237-5 |page=113 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013030643/http://books.google.com/books?id=EzKmKyugOjkC&pg=PA113 |archive-date=13 October 2013 }} Om Shanti Om emerged as the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year, with a global revenue of {{INRConvert|1.49|b|lk=r}}.{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3997&nCat= |title=Top All Time Worldwide Grossers Updated |publisher=Box Office India |access-date=13 October 2013 |date=11 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105215110/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4409&nCat= |archive-date=5 November 2013}} Taran Adarsh of the entertainment portal Bollywood Hungama opined that she had "all it takes to be a top star", and she was awarded with the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award and received her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination.{{cite web |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |title=Movie Review: Om Shanti Om |date=7 November 2007 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/54373 |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=18 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928093643/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/54373 |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/top-actresses-of-bollywood-ever/9/7051.html#photo35 |title=Top heroines of Bollywood |access-date=19 July 2013 |date=10 May 2013 |work=India Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928143948/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/top-actresses-of-bollywood-ever/9/7051.html |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead}} Bollywood Hungama reported that the success of Om Shanti Om proved a breakthrough for her.{{cite web |last=Tuteja |first=Joginder |title=Exploring the Box Office journey of Deepika Padukone – Part 1 |date=2 August 2013 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5321 |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=10 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803190637/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5321 |archive-date=3 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}

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Padukone next played one of star Ranbir Kapoor's love interests in Siddharth Anand's romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008). The film was a financial success,{{cite web |title=Bachna Ae Haseeno scores at box office |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/18box.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=20 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517150653/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/18box.htm |archive-date=17 May 2015 }} but Namrata Joshi of Outlook dismissed her performance as "mannequin-like and utterly lack[ing] fire and zing".{{cite news |last=Joshi |first=Namrata |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?238292 |title=Movie Review: Bachna Ae Haseeno |access-date=19 July 2013 |date=1 September 2008 |work=Outlook |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927152352/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?238292 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead}} Her first release of 2009 came alongside Akshay Kumar in the kung fu comedy Chandni Chowk to China, in which she portrayed dual roles of Indian-Chinese twin sisters. Produced by Warner Bros., it had one of the widest international releases given to an Indian film.{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Jason |title=Chandni Chowk to China: Kung fusion hustle |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2009/01/16/chandni_chowk_to_china_kung_fusion_hustle.html |work=Toronto Star |date=16 January 2009 |access-date=6 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012104208/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2009/01/16/chandni_chowk_to_china_kung_fusion_hustle.html |archive-date=12 October 2013 }} Padukone learned jujutsu and performed her own stunts.{{cite web |title=Deepika's unbelievable stunt! |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/nov/26slid1-deepika-unbelievable-stunt.htm?zcc=rl |work=Rediff.com |date=26 November 2008 |access-date=3 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611083353/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/nov/26slid1-deepika-unbelievable-stunt.htm?zcc=rl |archive-date=11 June 2014 }}{{cite news |last=Lalwani |first=Vickeya |title=Yes, I'm dating Ranbir: Deepika |date=15 March 2008 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Yes-Im-dating-Ranbir-Deepika/articleshow/2864457.cms |access-date=3 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012195823/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-03-15/news-interviews/27772143_1_action-film-deepika-ranbir-yash-raj |archive-date=12 October 2013 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }} Despite the hype, Chandni Chowk To China was a financial failure, failing to recoup its {{INRConvert|800|m}} budget.{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=348&catName=TGlmZXRpbWUgV29ybGR3aWRlIEluIFVTICQ= |title=Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (US $) |publisher=Box Office India |access-date=11 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602093609/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=312&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU%3D |archive-date=2 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Amit |last2=Verma Ambwani |first2=Meenakshi |title=Chandni Chowk to China crosses Rs 33 cr at local box office |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-01-20/news/27650181_1_domestic-box-office-bollywood-film-kinng |work=The Economic Times |date=20 January 2009 |access-date=6 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305091941/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-01-20/news/27650181_1_domestic-box-office-bollywood-film-kinng |archive-date=5 March 2016 }} She appeared alongside Saif Ali Khan in the romantic drama Love Aaj Kal from the writer-director Imtiaz Ali. The film documented the changing value of relationships among the youth and had Padukone play the part of Meera Pandit, a head-strong career woman. With a worldwide gross of {{INRConvert|1.2|b}}, Love Aaj Kal proved to be the third highest-grossing Hindi film of 2009. Aniruddha Guha of Daily News and Analysis said that Padukone "delivers the best of her four performances so far", and she was awarded with another Best Actress nomination at Filmfare.{{cite news |last=Guha |first=Aniruddha |title=Review: Love Aaj Kal is the perfect date movie |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-review-love-aaj-kal-is-the-perfect-date-movie-1278796 |work=Daily News and Analysis |date=31 July 2009 |access-date=16 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106100802/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-review-love-aaj-kal-is-the-perfect-date-movie-1278796 |archive-date=6 January 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/725/ |title=Nominations for 55th Idea Filmfare Awards 2009 |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020180943/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/725/ |archive-date=20 October 2014 }}

Padukone had five film releases in 2010. In the psychological thriller Karthik Calling Karthik, she played the supportive girlfriend of a depressed man (played by Farhan Akhtar). Derek Elley of Variety found the film to be "thinly plotted" but considered "the uncomplicated ingenuousness of Padukone" to be the film's highlight.{{cite news |last=Elley |first=Derek |title=Review: "Karthik Calling Karthik" |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/karthik-calling-karthik-1117942367/ |work=Variety |date=8 March 2010 |access-date=16 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605055907/http://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/karthik-calling-karthik-1117942367/ |archive-date=5 June 2013 }} Her most financially profitable film that year was Sajid Khan's {{INRConvert|1.15|b}}-grossing comedy film Housefull in which she featured alongside an ensemble cast headlined by Akshay Kumar. Critic Raja Sen described the film as a "festival of bad acting" and attributed Padukone's poor performance to her "plasticky expressions".{{cite web |last=Sen |first=Raja |title=Gags that'll make you gag |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-housefull-is-painful/20100430.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=30 April 2010 |access-date=14 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012003148/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-housefull-is-painful/20100430.htm |archive-date=12 October 2013 }} Pradeep Sarkar's drama Lafangey Parindey (2010) starred Padukone as a blind girl determined to win a skating competition, for which she observed the interactions of blind people and rehearsed scenes while blindfolded.{{cite news |title=To play a blind dancer was very challenging: Deepika Padukone |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/to-play-a-blind-dancer-was-very-challenging-deepika-padukone/1/106251.html |access-date=3 September 2013 |work=India Today |date=22 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227095043/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/to-play-a-blind-dancer-was-very-challenging-deepika-padukone/1/106251.html |archive-date=27 February 2016 |url-status=dead}} The Hindu{{'s}} Sudhish Kamath was impressed by the "considerable restraint" in her performance.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article600437.ece |title=Lafangey Parindey Movie Review |author=Kamath, Sudhish |work=The Hindu |access-date=28 April 2011 |date=28 August 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220131856/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article600437.ece |archive-date=20 December 2013 }} Her next role was opposite Imran Khan in the romantic comedy Break Ke Baad. CNN-IBN's Rajeev Masand found the film to be "watchable largely for the performance of its leading lady".{{cite web |last=Masand |first=Rajeev |title=Masand: Break Ke Baad is an engaging film |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-break-ke-baad-is-an-engaging-film/135956-8-66.html |publisher=CNN-IBN |date=16 December 2010 |access-date=8 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009233651/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-break-ke-baad-is-an-engaging-film/135956-8-66.html |archive-date=9 October 2013 }} Padukone's final release of 2010 was Ashutosh Gowariker's period film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey opposite Abhishek Bachchan. Based on the book Do and Die, the film is a retelling of the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid.{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/first-look-deepika-in-khelein-hum-jee-jaan-sey/20100519.htm |title=First look: Deepika in Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey |work=Rediff.com |access-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012033209/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/first-look-deepika-in-khelein-hum-jee-jaan-sey/20100519.htm |archive-date=12 October 2013 }} Bachchan featured as the revolutionary leader Surya Sen and Padukone played Kalpana Dutta, his confidante.{{cite news |last=Mukherjee |first=Roshni |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Working-with-Ashu-sir-is-an-achievement-Deepika/articleshow/7023496.cms |title=Working with Ashu sir is an achievement: Deepika |date=2 December 2010 |access-date=10 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012042232/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-02/news-interviews/28264661_1_period-thriller-deepika-padukone-kalpana-dutta |archive-date=12 October 2013 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }} Padukone said that she was unable to research her role as there was very little information on Dutta and relied on Gowarikar's direction.{{cite web |title='Khelein Hum' no less glamorous than any of my films: Deepika |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/khelein-hum-no-less-glamorous-than-any-of-my-films-deepika_76567.html |publisher=Zee News |date=29 November 2010 |access-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003203240/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/khelein-hum-no-less-glamorous-than-any-of-my-films-deepika_76567.html |archive-date=3 October 2013 }} Barring Housefull, none of these films were commercially successful.{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=318&catName=MjAxMA== |title=Box Office 2010 |publisher=Box office India |access-date=14 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062657/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=318&catName=MjAxMA%3D%3D |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Bad times continue at the box office |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/bad-times-continue-at-the-box-office/20101213.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025121346/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/bad-times-continue-at-the-box-office/20101213.htm |archive-date=25 October 2012 }}

Padukone began 2011 with an item number in the film Dum Maaro Dum.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepikas-Dum-Maro-Dum-with-a-twist/articleshow/7423176.cms |title=Deepika's Dum Maro Dum with a twist |access-date=27 April 2011 |date=4 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523184302/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-04/news-interviews/28359126_1_deepika-padukone-lyrics-rohan-sippy |archive-date=23 May 2012 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }} She referred to it as "the wildest song any actress has done"; the song's sexual content attracted controversy including a court case for indecency.{{cite news |last=Sahgal |first=Geety |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/its-the-wildest-song-any-actress-has-done-deepika/777015/ |title=It's the wildest song any actress has done: Deepika |newspaper=The Indian Express |access-date=27 April 2011 |date=16 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222155407/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/its-the-wildest-song-any-actress-has-done-deepika/777015/ |archive-date=22 December 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/case-against-dum-maaro-dum-for-indecency-news-national-leswuobjjgf.html |title=Case against 'Dum Maaro Dum' for indecency |work=The Indian Express |access-date=27 April 2011 |date=18 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419180348/http://www.sify.com/movies/case-against-dum-maaro-dum-for-indecency-news-national-leswuobjjgf.html |archive-date=19 April 2011 }} Her next film was Prakash Jha's socio-political drama Aarakshan, which dealt with caste-based reservations in India. Trade journalists had high expectations for the film which ultimately flopped at the box office.{{cite web |title=Will Aarakshan draw in the crowds? |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/will-aarakshan-draw-in-the-crowds/20110801.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203184214/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/will-aarakshan-draw-in-the-crowds/20110801.htm |archive-date=3 February 2015 }}{{cite web |title=It's raining flops at the box office |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/raining-flops-at-box-office/20110919.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429131112/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/raining-flops-at-box-office/20110919.htm |archive-date=29 April 2012 }} Critical reaction was largely negative, though Pratim D. Gupta mentioned Padukone as the most "refreshing thing" about it.{{cite news |title=Aarakshan loses plot after second half |date=12 August 2011 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/aarakshan-loses-plot-after-second-half/story-MxH4SLWdr8jzU3Jr2lUFUP.html |access-date=13 August 2012 |work=Hindustan Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203133341/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/aarakshan-loses-plot-after-second-half/story-MxH4SLWdr8jzU3Jr2lUFUP.html |archive-date=3 February 2016 }}{{cite news |author=Gupta, Pratim D. |title=Aarakshan – Film Review |date=13 August 2011 |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110813/jsp/entertainment/story_14372488.jsp |access-date=13 August 2012 |work=The Telegraph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102175641/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110813/jsp/entertainment/story_14372488.jsp |archive-date=2 November 2012 }} Her final appearance that year was in the comedy Desi Boyz alongside Kumar and John Abraham, a role that failed to propel her career forward.{{cite web |title=Review: Desi Boyz |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/review-desi-boyz-676 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=12 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917011435/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/review-desi-boyz-676 |archive-date=17 September 2013 }}{{cite web |last=Tuteja |first=Joginder |title=Exploring the Box Office journey of Deepika Padukone – Part III |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5360 |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=12 August 2013 |access-date=12 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814144827/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5360 |archive-date=14 August 2013 }} The series of poorly received films led critics to perceive that Padukone had "[lost] her sparkle."{{cite news |last=Pal |first=Chandrima |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/The-making-of-Deepika-Padukone/articleshow/20614404.cms |title=The making of Deepika Padukone |access-date=27 July 2013 |date=17 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627020227/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-17/news-interviews/40009313_1_deepika-padukone-cocktail-and-deepika-imtiaz-ali |archive-date=27 June 2013 |newspaper=The Times of India |url-status=live }}

Padukone has said that her starring role in the 2012 Homi Adajania-directed romantic comedy Cocktail marked a turning point in her career.{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Harneet |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/deepika-padukone-ranbir-kapoor-excites-me-as-an-actor-costar/1126038/0 |title=Deepika Padukone: Ranbir Kapoor excites me as an actor, co-star |work=The Indian Express |date=7 June 2013 |access-date=10 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152538/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/deepika-padukone-ranbir-kapoor-excites-me-as-an-actor-costar/1126038/0 |archive-date=22 February 2014 }} Raja Sen opined that she had successfully proved to be a "stunning girl who can also act."{{cite web |last=Sen |first=Raja |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-hows-these-bollywood-actresses-fared-in-2012/20130102.htm#3 |title=Report Card, 2012: How Kat, Kareena, Deepika performed |access-date=27 July 2013 |date=2 January 2013 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508185019/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-hows-these-bollywood-actresses-fared-in-2012/20130102.htm |archive-date=8 May 2013 }} Set in London, Cocktail tells the story of a man's relationship with two temperamentally different women{{mdash}}an impulsive party girl (Veronica, played by Padukone) and a submissive girl next door (Meera, played by Diana Penty). During the script narration, the producer Dinesh Vijan offered Padukone the choice of which woman to play; she decided on Veronica to expand her horizons as an actress.{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/veronica-is-no-meera-deepika-padukone/story-QfD3KilX3eevBOtuKJkznO.html |title=Veronica is no Meera: Deepika |work=Hindustan Times |date=25 May 2012 |access-date=10 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808003227/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/veronica-is-no-meera-deepika-padukone/story-QfD3KilX3eevBOtuKJkznO.html |archive-date=8 August 2016 }} Portraying the role was a creative and physical challenge for her, and to achieve the physical requirements of her character she exercised extensively and followed a rigorous diet.{{cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/playing-veronica-in-cocktail-was-challenging-deepika-padukone/970790/0 |title=Playing Veronica in 'Cocktail' was challenging: Deepika Padukone |work=The Indian Express |date=5 May 2012 |access-date=10 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20130811102927/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/playing-veronica-in-cocktail-was-challenging-deepika-padukone/970790/0 |archive-date=11 August 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cocktail-deepika-padukone-daina-penty-saif-ali-khan/1/207582.html |title=Was conscious about my look in Cocktail: Deepika |work=India Today |date=11 May 2012 |access-date=10 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061446/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cocktail-deepika-padukone-daina-penty-saif-ali-khan/1/207582.html |archive-date=23 October 2013 |url-status=dead}} Critics were divided in their opinion of the film, but particularly praised Padukone's performance;{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/critics-verdict-cocktail-works-but-in-bits/story-cFNQiVGyPXFUTKmsSUSBEN.html |title=Critics verdict: Cocktail works, but in bits |work=Hindustan Times |date=13 July 2013 |access-date=7 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122353/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/critics-verdict-cocktail-works-but-in-bits/story-cFNQiVGyPXFUTKmsSUSBEN.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} Devesh Sharma of Filmfare credited her as the "soul of the film" and wrote that she "excels in every scene, whether as a material girl who enjoys sex, drugs and rock and roll or as the jealousy ridden girl out to destroy herself."{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Devesh |title=Movie Review: Cocktail |url=http://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-cocktail-840.html |work=Filmfare |date=13 May 2012 |access-date=29 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002175358/http://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-cocktail-840.html |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=dead}} Cocktail earned Padukone Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies, including Filmfare, Screen, and IIFA.{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/awards/id/1856 |title=Deepika Padukone – Awards |access-date=5 September 2013 |website=Bollywood Hungama |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060538/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/awards/id/1856 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |url-status=dead}} The film also proved to be a box office success.{{cite web |title=Box Office Earnings 10/08/12 – 16/08/12 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=earnings |publisher=Box Office India |access-date=9 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825191030/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=earnings |archive-date=25 August 2012}}

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The year 2013 was key for Padukone, as she starred in four of the top-grossing Hindi films of the year.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone races to the top as top actress in Bollywood |last=Tanwar |first=Sarita |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-deepika-padukone-races-to-the-top-as-top-actress-in-bollywood-1858364 |access-date=8 July 2013 |newspaper=Daily News and Analysis |date=10 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220024053/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-deepika-padukone-races-to-the-top-as-top-actress-in-bollywood-1858364 |archive-date=20 December 2013 }}{{cite news |last=Goyal |first=Divya |title=Deepika Padukone lucky fourth time with 'Ram-Leela' |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/deepika-padukone-lucky-fourth-time-with-ramleela/1196368/ |access-date=4 December 2013 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=18 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152120/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/deepika-padukone-lucky-fourth-time-with-ramleela/1196368/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 }} She reunited with Saif Ali Khan in Abbas–Mustan's Race 2, an ensemble action thriller that served as a sequel to Race (2008). The film received predominantly negative reviews,{{cite news |title=Critics report: Race 2 not worth it |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/critics-report-race-2-not-worth-it/story-QhSKezAX1YGfNcpJEyKCTJ.html |access-date=9 March 2013 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=25 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081019/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/critics-report-race-2-not-worth-it/story-QhSKezAX1YGfNcpJEyKCTJ.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} but grossed a successful total of {{INRConvert|1.62|b}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=6308&nCat= |title=Worldwide Top Ten 2013 |publisher=Box Office India |access-date=12 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104212753/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=6308&nCat= |archive-date=4 January 2014}}{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone on cloud 9, Chennai Express, Ram-Leela, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Race 2 big hits of 2013 |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/happy-birthday-deepika-padukone-on-cloud-9-chennai-express-ramleela-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-race-2-big-hits-of-2013/1215689?rhheader |access-date=26 January 2014 |newspaper=The Financial Express |date=5 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201194525/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/happy-birthday-deepika-padukone-on-cloud-9-chennai-express-ramleela-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-race-2-big-hits-of-2013/1215689?rhheader |archive-date=1 February 2014 }} Ayan Mukerji's romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani paired her opposite Ranbir Kapoor. She was cast as Naina Talwar, a "shy wallflower", which marked a departure from the glamorous characters that she had a reputation for portraying.{{cite news |last=KBR |first=Upala |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-party-girl-deepika-padukone-gets-serious-1819664 |title=Party girl Deepika Padukone gets serious |access-date=17 August 2013 |date=7 April 2013 |newspaper=Daily News and Analysis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014003716/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-party-girl-deepika-padukone-gets-serious-1819664 |archive-date=14 October 2014 }} Raja Sen termed it "her most self-aware performance" adding that she "acts within herself and eschews exaggeration, and the results are impressive".{{cite web |last=Sen |first=Raja |title=Review: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani disappoints |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-disappoints/20130531.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=31 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606072818/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-disappoints/20130531.htm |archive-date=6 June 2013 }} The pairing of Padukone with her former boyfriend was highly anticipated,{{cite news |title=Younger generation should learn from Ranbir & Deepika: Ayan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Younger-generation-should-learn-from-Ranbir-Deepika-Ayan/articleshow/20363799.cms |author=Risbood, Vaibhavi |date=1 June 2013 |access-date=12 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618173542/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-01/news-interviews/39674323_1_ayan-mukerji-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-deepika-padukone |archive-date=18 June 2013 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }} and the film emerged as a major commercial success.{{cite news |title=Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone's biggest hit |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-is-ranbir-kapoor-deepika-padukone-s-biggest-hit/1127672/ |access-date=1 July 2013 |work=The Indian Express |date=1 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152212/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-is-ranbir-kapoor-deepika-padukone-s-biggest-hit/1127672/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 }} Her next appearance was opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Rohit Shetty's action comedy film Chennai Express, as a Tamil girl on the run from her father (a local don), which required that she adopt a Tamil accent. Critical opinion on her accent was mixed,{{cite news |title=Not spoofing South India in Chennai Express: Deepika Padukone |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/not-spoofing-south-india-in-chennai-express-says-deepika-padukone/1/298317.html |access-date=13 August 2013 |work=India Today |date=6 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924193309/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/not-spoofing-south-india-in-chennai-express-says-deepika-padukone/1/298317.html |archive-date=24 September 2013 |url-status=dead}} but her performance received praise;{{cite news |last=Uniyal |first=Parmita |title=Deepika Padukone rides on a high graph express |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-gets-critical-acclaim-rides-on-a-high-graph-express/article1-1107578.aspx |access-date=13 August 2013 |work=Hindustan Times |date=13 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101105157/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-gets-critical-acclaim-rides-on-a-high-graph-express/article1-1107578.aspx |archive-date=1 January 2014 }} film critic Aseem Chhabra wrote, "Padukone is delightful in the film{{mdash}}beautiful, smiling, and often a lot more playful and funny than Khan."{{cite web |last=Chhabra |first=Aseem |title=Aseem Chhabra's Chennai Express Review: Mindless but entertaining |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/aseem-chhabras-chennai-express-review-mindless-but-entertaining/20130809.htm |publisher=Rediff |date=9 August 2013 |access-date=10 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811184158/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/aseem-chhabras-chennai-express-review-mindless-but-entertaining/20130809.htm |archive-date=11 August 2013 }} Chennai Express earned over {{INRConvert|3.95|b}} to emerge as one of the highest-grossing Indian films.{{cite web |title=Top Worldwide Grossers All Time |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/worldwide-total-gross.php |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107113404/http://boxofficeindia.com/worldwide-total-gross.php |archive-date=7 January 2018 |access-date=5 February 2018 |url-status=live }}

Padukone next played opposite Ranveer Singh in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, an adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy of Romeo and Juliet from director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her role was Leela, a Gujarati girl based on the character of Juliet.{{cite news |title=First look Ram Leela: Meet Romeo Ranveer and Juliet Deepika |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/first-poster-of-ram-leela-ranveer-singh-deepika-padukone/1/247370.html |work=India Today |access-date=16 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927180924/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/first-poster-of-ram-leela-ranveer-singh-deepika-padukone/1/247370.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead}} Initially titled Ram-Leela, the film's title was changed after a court case was registered against Bhansali, Padukone, and Singh for "offending the religious sentiments" of the Hindu community by showcasing sex and violence under a title that referred to the life of Rama.{{cite news |last=Sura |first=Ajay |title=Controversy over 'Ram Leela': HC stays arrest of Bhansali, Ranveer and Deepika |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Controversy-over-Ram-Leela-HC-stays-arrest-of-Bhansali-Ranveer-and-Deepika/articleshow/25772700.cms |access-date=16 November 2013 |date=14 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117095053/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-14/india/44073111_1_ram-leela-ranveer-singh-delhi-high-court |archive-date=17 November 2013 |newspaper=The Times of India |url-status=live }} The film released among protests, but was generally well received by critics.{{cite news |title=Ram-Leela faces protest in several states |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-ram-leela-faces-protest-in-several-states-1919790 |access-date=16 November 2013 |newspaper=Daily News and Analysis |date=15 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118080509/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-ram-leela-faces-protest-in-several-states-1919790 |archive-date=18 November 2013 }}{{cite news |last=Uniyal |first=Parmita |title=Movie review: Bhansali's Ram-leela is his best ever, say critics |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/movie-review-bhansali-s-ram-leela-is-his-best-ever-say-critics/story-cdj9US9WMi2M58gcg56YNI.html |access-date=15 November 2013 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=15 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070929/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/movie-review-bhansali-s-ram-leela-is-his-best-ever-say-critics/story-cdj9US9WMi2M58gcg56YNI.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} Meena Iyer of The Times of India mentioned Padukone as "breathtaking", and Khalid Mohamed concluded that "it's Deepika Padukone whom the film belongs to. Looking drop dead gorgeous and going at her part with a wallop, she's the prime asset of Ram-Leela."{{cite news |last=Iyer |first=Meena |title=Ram-Leela |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Ram-Leela/movie-review/25770699.cms |access-date=15 November 2013 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=14 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115000038/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/ram-leela/movie-review/25770699.cms |archive-date=15 November 2013 }}{{cite news |last=Mohamed |first=Khalid |title='Ram-Leela' Review: The good, the bard and the beautiful |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131115/entertainment-movie-reviews/article/ram-leela-review-good-bard-and-beautiful |access-date=16 November 2013 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=16 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116102722/http://deccanchronicle.com/131115/entertainment-movie-reviews/article/ram-leela-review-good-bard-and-beautiful |archive-date=16 November 2013 }} Her performances in Chennai Express and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela won her several awards,{{cite news |title=Deepika is toast of this award season |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/deepika-padukone-is-toast-of-this-award-season/1/343781.html |access-date=16 February 2014 |work=India Today |date=17 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216064856/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/deepika-padukone-is-toast-of-this-award-season/1/343781.html |archive-date=16 February 2014 }} including the Screen Award for Best Actress for both films and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the latter.{{cite web |title=Winners of 20th Annual Life OK Screen Awards |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/6026 |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=14 January 2014 |access-date=17 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116181505/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/6026 |archive-date=16 January 2014 }}{{cite web |title=Filmfare Awards 2014: Deepika Padukone wins Best Actress award, Farhan Akhtar Best Actor |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/filmfare-awards-2014-deepika-padukone-wins-best-actress-award-farhan-akhtar-best-actor/447639-8-66.html |publisher=CNN-IBN |date=25 January 2014 |access-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125110704/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/filmfare-awards-2014-deepika-padukone-wins-best-actress-award-farhan-akhtar-best-actor/447639-8-66.html |archive-date=25 January 2014 }}

In 2014, Padukone featured opposite Rajinikanth in the Tamil film Kochadaiiyaan, a period drama shot using motion capture technology.{{cite news |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/kochadaiiyaan-released-nationwide-rajinikanth-turns-movemaking-pioneer-in-india/1253639 |title='Kochadaiiyaan' released nationwide, Rajinikanth turns moviemaking pioneer in India |work=The Financial Express |date=23 March 2014 |agency=Press Trust of India |access-date=23 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230850/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/kochadaiiyaan-released-nationwide-rajinikanth-turns-movemaking-pioneer-in-india/1253639 |archive-date=23 May 2014 }} She was paid {{INRConvert|30|m}} for two days of work in it.{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/deepika-padukone-films-rajinikanth-s-kochadaiiyaan-for-two-days-only_143262.html |title=Deepika Padukone shoots Rajinikanth's 'Kochadaiiyaan' for two days only! |publisher=Zee News |date=23 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926173744/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/deepika-padukone-films-rajinikanth-s-kochadaiiyaan-for-two-days-only_143262.html |archive-date=26 September 2013 }}{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-gets-3-cr-for-2-day-shoot-in-Rajnis-film/articleshow/22508894.cms |title=Deepika gets 3 cr for 2-day shoot in Rajni's film? |work=The Times of India |date=12 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912235545/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-gets-3-cr-for-2-day-shoot-in-Rajnis-film/articleshow/22508894.cms |archive-date=12 September 2013 }} In Homi Adajania's satire Finding Fanny, Padukone played a young widow on a road trip with her dysfunctional friends. The film was screened at the 19th Busan International Film Festival;{{cite news |last=Vyavahare |first=Renuka |title=Finding Fanny selected for Busan Film Festival |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Finding-Fanny-selected-for-Busan-Film-Festival/articleshow/41878021.cms |access-date=12 September 2014 |work=The Times of India |date=6 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909044509/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Finding-Fanny-selected-for-Busan-Film-Festival/articleshow/41878021.cms |archive-date=9 September 2014 }} critic Anuj Kumar of The Hindu wrote that Padukone successfully "takes off the fineries of Bollywood and you can sense the freedom from baggage in her performance".{{cite news |last=Kumar |first=Anuj |title=Finding fanny: Lost and found |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/finding-fanny-review/article6404665.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=29 November 2014 |date=12 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205215445/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/finding-fanny-review/article6404665.ece |archive-date=5 December 2014 }} Later that year, she starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan for the third time in Farah Khan's renewal of Happy New Year. She played a bar dancer who trains a group of underachievers for a dance competition. Sanjukta Sharma of Mint found her glamorous role to be of minimal importance, but the film became one of her most successful, earning over {{INRConvert|3.4|b}} worldwide.{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Sanjukta |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/RbQFYNOCmIXFirlKS1t0kI/Film-Review--Happy-New-Year.html |title=Film Review Happy New Year |date=4 September 2013 |access-date=24 October 2014 |work=Mint |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024170656/http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/RbQFYNOCmIXFirlKS1t0kI/Film-Review--Happy-New-Year.html |archive-date=24 October 2014 }} Padukone later remarked that production on the film was difficult for her as she suffered from depression and anxiety.{{cite news |title=Deepika: Was struggling with depression during Happy New Year shooting |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/deepika-padukone-happy-new-year-depression-236019-2015-01-16 |work=India Today |access-date=19 January 2023 |date=16 January 2015 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119075053/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/deepika-padukone-happy-new-year-depression-236019-2015-01-16 |url-status=live }}

File:Deepika Padukone promoting Bajirao Mastani (cropped).jpg in 2015]]

Following an appearance in Homi Adajania's online video on feminism, entitled My Choice,{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone: Bollywood actress urges women to own their 'choice' over marriage, sex and sexuality |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/deepika-padukone-bollywood-actress-urges-women-to-own-their-choice-over-marriage-sex-and-sexuality-10145843.html |work=The Independent |date=31 March 2015 |access-date=1 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331183715/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/deepika-padukone-bollywood-actress-urges-women-to-own-their-choice-over-marriage-sex-and-sexuality-10145843.html |archive-date=31 March 2015 }} Padukone took on the role of a headstrong Bengali girl who cares for her hypochondriac father (played by Amitabh Bachchan), in Shoojit Sircar's comedy-drama Piku (2015). She was drawn to the depiction of a realistic father-daughter bond, which she thought was rare in Hindi cinema.{{cite news |last=Ratnam |first=Dhamini |title=Objectifying me, that is not done: Deepika Padukone |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/film-review-piku-is-a-quietly-brilliant-film-115050800287_1.html |work=Mint |date=27 December 2014 |access-date=25 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509232711/http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/film-review-piku-is-a-quietly-brilliant-film-115050800287_1.html |archive-date=9 May 2016}} Tanmaya Nanda of Business Standard praised the film's feminist tone, and wrote that Padukone proves "what she is capable of when given something more to do than look pretty and be the crazy-dance girl at parties".{{cite news |last=Nanda |first=Tanmaya |title=Film Review: Piku is a delightfully brilliant film |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/film-review-piku-is-a-quietly-brilliant-film-115050800287_1.html |work=Business Standard |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=9 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509232711/http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/film-review-piku-is-a-quietly-brilliant-film-115050800287_1.html |archive-date=9 May 2016 }} NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee opined that she "holds Piku together with a restrained star turn".{{cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Saibal |title=Piku Movie Review |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/piku-movie-review-1124 |publisher=NDTV |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=10 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510190128/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/piku-movie-review-1124 |archive-date=10 May 2015 }} With a worldwide gross of over {{INRConvert|1.40|b}}, Piku was a box office hit, and garnered Padukone several awards, including second Best Actress awards at Filmfare and Screen.{{cite news |title=Victory dance for Team 'Bajirao Mastani' at the Filmfare Awards |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Victory-dance-for-Team-Bajirao-Mastani-at-the-Filmfare-Awards/articleshow/50604444.cms |access-date=24 January 2016 |work=The Times of India |date=17 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121183819/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Victory-dance-for-Team-Bajirao-Mastani-at-the-Filmfare-Awards/articleshow/50604444.cms |archive-date=21 January 2016 }}{{cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Raya |title=Screen Awards 2016: Complete List of Winners |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/screen-awards-2016-complete-list-of-winners-1263815 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=9 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110051251/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/screen-awards-2016-complete-list-of-winners-1263815 |archive-date=10 January 2016 }}

Later in 2015, Padukone played a vulnerable young woman in love with a psychologically troubled man (played by Ranbir Kapoor) in Imtiaz Ali's romantic drama Tamasha. Sukanya Verma named her performance as the best by an actress that year, writing that she "is so potent in Tamasha, it's almost as if you can hear her heartbeat across the screen".{{cite web |last=Verma |first=Sukanya |title=Sukanya Verma's Best Actresses of 2015 |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/sukanya-vermas-best-actresses-of-2015/20151224.htm |date=24 December 2015 |work=Rediff.com |access-date=24 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123175703/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/sukanya-vermas-best-actresses-of-2015/20151224.htm |archive-date=23 January 2016 }} Reacting to the film's commercial failure, Padukone said that she did not measure success with box-office numbers.{{cite news |last=Khuranaa |first=Amann |title=Deepika Padukone reacts to Tamasha's box-office failure |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Deepika-Padukone-reacts-to-Tamashas-box-office-failure/articleshow/50186402.cms |access-date=24 January 2016 |work=The Times of India |date=15 December 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218163236/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Deepika-Padukone-reacts-to-Tamashas-box-office-failure/articleshow/50186402.cms |archive-date=18 December 2015 }} She reunited with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ranveer Singh in Bajirao Mastani, a historical drama about a tragic extramarital affair. Singh was cast as the maratha general Bajirao I, while Priyanka Chopra and Padukone featured as his first and second wife, respectively. To play the warrior-princess Mastani, Padukone learnt sword-fighting, horse-riding, and the martial art form of kalaripayattu.{{cite news |last=Awaasthi |first=Kavita |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/deepika-padukone-to-learn-sword-fighting-for-bajirao-mastani/story-KUjvxij1mi4pBQyOLkzWrM.html |title=Deepika Padukone to learn sword-fighting for Bajirao Mastani |work=Hindutan Times |date=23 January 2015 |access-date=19 December 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163238/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/deepika-padukone-to-learn-sword-fighting-for-bajirao-mastani/story-KUjvxij1mi4pBQyOLkzWrM.html |archive-date=22 December 2015 }} With a revenue of over {{INRConvert|3.5|b}}, Bajirao Mastani proved to be the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year. Anupama Chopra found Padukone "riveting", but Subhash K. Jha thought that she was "way too subtle and silken, and not steely enough".{{cite news |last=Chopra |first=Anupama |title=Bajirao Mastani review by Anupama Chopra: Soaring, searing, sumptuous |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/bajirao-mastani-review-by-anupama-chopra-soaring-searing-sumptuous/story-gZmskukJnTmbRtcS15D3XK.html |access-date=24 January 2016 |work=Hindustan Times |date=22 December 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116085552/http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/bajirao-mastani-review-by-anupama-chopra-soaring-searing-sumptuous/story-gZmskukJnTmbRtcS15D3XK.html |archive-date=16 January 2016 }}{{cite web |last=Jha |first=Subhash K. |title=Subhash K Jha speaks about Bajirao Mastani |date=19 December 2015 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/9439 |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=24 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119175354/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/9439 |archive-date=19 January 2016 }} At the 61st Filmfare Awards, Bajirao Mastani was named Best Film and Padukone received her second Best Actress nomination in that year.{{cite news |title=Nominations for the 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards |url=http://www.filmfare.com/news/nominations-for-the-61st-britannia-filmfare-awards-11809.html |access-date=24 January 2016 |work=Filmfare |date=11 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413161505/http://www.filmfare.com/news/nominations-for-the-61st-britannia-filmfare-awards-11809.html |archive-date=13 April 2016 }}

The action film XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), in which Padukone played the leading lady opposite Vin Diesel, marked her first project in Hollywood.{{cite web |last=Goyal |first=Divya |title=Deepika Padukone Wraps xXx 3 Shoot and in Such Style |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/hollywood/deepika-padukone-wraps-xxx-3-shoot-and-in-such-style-1405905 |publisher=NDTV |date=13 May 2016 |access-date=14 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513123136/http://movies.ndtv.com/hollywood/deepika-padukone-wraps-xxx-3-shoot-and-in-such-style-1405905 |archive-date=13 May 2016 }} The Philadelphia Inquirer{{'s}} Tirdad Derakhshani dismissed the film as "abysmal" and thought that Padukone's talent was wasted in it, but Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter believed that she "practically steals the film".{{cite news |last=Derakhshani |first=Tirdad |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/Vin-Diesels-xXx.html |title=Vin Diesel's 'xXx: Return of Xander Cage': Abysmal, unwatchable, embarrassing |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=20 January 2017 |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123172631/http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/Vin-Diesels-xXx.html |archive-date=23 January 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Scheck |first=Frank |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/xxx-return-xander-review-965998 |title='xXx: Return of Xander Cage': Film Review |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=19 January 2017 |access-date=20 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120024920/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/xxx-return-xander-review-965998 |archive-date=20 January 2017 }} The film earned over US$345 million worldwide, a majority of which came from the Chinese box office.{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=xxx3.htm |title=xXx: Return of Xander Cage |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=8 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329021315/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=xxx3.htm |archive-date=29 March 2017 }} Padukone received three nominations at the Teen Choice Awards.{{cite news |url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/teen-choice-awards-2017-nominees |title=Teen Choice Awards 2017: See the First Wave of Nominations |last=Ceron |first=Ella |work=Teen Vogue |date=19 June 2017 |access-date=20 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620033702/http://www.teenvogue.com/story/teen-choice-awards-2017-nominees |archive-date=20 June 2017}}{{Cite magazine |last=Shcherbakova |first=Lisa |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7865210/teen-choice-awards-2017-nominations-second-wave |title=Selena Gomez Leads Second Wave of Teen Choice Awards 2017 Nominations |magazine=Billboard |date=12 July 2017|access-date=14 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714060829/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7865210/teen-choice-awards-2017-nominations-second-wave |archive-date=14 July 2017}}

File:Deepika Padukone at Chhapaak premiere.jpg (2020), which marked her first production venture]]

In 2018, Padukone portrayed Rani Padmavati, a Rajput queen who commits jauhar (self-immolation) to protect herself from the Muslim invader Alauddin Khilji, in the period drama Padmaavat; it marked her third collaboration with Bhansali and Singh.{{cite news |title=It's official! Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati to release in 2017 |url=http://www.filmfare.com/news/its-official-sanjay-leela-bhansalis-padmavati-to-release-in-2017_-16000.html |work=Filmfare |date=10 October 2016 |access-date=10 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011140218/http://www.filmfare.com/news/its-official-sanjay-leela-bhansalis-padmavati-to-release-in-2017_-16000.html |archive-date=11 October 2016 }} She was challenged by the need to convey her character's courage through silence, and was emotionally exhausted by the experience.{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Raghuvendra |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/the-empress-strikes-back-25241.html |title=Deepika Padukone chats with Filmfare about Padmavati, Ranveer Singh & more in her exclusive interview |date=24 November 2017 |work=Filmfare |access-date=25 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125193654/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/the-empress-strikes-back-25241.html |archive-date=25 January 2018}} She read history books on the era and researched the various depictions of Padmavati. Right-wing Hindu groups speculated that the film portrayed a romantic liaison between Padmavati and Khilji; they protested violently and placed a bounty to behead Padukone and Bhansali.{{cite news |last=Ray |first=Saptarshi |title=Bounty placed on Bollywood actress' head after Hindu-Muslim film outrage |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/17/bounty-placed-bollywood-actress-head-hindu-muslim-film-outrage/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=17 November 2017 |access-date=2 December 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118052745/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/17/bounty-placed-bollywood-actress-head-hindu-muslim-film-outrage/ |archive-date=18 November 2017}} Following a deferment, the film was cleared for release after several modifications were made to it.{{cite news |title=Padmavati release deferred after protests, Sanjay Leela Bhansali film not to come out on Dec 1 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/padmavati-release-postponed-not-to-come-out-on-december-1/story-AAMT5dPtRloBAmSdqR4NRL.html |access-date=19 November 2017 |work=Hindustan Times |date=19 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119113357/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/padmavati-release-postponed-not-to-come-out-on-december-1/story-AAMT5dPtRloBAmSdqR4NRL.html |archive-date=19 November 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/film-padmavati-to-get-ua-certificate-title-may-be-changed-to-padmavat-1793855 |title=Censor Board Wants "Padmavati" Renamed "Padmavat", 5 Changes To Film |publisher=NDTV |date=30 December 2017 |access-date=30 December 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230133652/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/film-padmavati-to-get-ua-certificate-title-may-be-changed-to-padmavat-1793855 |archive-date=30 December 2017}} Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost criticised the film's glorification of jauhar, but credited Padukone for managing to "eke something out of the stereotype-ridden writing".{{cite web |last=Vetticad |first=Anna MM |title=Padmaavat movie review: Bhansali couches regressive, opportunistic messaging in exhausting visual splendour |url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/padmaavat-padmavati-padmavat-movie-review-bhansali-couches-regressive-opportunistic-messaging-in-exhausting-visual-splendour-4317153.html |website=Firstpost |date=24 January 2018 |access-date=24 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124090649/http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/padmaavat-padmavati-padmavat-movie-review-bhansali-couches-regressive-opportunistic-messaging-in-exhausting-visual-splendour-4317153.html |archive-date=24 January 2018}} With a then-record budget of {{INRConvert|2|b}}, Padmaavat had earnings of {{INRConvert|5.45|b}} to emerge as one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers.{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=3469 |title=Padmavati Being Aimed for a February Release |publisher=Box Office India |date=8 December 2017 |access-date=8 December 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208231459/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=3469 |archive-date=8 December 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=3881 |title=Worldwide Alltime : Padmaavat 7th – Baaghi 2 22nd |access-date=26 April 2018 |date=26 April 2018 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426213042/https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=3881 |archive-date=26 April 2018 |url-status=live }} She received another Best Actress nomination at Filmfare.{{cite news |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-the-64th-vimal-filmfare-awards-2019_-32898-1.html |title=Nominations for the 64th Vimal Filmfare Awards 2019 |work=Filmfare |date=12 March 2019 |access-date=13 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316052927/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-the-64th-vimal-filmfare-awards-2019_-32898-1.html |archive-date=16 March 2019 |url-status=live }}

Following Padmaavat, Padukone took some time off work to focus on her home and family.{{cite news |last=Chaurasia |first=Ankita |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-karan-johar-was-only-joking-when-he-said-ill-make-a-good-producer/articleshow/72985903.cms |title=Deepika Padukone: Karan Johar was only joking when he said I'll make a good producer |work=Mumbai Mirror |date=27 December 2019 |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229121808/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-karan-johar-was-only-joking-when-he-said-ill-make-a-good-producer/articleshow/72985903.cms |url-status=live }} In 2018, she formed her own company, named Ka Productions.{{cite news |last=Bhattacharya |first=Roshmila |author-link=Roshmila Bhattacharya |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-turns-producer-for-meghna-gulzars-next-directorial/articleshow/66077252.cms |title=Deepika Padukone turns producer for Meghna Gulzar's next directorial |work=Mumbai Mirror |date=5 October 2018 |access-date=5 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005052344/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-turns-producer-for-meghna-gulzars-next-directorial/articleshow/66077252.cms |archive-date=5 October 2018 |url-status=live }} The company's first release was Chhapaak (2020), a drama by Meghna Gulzar, in which Padukone starred as an acid attack survivor (based on Laxmi Agarwal).{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/deepikas-next-chhapaak-is-a-story-of-undying-human-spirit/articleshow/68549587.cms|title=Deepika's next 'Chhapaak' is a story of undying human spirit|newspaper=The Times Of India|date=25 March 2019|access-date=25 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325025119/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/deepikas-next-chhapaak-is-a-story-of-undying-human-spirit/articleshow/68549587.cms|archive-date=25 March 2019|url-status=live}} She found it taxing to film in extreme heat wearing prosthetic makeup on her face, and considered it to be the most physically challenging role of her career.{{cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Devarsi |url=https://scroll.in/reel/948467/deepika-padukone-on-chhapaak-this-was-my-most-physically-challenging-film |title=Deepika Padukone on 'Chhapaak': 'This was my most physically challenging film' |website=Scroll.in |date=4 January 2020 |access-date=5 January 2020 |archive-date=4 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104182937/https://scroll.in/reel/948467/deepika-padukone-on-chhapaak-this-was-my-most-physically-challenging-film |url-status=live }} Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express was appreciative of Padukone for "not just putting the focus on the ravaged-skin [...] but reflecting a mix of pain, anger, resignation" and Teo Bugbee of The New York Times found her "by turns inquisitive, watchful and serene but never maudlin".{{cite news |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/chhapaak-movie-review-rating-deepika-padukone-6207416/ |title=Chhapaak movie review: Deepika Padukone delivers a solid, realised performance |work=The Indian Express |date=9 January 2020 |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-date=9 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109074206/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/chhapaak-movie-review-rating-deepika-padukone-6207416/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Bugbee |first=Teo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/movies/chhapaak-review.html |title=Chhapaak Review: Life and Activism After an Acid Attack |work=The New York Times |date=10 January 2020 |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=10 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110051016/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/movies/chhapaak-review.html |url-status=live }} She received another Best Actress nomination at Filmfare.{{cite news |title=66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021: Check out the complete list of nominees |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/66th-vimal-elaichi-filmfare-awards-2021-check-out-the-complete-list-of-nominees/articleshow/81691822.cms |access-date=29 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=25 March 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327133829/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/66th-vimal-elaichi-filmfare-awards-2021-check-out-the-complete-list-of-nominees/articleshow/81691822.cms |url-status=live }} Amidst significant political backlash due to Padukone's perceived support for the Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Chhapaak failed commercially.{{cite web|last=Jha|first=Subhash K.|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/much-lauded-deepika-padukone-starrer-chhapaak-crashes-box-office-trade-experts-analyse/|title=The much lauded Deepika Padukone starrer Chhapaak crashes at the box office, trade experts analyse|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=18 January 2020|access-date=18 January 2020|archive-date=18 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118131719/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/much-lauded-deepika-padukone-starrer-chhapaak-crashes-box-office-trade-experts-analyse/|url-status=live}}

Padukone's next production venture was 83 (2021), a sports drama about India's victory at the 1983 Cricket World Cup, starring Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, in which she also took on the role of Dev's wife, Romi.{{cite web |author=Mishra, Shambhavi |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/deepika-padukone-wants-to-spend-time-with-kapil-dev-s-wife-romi-for-83-prep-details-here/434039 |title=Deepika Padukone wants to spend time with Kapil Dev's wife Romi for '83 prep – details here |website=Times Now |date=10 June 2019 |access-date=10 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610061110/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/deepika-padukone-wants-to-spend-time-with-kapil-dev-s-wife-romi-for-83-prep-details-here/434039 |archive-date=10 June 2019 |url-status=live }} The film was delayed several times chiefly due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.{{cite web |title=Sooryavanshi, No Time To Die, 83, Brahmastra and Other Films Still Delayed Amid Coronavirus |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/sooryavanshi-no-time-to-die-83-brahmastra-and-other-films-still-delayed-amid-coronavirus-3766934.html |publisher=News18 |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en |date=23 May 2021 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224092924/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/sooryavanshi-no-time-to-die-83-brahmastra-and-other-films-still-delayed-amid-coronavirus-3766934.html |url-status=live }} Padukone was director Kabir Khan's first choice as he considered casting a real-life couple as an onscreen pair to be a good marketing strategy.{{cite news |title=Kabir Khan on getting Deepika Padukone onboard 83: I would have gone to her even if she wasn't married to Ranveer Singh |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/kabir-khan-on-getting-deepika-padukone-onboard-83-i-would-have-gone-to-her-even-if-she-wasn-t-married-to-ranveer-singh-101640184370981.html |access-date=9 January 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=23 December 2021 |language=en |archive-date=6 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106230955/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/kabir-khan-on-getting-deepika-padukone-onboard-83-i-would-have-gone-to-her-even-if-she-wasn-t-married-to-ranveer-singh-101640184370981.html |url-status=live }} Reviews for the film were positive,{{cite news |title=83 Movie Review: FIVE reasons why you should not miss Kabir Khan's sports drama starring Ranveer Singh |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/83-five-reasons-why-you-should-not-miss-kabir-khans-sports-drama-starring-ranveer-singh/photostory/88444588.cms |access-date=9 January 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=23 December 2021 |language=en |archive-date=25 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225152519/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/83-five-reasons-why-you-should-not-miss-kabir-khans-sports-drama-starring-ranveer-singh/photostory/88444588.cms |url-status=live }} with Davesh Sharma of Filmfare commending Padukone for adding glamour to her supporting part.{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Davesh |title=Movie Review: '83 |url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/83-movie-review-51882.html |access-date=9 January 2022 |work=Filmfare |date=25 December 2021 |language=en |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224160857/https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/83-movie-review-51882.html |url-status=live }} It failed to perform well commercially.{{Cite web |date=7 January 2022 |title=Ranveer's '83' To Suffer Historic Loss Higher Than 'Bombay Velvet' & It's Heartbreaking |url=https://www.mensxp.com/entertainment/bollywood/99342-ranveer-singh-83-biggest-bollywood-flop-beating-ranbir-kapoor-bombay-velvet.html |access-date=9 January 2022 |website=MensXp |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108144112/https://www.mensxp.com/entertainment/bollywood/99342-ranveer-singh-83-biggest-bollywood-flop-beating-ranbir-kapoor-bombay-velvet.html |url-status=live }} Padukone next took on a leading role in Shakun Batra's Gehraiyaan (2022), a drama about infidelity which was released on Amazon Prime Video.{{Cite news|title=Shakun Batra's Gehraiyaan starring Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ananya Panday to release on Amazon Prime Video on January 25, 2022|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/shakun-batras-gehraiyaan-starring-deepika-padukone-siddhant-chaturvedi-and-ananya-panday-to-release-on-amazon-prime-video-on-january-25-2022/|date=20 December 2021|access-date=20 December 2021|work=Bollywood Hungama|archive-date=20 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220044844/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/shakun-batras-gehraiyaan-starring-deepika-padukone-siddhant-chaturvedi-and-ananya-panday-to-release-on-amazon-prime-video-on-january-25-2022/|url-status=live}} She described her part of a troubled woman engaged in an affair as the most layered of her career.{{Cite web |date=15 January 2022 |title=Deepika Padukone interview: Intimacy in 'Gehraiyaan' is not to titillate the audience |url=https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/interview-deepika-padukone-on-gehraiyaan-intimacy-in-the-film-is-not-to-titillate-the-audience-453425 |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=Wion |archive-date=18 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118171858/https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/interview-deepika-padukone-on-gehraiyaan-intimacy-in-the-film-is-not-to-titillate-the-audience-453425 |url-status=live }} In a mixed review for the film, Siddhant Adlakha of IndieWire was appreciative of Padukone's "emotionally complex" performance.{{cite news |last1=Adlakha |first1=Siddhant |title='Gehraiyaan' Review: Deepika Padukone Stars in Bollywood Romance that Falls Short of True Love |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/02/gehrayiaan-review-amazon-prime-2-1234698073/ |access-date=9 January 2022 |work=IndieWire |date=10 February 2022 |archive-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210183828/https://www.indiewire.com/2022/02/gehrayiaan-review-amazon-prime-2-1234698073/ |url-status=live }} She served as a jury member at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/before-deepika-padukone-these-indian-stars-were-part-of-the-cannes-jury-10687261.html|title=Before Deepika Padukone, these Indian stars were part of the Cannes jury|date=18 May 2022|access-date=9 August 2022|website=Firstpost|language=en|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809104907/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/before-deepika-padukone-these-indian-stars-were-part-of-the-cannes-jury-10687261.html|url-status=live}}

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Padukone reunited with Shah Rukh Khan in Siddharth Anand's action film Pathaan (2023), set in the YRF Spy Universe.{{cite web|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/deepika-padukone-joins-shoot-of-pathaan-in-mumbai-to-reunite-with-shah-rukh-khan-again/story-7k4JYpEgxDQY6qfydty54O_amp.html|title=Deepika Padukone joins shoot of Pathaan in Mumbai, to reunite with Shah Rukh Khan again|date=23 November 2020|access-date=18 December 2020|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208050359/https://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/deepika-padukone-joins-shoot-of-pathaan-in-mumbai-to-reunite-with-shah-rukh-khan-again/story-7k4JYpEgxDQY6qfydty54O_amp.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-begins-shooting-for-pathan-7062284/|title=Deepika Padukone begins shooting for YRF movie Pathan|date=24 November 2020|access-date=18 December 2020|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208012524/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-begins-shooting-for-pathan-7062284/|url-status=live}} A song in the film, "Besharam Rang", featured Padukone in a saffron bikini, which became controversial once right-wing Hindutva groups deemed it obscene and objectionable.{{Cite web |date=19 December 2022 |title=Besharam Rang': How the controversy surrounding the 'Pathaan' song refuses to die down |url=https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/besharam-rang-how-the-controversy-surrounding-the-pathaan-song-refuses-to-die-down-11834841.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223084033/https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/besharam-rang-how-the-controversy-surrounding-the-pathaan-song-refuses-to-die-down-11834841.html |archive-date=23 December 2022 |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=Firstpost}} The Central Board of Film Certification cleared the film for release after some edits were made to the song sequence.{{Cite news |date=5 January 2023 |title=Deepika Padukone's golden swimsuit scene, butt shots censored from Pathaan's Besharam Rang: Report |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/deepika-padukones-golden-swimsuit-scene-buttock-shots-removed-from-besharam-rang-2317834-2023-01-05 |access-date=18 January 2023 |magazine=India Today |archive-date=18 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118171837/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/deepika-padukones-golden-swimsuit-scene-buttock-shots-removed-from-besharam-rang-2317834-2023-01-05 |url-status=live }} Saibal Chatterjee wrote that Padukone "pulls off the dual act of an irrepressible femme fatale and a committed soldier with elan".{{Cite web|last=Chatterjee|first=Saibal|date=25 January 2023|title=Pathaan Review: Shah Rukh Khan Doesn't Miss A Trick In Phenomenally Entertaining Spy Thriller|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pathaan-review-shah-rukh-khan-doesnt-miss-a-trick-in-phenomenally-entertaining-spy-thriller-3722920#pfrom-movies-topstories|access-date=25 January 2023|website=NDTV|archive-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125085635/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pathaan-review-shah-rukh-khan-doesnt-miss-a-trick-in-phenomenally-entertaining-spy-thriller-3722920#pfrom-movies-topstories|url-status=live}} In her second collaboration with Khan in the same year, Padukone played a brief role (billed as a special appearance) in the action thriller Jawan.{{cite news|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/jawan-prevue-deepika-padukone-gets-in-on-the-action-in-scene-stealing-cameo-59719.html|title=Jawan Prevue: Deepika Padukone gets in on the action in scene-stealing cameo|work=Filmfare|date=10 July 2023|access-date=10 July 2023|archive-date=10 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710070415/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/jawan-prevue-deepika-padukone-gets-in-on-the-action-in-scene-stealing-cameo-59719.html|url-status=live}} Reviewers for Hindustan Times and The Week noted how much her pairing with Khan helped the picture.{{cite news|last=Rawal Kukreja|first=Monica|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/jawan-review-shah-rukh-khan-packs-a-punch-in-this-massy-meaningful-actioner-101694057660807.html|title=Jawan review: Shah Rukh Khan packs a punch in this massy, meaningful actioner|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=7 September 2023|archive-date=7 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907184351/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/jawan-review-shah-rukh-khan-packs-a-punch-in-this-massy-meaningful-actioner-101694057660807.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Biiraia Jaiswal|first=Pooja|url=https://www.theweek.in/review/movies/2023/09/07/jawan-review-loads-and-loads-of-shah-rukh-khan-two-actually-yet-no-overdose.html|title=Jawan review: Loads and loads of Shah Rukh Khan, two actually, yet no overdose|work=The Week|date=7 September 2023|access-date=8 September 2023|archive-date=8 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908072514/https://www.theweek.in/review/movies/2023/09/07/jawan-review-loads-and-loads-of-shah-rukh-khan-two-actually-yet-no-overdose.html|url-status=live}} Both Pathaan and Jawan broke several box-office records for a Hindi film, each earning over {{INRConvert|10|b}} to rank among Hindi cinema's biggest grossers.{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=7 February 2023 |title=Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Tops $100M At Global Box Office |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/pathan-100-million-global-box-office-shah-rukh-khan-deepika-padukone-1235251915/ |access-date=7 February 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207132503/https://deadline.com/2023/02/pathan-100-million-global-box-office-shah-rukh-khan-deepika-padukone-1235251915/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=25 September 2023 |title='The Nun II' Tops $200M Global, 'Jawan' Now Biggest Bollywood Movie Ever In India – International Box Office |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/the-nun-2-jawan-shah-rukh-khan-milestones-expendables-4-global-international-box-office-1235554810/ |access-date=25 September 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925093514/https://deadline.com/2023/09/the-nun-2-jawan-shah-rukh-khan-milestones-expendables-4-global-international-box-office-1235554810/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office-collections/worldwide/all-time/ |title=Bollywood Top Grossers Worldwide: All Time |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=25 September 2023 |archive-date=28 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128100840/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office-collections/worldwide/all-time/ |url-status=live }} Padukone received another Best Actress nomination at Filmfare for Pathaan.{{cite news|title=Nominations for the 69th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2024 with Gujarat Tourism: Full list out|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-the-69th-hyundai-filmfare-awards-2024-with-gujarat-tourism-full-list-out-63822.html|magazine=Filmfare|date=15 January 2024|access-date=15 January 2024|archive-date=15 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115193555/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-the-69th-hyundai-filmfare-awards-2024-with-gujarat-tourism-full-list-out-63822.html|url-status=live}} Her accomplishments of the year led India Today to name her as "the go-to actress for big-budget spectacles".{{cite news|title=Deepika Padukone: Global diva|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/high-and-mighty/story/20230605-deepika-padukone-global-diva-2384259-2023-05-26|magazine=India Today|date=5 June 2023|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126072514/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/high-and-mighty/story/20230605-deepika-padukone-global-diva-2384259-2023-05-26|url-status=live}} Describing her multiple collaborations with Khan, she has said that they have a "deep trust" and "a sense of ownership over each other".{{Cite news|last=Zakaria|first=Namrata|date=24 September 2023|title='Don't feel I need to move to another country to be accepted': Deepika Padukone on global ambitions|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2023/09/15/bollywood-actor-deepika-padukone-interview.html|access-date=25 January 2024|work=The Week|archive-date=12 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112000811/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2023/09/15/bollywood-actor-deepika-padukone-interview.html|url-status=live}}

Continuing her work in big-budget action films, Padukone had three such releases in 2024. Some commentators complained that her consecutive roles in such androcentric films did not give her much scope to perform.{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/frankly-speaking-deepika-padukone-getting-stereotyped-roles-needs-paradigm-shift-time-runs/|title=Frankly Speaking: Deepika Padukone getting stereotyped with her roles; needs a paradigm shift before time runs out|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=31 January 2024|access-date=1 February 2024|archive-date=1 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201032321/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/frankly-speaking-deepika-padukone-getting-stereotyped-roles-needs-paradigm-shift-time-runs/|url-status=live}} She collaborated with Anand once again in Fighter, co-starring Hrithik Roshan.{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Deepali|date=24 January 2024|title=Deepika Padukone: 'Fighter is our tribute to every single fighter out there who put their life at risk every day to keep us safe'|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/entertainment/deepika-padukone-fighter-interview-12118951.html|access-date=25 January 2024|website=Money Control|archive-date=24 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124141259/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/entertainment/deepika-padukone-fighter-interview-12118951.html|url-status=live}} For their roles as Indian Air Force officers, Roshan and Padukone were required to undergo martial arts training.{{Cite news |date=14 June 2022 |title=Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone to undergo intensive martial arts training for 'Fighter' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/hrithik-roshan-and-deepika-padukone-to-undergo-intensive-martial-arts-training-for-fighter/articleshow/92194435.cms/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=The Times of India |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511071643/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/hrithik-roshan-and-deepika-padukone-to-undergo-intensive-martial-arts-training-for-fighter/articleshow/92194435.cms/ |url-status=live }} WION's Shomini Singh wrote that she "looks gorgeous and shares good chemistry with Roshan- but her potential as an actress is never capitalised".{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Shomini|url=https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-fighter-review-hrithik-roshan-deepika-padukones-film-gets-it-right-despite-predictability-683496|title=Fighter review: Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone's film gets it right despite predictability|website=WION|date=25 January 2024|access-date=25 January 2024|archive-date=2 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202075539/https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-fighter-review-hrithik-roshan-deepika-padukones-film-gets-it-right-despite-predictability-683496|url-status=live}} Padukone then featured alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Prabhas in Kalki 2898 AD, a Telugu science fiction film from filmmaker Nag Ashwin made on a record budget of {{INRConvert|6|b}}.{{cite web|last=Abraham|first=Hannah|url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/kalki-2898-ad-exploring-nag-ashwin-prabhas-amitabh-bachchan-deepika-padukone-movie-1235942384/|title='Kalki 2898 AD': Inside The Prabhas-Starring Sci-Fi Epic That Is One Of India's Most Expensive Movies Of All Time|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=29 May 2024|access-date=4 July 2024}} Set in a dystopian future, she played a pregnant test subject on the run. Sukanya Verma found her "significant even in a passive part" but Scroll.in's Nandini Ramnath opined that she "has little to do beyond looking stricken".{{cite web|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/kalki-2898-ad-review/20240627.htm|title=Kalki 2898 AD Review: The Force Is Strong|website=Rediff.com|date=27 June 2024|access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite web|last=Ramnath|first=Nandini|url=https://scroll.in/reel/1069700/kalki-2898-ad-review-low-returns-from-a-derivative-futuristic-film|title='Kalki 2898 AD' review: Ambitious but uninvolving|website=Scroll.in|date=27 June 2024|access-date=27 June 2024}} Padukone also joined Rohit Shetty's Cop Universe franchise in the ensemble action sequel Singham Again (2024), starring Ajay Devgn in the title role.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-ajay-devgn-akshay-kumar-ranveer-singh-begin-filming-for-rohit-shetty-singham-again-deepika-padukone-3060807/|title=Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh begin filming for Rohit Shetty's Singham Again: 'Hum apni jaan laga denge'|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=16 September 2023|access-date=16 September 2023|archive-date=20 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920023230/https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-ajay-devgn-akshay-kumar-ranveer-singh-begin-filming-for-rohit-shetty-singham-again-deepika-padukone-3060807|url-status=live}} Mint{{'s}} Udita Jhunjhunwala lamented her "insufficient presence" in it.{{cite news |last=Jhunjhunwala |first=Udita |title='Singham Again' review: Rohit Shetty's cop version of the 'Ramayana' |url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/art-and-culture/singham-again-review-rohit-shetty-ajay-devgn-kareena-kapoor-cop-version-ramayana-11730566053441.html |access-date=4 November 2024 |work=Mint |date=2 November 2024}} Kalki 2898 AD, Singham Again and Fighter rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of 2024, with the former earning {{INRConvert|10|b}} worldwide and the latter two having modest returns on their high production budgets.{{cite news |last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/kalki-2898-ad-indian-box-office-first-half-2024-1236075003/ |title='Kalki 2898 AD' Leads as Indian Box Office Hits $600 Million in First Half of 2024 |work=Variety |date=17 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 }}{{cite web |last=Singh|first=Jatinder|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/highest-grossing-indian-films-worldwide-box-office-prabhas-starrer-kalki-2898-ad-eighth-to-900cr-1328967 |title=Highest grossing Indian films worldwide box office: Prabhas starrer Kalki 2898 AD eighth to 900cr |website=Pinkvilla |date=17 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 }}{{Cite web |last=Dixit |first=Mohit |title=Amaran, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, Singham Again and other Diwali 2024 releases report card: From Blockbuster to Average & Flop |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/amaran-bhool-bhulaiyaa-3-singham-again-and-other-diwali-2024-releases-report-card-from-blockbuster-to-average-flop-1359044 |date=20 November 2024|access-date=20 November 2024 |website=Pinkvilla}}

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Padukone shares a close bond with her family, and visits them regularly in her hometown of Bangalore.{{cite news |author=Muthanna, Anjali |title=Deepika makes time for family in Bangalore |date=25 May 2013 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/kannada/news-interviews/Deepika-makes-time-for-family-in-Bangalore/articleshow/20243794.cms |access-date=25 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928194307/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-25/news-interviews/39520879_1_deepika-padukone-bangalore-girl-yjhd |archive-date=28 September 2013 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }} She lives in Prabhadevi, a neighbourhood in Mumbai, and has admitted to missing the presence of her parents there.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone's South Indian home |date=7 November 2011 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2505006891.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=4 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410000136/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2505006891.html |archive-date=10 April 2016 }}{{cite news |author=Ahmed, Afsana |title=I want to be the first girl Ranbir Kapoor directs: Deepika Padukone |date=23 June 2013 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/i-want-to-be-the-first-girl-ranbir-kapoor-directs-deepika-padukone/story-YHxXvKq8N4PFSgD1glVKEP.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=4 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203134412/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/i-want-to-be-the-first-girl-ranbir-kapoor-directs-deepika-padukone/story-YHxXvKq8N4PFSgD1glVKEP.html |archive-date=3 February 2016 }} A practising Hindu, Padukone considers religion to be an important aspect of her life and makes frequent visits to temples and other religious shrines.{{cite news |author=Batra, Ankur |title=Deepika Padukone on a religious trip |date=8 September 2011 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-Padukone-on-a-religious-trip/articleshow/9897395.cms |access-date=25 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928194315/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-08/news-interviews/30123474_1_deepika-padukone-golden-temple-morning-walkers |archive-date=28 September 2013 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }}

While filming Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008, Padukone began a romantic relationship with co-star Ranbir Kapoor.{{cite web |title=I've been dating Deepika for few weeks: Ranbir Kapoor |date=17 March 2008 |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/i-ve-been-dating-deepika-for-a-few-weeks-ranbir-kapoor-news-bollywood-kkftL3hfdja.html |access-date=17 March 2008 |website=Sify |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231090325/http://www.sify.com/movies/i-ve-been-dating-deepika-for-a-few-weeks-ranbir-kapoor-news-bollywood-kkftL3hfdja.html |archive-date=31 December 2010 }} She spoke openly about the relationship and sported a tattoo of his initials on the nape of her neck.{{cite news |last=Behrawala |first=Krutika |title=Tattoo Tales |date=17 August 2012 |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/tattoo-tales/987803/ |access-date=4 September 2013 |work=The Indian Express |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208095326/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/tattoo-tales/987803 |archive-date=8 February 2016 }} She has said that the relationship had a profound effect on her, transforming her into a more confident and social person.{{cite book |title=Drum |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_OosAQAAIAAJ |year=2008 |publisher=Drum Publications (East Africa) |page=98 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114120425/http://books.google.com/books?id=_OosAQAAIAAJ |archive-date=14 November 2013 }} The couple broke up a year later;{{cite news |author=Lalwani, Vickey |title=Deepika-Ranbir call it quits! |date=3 November 2009 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-Ranbir-call-it-quits/articleshow/5191380.cms |access-date=10 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025161535/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-03/news-interviews/28091798_1_ranbir-kapoor-deepika-padukone-nihar-pandya |archive-date=25 October 2012 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }} she professed in an interview to feeling betrayed for a long time. In a 2010 interview, Padukone accused him of infidelity, and Kapoor later admitted to it.{{cite news |title=He cheated on me: Deepika |date=28 September 2010 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/he-cheated-on-me-deepika/story-Yb1QlWYJgHy9rIyGhoaWJP.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=4 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032126/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/he-cheated-on-me-deepika/story-Yb1QlWYJgHy9rIyGhoaWJP.html |archive-date=17 November 2015 }}{{cite news |author=Punoose, Rukhmini |title=Deepika on a dream run |url=http://www.verveonline.com/89/people/deepika.shtml |work=Verve |access-date=4 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927193225/http://www.verveonline.com/89/people/deepika.shtml |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Yes, I cheated: Ranbir |date=30 September 2011 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Yes-I-cheated-Ranbir-Kapoor/articleshow/10181376.cms |access-date=4 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203192202/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-30/news-interviews/30229828_1_ranbir-kapoor-deepika-padukone-relationship |archive-date=3 December 2013 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }} They reconciled their friendship while working on Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.{{cite news |title='Ranbir and I have become a lot closer now' – Deepika Padukone |last=Tandon |first=Raedita |date=28 June 2013 |url=http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/ranbir-and-i-have-become-a-lot-closer-now-deepika-padukone-3546.html |work=Filmfare |access-date=4 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002175110/http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/ranbir-and-i-have-become-a-lot-closer-now-deepika-padukone-3546.html |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}

Padukone subsequently became reticent to discuss her personal life, but in 2017, she fondly spoke of her relationship with her frequent co-star Ranveer Singh, whom she began dating in August 2012.{{cite news |last=Choudhary |first=Anuradha |title=Exclusive and explosive: Deepika Padukone's first interview after marriage |url=https://www.filmfare.com/interviews/exclusive-and-explosive-deepika-padukones-first-interview-after-marriage-31906.html |work=Filmfare |date=28 December 2018 |access-date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416085522/https://www.filmfare.com/interviews/exclusive-and-explosive-deepika-padukones-first-interview-after-marriage-31906.html |url-status=live }} In October 2018, the couple announced their impending marriage.{{cite news|title=Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh announce wedding date|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-ranveer-singh-wedding-card-date-5411450/|work=The Indian Express|date=21 October 2018|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021190905/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-ranveer-singh-wedding-card-date-5411450/|archive-date=21 October 2018|url-status=live}} The following month, they married in traditional Konkani Hindu and Sikh Anand Karaj ceremonies at Lake Como, Italy.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh are married now, wedding ceremony ends in Italy |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/deepika-padukone-ranveer-singh-are-married-now-wedding-ceremony-ends-in-italy/story-OrrIJnMvTwI1wSwl7JbWqM.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=14 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114143025/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/deepika-padukone-ranveer-singh-are-married-now-wedding-ceremony-ends-in-italy/story-OrrIJnMvTwI1wSwl7JbWqM.html |archive-date=14 November 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/ranveer-singh-deepika-padukone-wedding-sikh-body-upset-over-anand-karaj-performed-outside-gurdwara/story-gtw6h2BVs7F2tCD3VjK85K.html|title=Ranveer Singh-Deepika Padukone wedding: Sikh body upset over Anand Karaj performed outside gurdwara|date=19 November 2018|access-date=19 December 2018|work=Hindustan Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219134548/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/ranveer-singh-deepika-padukone-wedding-sikh-body-upset-over-anand-karaj-performed-outside-gurdwara/story-gtw6h2BVs7F2tCD3VjK85K.html|archive-date=19 December 2018|url-status=live}} On 8 September 2024, she gave birth to their daughter Dua.{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-ranveer-singh-blessed-with-baby-girl-101725714396435.html|title=Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh blessed with baby girl|date=8 September 2024|access-date=8 September 2024|work=Hindustan Times}}

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In addition to acting, Padukone has written opinion columns and has been involved with women's health and fitness magazines. She has also supported charitable organisations, and has performed for stage shows. In 2009, she was hired by Hindustan Times to write weekly columns for their lifestyle section; through these columns she interacted with her fans and passed details of her personal and professional life.{{cite news |last=Padukone |first=Deepika |title=My nervous excitement |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/my-nervous-excitement/story-cd9szDgxJirCJBRYiRSANO.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=27 July 2009 |access-date=7 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115730/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/my-nervous-excitement/story-cd9szDgxJirCJBRYiRSANO.html |archive-date=22 December 2015 }}{{cite news |last=Padukone |first=Deepika |title=Our love stays: Deepika |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/our-love-stays-deepika/story-g90A33jkUB0aliIisrjLmJ.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=12 October 2009 |access-date=7 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222091753/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/our-love-stays-deepika/story-g90A33jkUB0aliIisrjLmJ.html |archive-date=22 December 2015 }} That year, she participated in the World 10K Bangalore marathon, which raised {{INRConvert|13.1|m}} in support of 81 NGOs.{{cite news |title=Deepika for charity |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/people/Deepika-for-charity/articleshow/4802748.cms |access-date=24 June 2013 |date=22 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928200019/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-22/people/28169980_1_charity-event-bangaloreans |archive-date=28 September 2013 |newspaper=The Times of India |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone raises Rs 1.3 crore for several charities |url=http://archive.mid-day.com/entertainment/2009/jul/090709-Bollywood-Bengaluru-Deepika-Padukone-marathon-1-crore-charity.htm |access-date=24 June 2013 |newspaper=Mid-Day |date=9 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911085117/http://archive.mid-day.com/entertainment/2009/jul/090709-Bollywood-Bengaluru-Deepika-Padukone-marathon-1-crore-charity.htm |archive-date=11 September 2018 |url-status=live }} In 2010, Padukone adopted the Maharashtrian village of Ambegaon as part of NDTV's Greenathon Campaign, to provide the village with a regular supply of electricity.{{cite news |last=Joshi |first=Tushar |title=Deepika adopts a Ambegaon village |url=http://archive.mid-day.com/entertainment/2010/mar/100310-Deepika-Padukone-Ambegaon-village-Greenathon-campaign.htm |access-date=21 April 2013 |newspaper=Mid Day |date=10 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911085232/http://archive.mid-day.com/entertainment/2010/mar/100310-Deepika-Padukone-Ambegaon-village-Greenathon-campaign.htm |archive-date=11 September 2018 |url-status=live }} She visited Indian jawans (troops) in Jammu, for an Independence Day special episode of NDTV's reality show Jai Jawaan.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone in uniform |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/entertainment/rough-n-tough-deepika-padukone-in-uniform/photo-yIFQ9OLxuFGsGEJk7bEiUI.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=24 June 2013 |date=23 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222144133/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/entertainment/rough-n-tough-deepika-padukone-in-uniform/photo-yIFQ9OLxuFGsGEJk7bEiUI.html |archive-date=22 December 2015 }}

Padukone took part in the opening ceremony of the third season of the Indian Premier League at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.{{cite web |title=IPL 3 kicks off with grand opening ceremony |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/134698-ipl-3-kicks-off-with-grand-opening-ceremony |publisher=NDTV |access-date=24 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100537/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/134698-ipl-3-kicks-off-with-grand-opening-ceremony |archive-date=6 October 2014 }} Three years later, she performed alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Pitbull for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League.{{cite web |title=IPL 2013: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Pitbull showcase diverse culture |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/ipl-2013-shah-rukh-khan-katrina-kaif-deepika-padukone-pitbull-showcase-diverse-culture-349474 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=24 June 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713121133/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/ipl-2013-shah-rukh-khan-katrina-kaif-deepika-padukone-pitbull-showcase-diverse-culture-349474 |archive-date=13 July 2014 }} In 2014, she participated in a concert tour across North America, entitled "SLAM! The Tour", in which she performed alongside her co-stars from Happy New Year.{{cite news |title=Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone take America by storm |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shah-rukh-khan-deepika-padukone-slam-american-fans-houston-new-jersey/1/384742.html |work=India Today |date=24 September 2014 |access-date=26 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926201737/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shah-rukh-khan-deepika-padukone-slam-american-fans-houston-new-jersey/1/384742.html |archive-date=26 September 2014 }} Padukone has also been involved with the Olympic Gold Quest team, established by her father and Geet Sethi to support Indian athletes at the Olympic Games, along with sports personalities such as Leander Paes and Viswanathan Anand and several other actors.{{cite book |last=Nehwal |first=Saina |title=Playing to Win |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBSi3rdUPO0C&pg=PT41 |date=15 December 2012 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-81-8475-915-0 |page=41 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101113850/http://books.google.com/books?id=tBSi3rdUPO0C&pg=PT41 |archive-date=1 November 2013 }} In 2022, Padukone and Spanish footballer Iker Casillas unveiled the FIFA World Cup Trophy at the competition's final match in Qatar.

In 2013, she launched her own line of clothing for women, in association with the retail chain Van Heusen.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone makes her debut as fashion designer |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/deepika-padukone-makes-her-debut-as-fashion-designer/1177826/ |access-date=4 October 2013 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=3 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213011332/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/deepika-padukone-makes-her-debut-as-fashion-designer/1177826 |archive-date=13 February 2014 }} Two years later, she collaborated with the fashion portal Myntra to launch another line under her brand "All About You".{{cite news |author=Anshul |title=Myntra launches Deepika Padukone brand 'All About You'; prices start Rs 1,500 |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/companies/myntra-launches-deepika-padukone-brand-all-about-you-prices-start-rs-1500/154226/ |access-date=11 October 2016 |work=The Financial Express |date=20 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011224233/http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/companies/myntra-launches-deepika-padukone-brand-all-about-you-prices-start-rs-1500/154226/ |archive-date=11 October 2016 }} From 2019 to 2021, she served as the chairperson of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone is the new MAMI chairperson |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-is-the-new-mami-chairperson/articleshow/67750989.cms |access-date=30 January 2019 |newspaper=Mumbai Mirror |date=30 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130110026/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukone-is-the-new-mami-chairperson/articleshow/67750989.cms |archive-date=30 January 2019 |url-status=live }} Through her own company, Ka Enterprises, Padukone has invested in several startups, including Drum Foods International, a fast-moving consumer goods company, and Blu Smart, an electric taxi.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone invests in maker of Epigamia yogurt |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/start-ups/deepika-padukone-invests-in-maker-of-epigamia-yogurt-1557771851043.html |access-date=16 May 2019 |work=Mint |date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517231717/https://www.livemint.com/companies/start-ups/deepika-padukone-invests-in-maker-of-epigamia-yogurt-1557771851043.html |archive-date=17 May 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|author=Sriram, M.|title=Deepika Padukone's family office invests in e-taxi startup Blu Smart|url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/start-ups/deepika-padukone-s-family-office-invests-in-blu-smart-1569243127845.html|access-date=24 September 2019|work=Mint|date=23 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924101621/https://www.livemint.com/companies/start-ups/deepika-padukone-s-family-office-invests-in-blu-smart-1569243127845.html|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}} In 2022, she launched her own self-care brand, named 82°E, beginning with skincare products.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone has the world at her feet |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/showstoppers-202223/deepika-padukone-has-the-world-at-her-feet/82355/1 |access-date=18 January 2023 |magazine=Forbes |date=5 January 2023 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117235807/https://www.forbesindia.com/article/showstoppers-202223/deepika-padukone-has-the-world-at-her-feet/82355/1 |url-status=live }} The brand raised $7.5 million in seed funding to launch new products.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone's self-care brand 82°E raises $7.5 m seed round |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/deepika-padukones-self-care-brand-82e%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B-raises-75-m-seed-round/article66266408.ece |access-date=18 January 2023 |work=The Hindu Business Line |date=15 December 2022 |archive-date=18 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118172207/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/deepika-padukones-self-care-brand-82e%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B-raises-75-m-seed-round/article66266408.ece |url-status=live }}

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Padukone has also been outspoken on issues such as feminism and has said, "New feminism isn't about being aggressive; it's about reaching the top yet being soft. It's about being you – feminine, strong and full of will power."{{cite book |last=Sinha |first=Dheeraj |title=Consumer India: Inside the Indian Mind and Wallet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uw-XCvE9G4YC&pg=PA129 |date=14 February 2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-82632-4 |page=129}} In a 2015 interview, Padukone spoke about her personal experience of overcoming depression, and in October that year she formed a foundation to create awareness on mental health in India, named The Live Love Laugh Foundation.{{cite news |author=Awaasthi, Kavita |title=Deepika Padukone on suffering from depression: It was a struggle to wake up |date=17 January 2015 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/tabloid/deepika-padukone-on-suffering-from-depression-it-was-a-struggle-to-wake-up/article1-1306957.aspx |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=18 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118035439/http://www.hindustantimes.com/tabloid/deepika-padukone-on-suffering-from-depression-it-was-a-struggle-to-wake-up/article1-1306957.aspx |archive-date=18 January 2015 }}{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone launches her foundation 'Live, Love and Laugh' on World Mental Health Day |date=10 October 2015 |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-deepika-padukone-launches-her-foundation-live-love-and-laugh-on-world-mental-health-day-2133489 |work=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=28 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022163008/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-deepika-padukone-launches-her-foundation-live-love-and-laugh-on-world-mental-health-day-2133489 |archive-date=22 October 2015 }} The following year, she launched a campaign named More Than Just Sad to assist general physicians in their treatment of patients suffering from depression or anxiety.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone's foundation launches awareness programme on mental health |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukones-foundation-launches-awareness-programme-on-mental-health-2811187/#sthash.A7hGmE4o.dpuf |date=20 May 2016 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=22 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521215431/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/deepika-padukones-foundation-launches-awareness-programme-on-mental-health-2811187/ |archive-date=21 May 2016 }} Also in 2016, the foundation teamed with Facebook and the AASRA organisation to launch multilingual tools and educational resources in Facebook's networking site to support people with suicidal tendencies.{{cite news |last=Alawadhi |first=Neha |title=Facebook partners with Deepika Padukone's Foundation; launches suicide prevention tools in India |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/52749651.cms |date=14 June 2016 |work=The Economic Times |access-date=15 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911230551/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/52749651.cms |archive-date=11 September 2016 }} Padukone became the brand ambassador for the NGO Indian Psychiatric Society and on her foundation's first anniversary, the two organisations collaborated to launch the video and poster campaign #DobaraPoocho dedicated to victims and survivors of depression.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone named Indian Psychiatric Society's brand ambassador |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Deepika-Padukone-named-Indian-Psychiatric-Societys-brand-ambassador/articleshow/53856784.cms |access-date=5 November 2016 |work=The Times of India |date=25 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829212121/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Deepika-Padukone-named-Indian-Psychiatric-Societys-brand-ambassador/articleshow/53856784.cms |archive-date=29 August 2016 }}{{cite news |title=Stigma key reason why mental health issues not being addressed: Deepika |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/stigma-key-reason-why-mental-health-issues-not-being-addressed-deepika/story-IhbNNQwyGfdPqwTFNsQEvM.html |access-date=5 November 2016 |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106061008/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/stigma-key-reason-why-mental-health-issues-not-being-addressed-deepika/story-IhbNNQwyGfdPqwTFNsQEvM.html |archive-date=6 November 2016 }} The World Economic Forum presented her with the Crystal Award in 2020 for creating awareness on mental health.{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone feted with Crystal Award at WEF; stresses on importance of mental health, quotes Martin Luther King |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/deepika-padukone-feted-with-crystal-award-at-wef-stresses-on-importance-of-mental-health-quotes-martin-luther-king/articleshow/73471900.cms |access-date=21 January 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=21 January 2020 |archive-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012014140/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/deepika-padukone-feted-with-crystal-award-at-wef-stresses-on-importance-of-mental-health-quotes-martin-luther-king/articleshow/73471900.cms |url-status=live }}

In 2020, Padukone attended a protest for students who were brutalised during the 2020 JNU Attack due to their protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.{{cite web |title='We are not scared': Why Deepika Padukone's JNU visit matters |url=https://scroll.in/reel/949118/why-deepika-padukones-jnu-visit-matters |date=8 January 2020 |website=Scroll.in |access-date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=8 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108062925/https://scroll.in/reel/949118/why-deepika-padukones-jnu-visit-matters |url-status=live }} Members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party criticised her decision and asked people to boycott her film Chhapaak.{{cite web |title="Deepika Padukone Was Patriot Earlier, Now...": Kanhaiya Kumar On Criticism |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jawaharlal-nehru-university-jnu-deepika-padukone-was-patriot-earlier-now-kanhaiya-kumar-on-criticism-2161458 |access-date=9 January 2020 |work=NDTV |date=9 January 2020 |archive-date=9 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109162538/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jawaharlal-nehru-university-jnu-deepika-padukone-was-patriot-earlier-now-kanhaiya-kumar-on-criticism-2161458 |url-status=live }} Many others praised her for standing up against a crackdown on dissent, as mainstream Bollywood actors avoid making political statements fearing backlash and consequences on their film.{{cite web |title=Bollywood A-lister backs protesting students, faces boycott calls |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-student-protests/bollywood-a-lister-backs-protesting-students-faces-boycott-calls-idUSKBN1Z71CU |access-date=8 January 2020 |website=Reuters |date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=8 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108104403/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-student-protests/bollywood-a-lister-backs-protesting-students-faces-boycott-calls-idUSKBN1Z71CU |url-status=live }} When asked about the political backlash she has since faced, Padukone said, "I don't know if I'm supposed to feel something about it. But the truth is, I don't feel anything about it."{{cite news |last=Rajvanshi |first=Astha |title=Deepika Padukone Is Bringing the World to Bollywood |url=https://time.com/6278237/deepika-padukone-bollywood-india-profile/ |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Time |date=10 May 2023 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512012602/https://time.com/6278237/deepika-padukone-bollywood-india-profile/ |url-status=live }} Also in 2020, Padukone was criticised for a TikTok video aimed towards the promotion of her film Chhapaak, in which she asked users to recreate her "acid-attack survivor look" from the film which was deemed "insensitive" and "disrespectful" to acid-attack victims.{{cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-disrespectful-to-acid-attack-victims-deepika-padukone-slammed-for-making-chhapaak-look-as-tiktok-challenge-2810151|title='Disrespectful to acid attack victims': Deepika Padukone slammed for making 'Chhapaak' look as TikTok challenge|work=Daily News and Analysis|last=Vasudevan|first=Aishwarya|date=20 January 2020|access-date=2 August 2020|archive-date=21 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121135729/https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-disrespectful-to-acid-attack-victims-deepika-padukone-slammed-for-making-chhapaak-look-as-tiktok-challenge-2810151|url-status=live}} Later that year, Padukone was among several Bollywood actors who were criticised for posting Instagram messages showing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, despite their previous work advertising skin-lightening products which perpetuate colourism.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.sg/life/bollywood-stars-called-out-double-standards-black-lives-matter/|title=Bollywood Stars Called Out For Double Standards Over Black Lives Matter|last=Suresh|first=Sanjeeva|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|date=8 June 2020|access-date=2 August 2020|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813124800/https://www.harpersbazaar.com.sg/life/bollywood-stars-called-out-double-standards-black-lives-matter/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/peak-hypocrisy-bollywood-actors-protesting-racism-and-endorsing-fairness-creams-2655811.html|title=Peak Hypocrisy: Bollywood Actors Protesting Racism and Endorsing Fairness Creams|last=Mukherjee|first=Jashodhara|work=News18|date=6 June 2020|access-date=2 August 2020|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804145210/https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/peak-hypocrisy-bollywood-actors-protesting-racism-and-endorsing-fairness-creams-2655811.html|url-status=live}}

The journalist Vir Sanghvi, in 2013, described Padukone as "strong, someone who makes up her own mind, [and] has motivation within herself."{{cite news |last=Sanghvi |first=Vir |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/shah-rukh-khan-and-deepika-padukone-in-conversation-with-vir-sanghvi/story-IVIPeV2PyW34oFg2UpCZoJ.html |title=Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in conversation with Vir Sanghvi |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=17 August 2013 |date=4 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201125703/http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/shah-rukh-khan-and-deepika-padukone-in-conversation-with-vir-sanghvi/story-IVIPeV2PyW34oFg2UpCZoJ.html |archive-date=1 February 2016 }} She is particularly known in the media as a professional, disciplined performer, whose "work takes precedence over everything else". A reviewer for Rediff.com described her personality as "simple", "grounded", and "accessible", and wrote, "She takes criticism in her stride, acknowledges her limitations and strives to work hard at getting better. She handles praise with equal composure."{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-10-reasons-why-we-love-deepika-padukone/20130805.htm#10 |title=10 reasons we love Deepika Padukone |work=Rediff.com |access-date=12 August 2013 |date=5 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812060241/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-10-reasons-why-we-love-deepika-padukone/20130805.htm |archive-date=12 August 2013 }} In the book The Millennial Woman in Bollywood (2020) author Maithili Shyam Rao wrote that Padukone challenges conventional social and sexual mores through her on-screen roles and off-screen persona.{{cite book |last=Rao |first=Maithili Shyam |title=The Millennial Woman in Bollywood |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGLdEAAAQBAJ |date=30 November 2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press India |isbn=9789354974595 |access-date=31 January 2024 |archive-date=2 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202075631/https://books.google.com/books?id=xGLdEAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }} Padukone maintains an active social media presence.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-Padukone-races-from-2-6-to-5-million/articleshow/18364974.cms |title=Deepika Padukone races from 2.6 to 5 million |access-date=19 July 2013 |date=7 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055931/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-07/news-interviews/36950476_1_facebook-page-deepika-padukone-cocktail-and-race |archive-date=23 October 2013 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }}

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Padukone is considered among the most popular and high-profile celebrities in India. Analysing her career, Reuters published that after making a successful debut, she featured in a series of films for which critics labelled her as "wooden" and "mocked her accent".{{cite news |last=Jamkhandikar |first=Shilpa |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/deepika-padukone-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-idINDEE95B0CM20130612 |title=Deepika Padukone breaks free of Brad Pitt syndrome |work=Reuters |access-date=30 August 2013 |date=12 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827144604/http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/deepika-padukone-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-idINDEE95B0CM20130612 |archive-date=27 August 2013 }} The Indian Express opined that "a few unwise script calls and the public blow up of her high profile relationship with Ranbir Kapoor" had resulted in a brief career setback.{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Harneet |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/post-chennai-express-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-deepika-padukone-is-number-1/1155960/0 |title=Post Chennai Express, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Deepika Padukone is number 1 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=30 August 2013 |date=16 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205203526/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/post-chennai-express-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-deepika-padukone-is-number-1/1155960/0 |archive-date=5 February 2016 }} By 2013, several media publications began crediting her as the most successful contemporary actress in India.{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130822/jsp/t2/story_17256831.jsp |title=Heroine no. 1 – Deepika leads the Bolly girl gang |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=30 August 2013 |date=22 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002122212/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130822/jsp/t2/story_17256831.jsp |archive-date=2 October 2013 }}
{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Harneet |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/post-chennai-express-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-deepika-padukone-is-number-1/1155960/0 |title=Post Chennai Express, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Deepika Padukone is number 1 |newspaper=The Indian Express |access-date=7 October 2013 |date=16 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205203526/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/post-chennai-express-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-deepika-padukone-is-number-1/1155960/0 |archive-date=5 February 2016 }} A decade later, a journalist for Time magazine took note of her longevity as a leading star, a rarity for women in Indian cinema. Also in 2023, Namrata Zakharia of The Week analysed that Padukone's acting career, brand endorsements, investments, philanthropy, and marriage to Ranveer Singh were collectively responsible in making her "India's most successful female celebrity".{{cite news |last=Zakharia |first=Namrata |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2023/09/16/what-makes-deepika-padukone-india-s-most-successful-female-celebrity.html |title=What makes Deepika Padukone India's most successful female celebrity |work=The Week |access-date=25 January 2024 |date=24 September 2023 |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107005437/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2023/09/16/what-makes-deepika-padukone-india-s-most-successful-female-celebrity.html |url-status=live }} Padukone has said that her background in sports has lent her to treat her career like an athlete, and that her choice of roles is "a combination of where I am in life, what I am offered and what I am capable of doing".

India Today featured her among the nation's 50 most powerful people in 2017, 2019 and 2023,{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-top-50-powerful-indians-mukesh-ambani-ratan-tata-kumar-mangalam-birla-gautam-adani-anand-mahindra-srk-amitabh-bacchan/1/928939.html |title=50 power people |work=India Today |date=14 April 2017 |access-date=21 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417122537/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-top-50-powerful-indians-mukesh-ambani-ratan-tata-kumar-mangalam-birla-gautam-adani-anand-mahindra-srk-amitabh-bacchan/1/928939.html |archive-date=17 April 2017 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/the-most-powerful-people-of-india-2019-full-list-1574021-2019-07-26 |title=The most powerful people of India 2019 |work=India Today |date=26 July 2019 |access-date=30 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730004608/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/the-most-powerful-people-of-india-2019-full-list-1574021-2019-07-26 |archive-date=30 July 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20230605-the-high-mighty-2023-50-power-people-2384753-2023-05-27 |title=The High & Mighty 2023: 50 Power People |work=India Today |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=26 January 2024 |archive-date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126072509/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20230605-the-high-mighty-2023-50-power-people-2384753-2023-05-27 |url-status=live }} as did The Indian Express in 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2024.{{Cite news |date=30 September 2019 |title=Amitabh, Salman and SRK make it to IE100 list of most powerful Indians in 2019 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/amitabh-bachchan-salman-khan-shah-rukh-khan-ie100-list-of-most-powerful-indians-in-2019-6041460/ |access-date=18 January 2023 |newspaper=The Indian Express |archive-date=18 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118171940/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/amitabh-bachchan-salman-khan-shah-rukh-khan-ie100-list-of-most-powerful-indians-in-2019-6041460/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=30 March 2023 |title=IE100: Shah Rukh Khan climbs ranks, SS Rajamouli, Deepika Padukone make debut in most powerful Indians 2023 list |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/ie100-most-powerful-indians-2023-list-shah-rukh-khan-climbs-ranks-ss-rajamouli-deepika-padukone-8525390/ |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330030017/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/ie100-most-powerful-indians-2023-list-shah-rukh-khan-climbs-ranks-ss-rajamouli-deepika-padukone-8525390/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=29 February 2024 |title=IE 100 2024: The List of Most Powerful Indians list |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ie-100-2024-the-list-of-most-powerful-indians-9184845/ |access-date=7 March 2024 }} The global edition of Forbes ranked her as the tenth highest-paid actress in the world in 2016 and in 2018, the magazine ranked her as the highest-earning woman celebrity in India.{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2016/08/23/the-worlds-highest-paid-actresses-2016-jennifer-lawrence-banks-46-million-payday-ahead-of-melissa-mccarthy/ |title=The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016: Jennifer Lawrence Banks $46 Million Payday Ahead Of Melissa McCarthy |work=Forbes |date=23 August 2016 |access-date=23 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823191155/http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2016/08/23/the-worlds-highest-paid-actresses-2016-jennifer-lawrence-banks-46-million-payday-ahead-of-melissa-mccarthy/ |archive-date=23 August 2016 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45efgmh/10-deepika-padukone/ |title=Deepika Padukone |work=Forbes |access-date=23 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823235831/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45efgmh/10-deepika-padukone/ |archive-date=23 August 2016 }}{{cite news |last1=Panchal |first1=Salil |last2=Gangal |first2=Neeraj |url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/2018-celebrity-100/salman-khan-tops-forbes-india-celebrity-100-list-for-third-time-in-a-row/51955/1 |title=Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for third time in a row |work=Forbes |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205064716/http://www.forbesindia.com/article/2018-celebrity-100/salman-khan-tops-forbes-india-celebrity-100-list-for-third-time-in-a-row/51955/1 |archive-date=5 December 2018 |url-status=live }} From 2014 to 2016 and in 2018, she was the highest ranked woman on the Indian edition of Forbes{{'}} "Celebrity 100" list, peaking at the fourth position in 2018 with an estimated annual earning of over {{INRConvert|1.12|b}}.{{cite news |url=http://www.forbesindia.com/celebprofile2016/deepika-padukone/1587/11 |title=Deepika Padukone |work=Forbes India |access-date=26 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224132532/http://www.forbesindia.com/celebprofile2016/deepika-padukone/1587/11 |archive-date=24 December 2016 }}{{cite web |title=Salman Khan beats Shah Rukh Khan; tops the '2016 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List' – Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/salman-khan-beats-shah-rukh-khan-tops-2016-forbes-india-celebrity-100-list/ |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=25 December 2016 |date=23 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224143231/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/salman-khan-beats-shah-rukh-khan-tops-2016-forbes-india-celebrity-100-list/ |archive-date=24 December 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.forbesindia.com/lists/2018-celebrity-100/1735/all |title=2018 Celebrity 100 |work=Forbes India |access-date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205064833/http://www.forbesindia.com/lists/2018-celebrity-100/1735/all |archive-date=5 December 2018 |url-status=live }} Also in 2018, Time magazine named Padukone one of the 100 most influential people in the world; Variety magazine featured her in their list of the 50 most impactful women in the world, and the market research firm YouGov named her the world's thirteenth most admired woman.{{cite magazine |last=Diesel |first=Vin |url=https://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217557/deepika-padukone/ |title=Deepika Padukone |magazine=Time |access-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420220932/http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217557/deepika-padukone/|archive-date=20 April 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/gallery/international-womens-impact-report-2018/#!33/deepika-padukone-3 |title=Deepika Padukone |work=Variety |access-date=28 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020424/http://variety.com/gallery/international-womens-impact-report-2018/#!33/deepika-padukone-3|archive-date=22 March 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/04/11/worlds-most-admired-2018/ |title=World's most admired 2018 |publisher=YouGov |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141722/https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/04/11/worlds-most-admired-2018/ |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=live }} On International Women's Day in 2022, Outlook India listed her as one of the women redefining leadership roles.{{cite magazine |title=Women Redefining Leadership |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlook-spotlight/women-redefining-leadership-news-185771 |access-date=16 March 2022 |magazine=Outlook India |date=8 March 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315191404/https://www.outlookindia.com/outlook-spotlight/women-redefining-leadership-news-185771 |archivedate=15 March 2022}} In the same year, Padukone was awarded the TIME100 Impact Award for her work with mental health advocacy.{{Cite web |date=29 March 2022 |title=Deepika Padukone Conferred With The TIME100 Impact Award |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/deepika-padukone-conferred-with-the-time100-impact-award |access-date=4 October 2022 |website=TheQuint |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007142055/https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/deepika-padukone-conferred-with-the-time100-impact-award |url-status=live }} In 2023, she was featured by the Indian edition of Hello! magazine in their 100 most influential list.{{cite news |last=Bidapa |first=Prasad |url=https://in.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20230902303328/100-most-influential-deepika-padukone/ |title=HELLO! 100 Most Influential: Deepika Padukone |work=Hello! |date=2 September 2023 |access-date=26 January 2024 |archive-date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126075045/https://in.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20230902303328/100-most-influential-deepika-padukone/ |url-status=live }} The Week estimated her net worth to be {{INRConvert|500|c}} in 2023 and in 2024, GQ India ranked her fifth among richest Indian actresses.{{cite news |last=Sonavane |first=Gaurav | title=India's richest actress has surpassed Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, & Alia Bhatt |url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/indias-richest-actress-has-surpassed-priyanka-chopra-deepika-padukone-and-alia-bhatt-with-her-staggering-net-worth-of-rs-4600-crore-hint-she-has-a-close-connection-with-shah-rukh-khan |work=GQ India |access-date=3 November 2024}}

Padukone ranks high on various listings of the most attractive Indian celebrities.{{cite news |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/554302/style-icon-deepika-padukone/ |title=Style icon: Deepika Padukone |work=The Express Tribune |date=24 May 2013 |access-date=19 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608023546/http://tribune.com.pk/story/554302/style-icon-deepika-padukone/ |archive-date=8 June 2013 }} In 2008, she topped Indian Maxim{{'}}s "Hot 100" list,{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-is-the-worlds-sexiest-woman/articleshow/3397300.cms |title=Deepika is the world's sexiest woman! |date=24 August 2008 |access-date=4 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928194527/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-08-24/news-interviews/27910255_1_sexiest-woman-deepika-padukone-platform |archive-date=28 September 2013 |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }} and in 2012, she was named "India's Most Beautiful Woman" by the Indian edition of People magazine.{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/deepika-padukone-named-india-most-beautiful-woman/1/9386.html#photo1 |title=Deepika named India's Most Beautiful Woman |work=India Today |access-date=19 July 2013 |date=3 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928143955/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/deepika-padukone-named-india-most-beautiful-woman/1/9386.html |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead}} Padukone has frequently featured in The Times of India{{'}}s listing of the "Most Desirable Woman", topping the list in 2012 and 2013.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-Padukone-2013s-Most-desirable-woman/articleshow/35726757.cms? |title=Deepika Padukone: 2013's Most desirable woman |work=The Times of India |date=30 May 2014 |access-date=31 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531081711/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-Padukone-2013s-Most-desirable-woman/articleshow/35726757.cms |archive-date=31 May 2014 }}{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-29/news-interviews/38903243_1_entrant-desirable-women-desirable-men |title=Times top 50 Most Desirable Women of 2012 |date=29 April 2013 |access-date=19 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019103638/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-29/news-interviews/38903243_1_entrant-desirable-women-desirable-men |archive-date=19 October 2013 |work=The Times of India |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Priyanka-Chopra-The-Most-Desirable-woman-of-2015/articleshow/52187930.cms |title=Priyanka Chopra: The Most Desirable woman of 2015 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=10 May 2016 |date=10 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511112201/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Priyanka-Chopra-The-Most-Desirable-woman-of-2015/articleshow/52187930.cms |archive-date=11 May 2016 }} In 2010 and 2014, she was named the "World's Sexiest Woman" by the Indian edition of FHM.{{cite news |last=KBR |first=Upala |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-deepika-padukone-displaces-katrina-kaif-in-fhm-100-sexiest-women-in-the-world-2014-1999264 |title=Deepika Padukone displaces Katrina Kaif in FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2014 |work=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=5 July 2014 |date=3 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707022951/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-deepika-padukone-displaces-katrina-kaif-in-fhm-100-sexiest-women-in-the-world-2014-1999264 |archive-date=7 July 2014 }} and she was selected by the UK magazine Eastern Eye as the "Sexiest Asian Woman" in 2016 and 2018, and later, of the decade.{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/deepika-padukone-is-the-sexiest-asian-women/20161209.htm |title=Deepika Padukone is Asia's sexiest woman! |work=Rediff.com |access-date=8 February 2017 |date=9 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112005154/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/deepika-padukone-is-the-sexiest-asian-women/20161209.htm |archive-date=12 January 2017 }}{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/50-sexiest-asian-women-deepika-padukone-priyanka-chopra-5480941/ |title=50 Sexiest Asian Women: Deepika tops the list, Priyanka is in second position |work=The Indian Express |access-date=8 December 2018 |date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207135508/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/50-sexiest-asian-women-deepika-padukone-priyanka-chopra-5480941/ |archive-date=7 December 2018 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=11 December 2019 |title=Alia Bhatt voted sexiest Asian female of the year, Deepika Padukone sexiest of decade in UK poll |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/alia-bhatt-voted-sexiest-asian-female-of-the-year-deepika-padukone-sexiest-of-decade-in-uk-poll-hina-khan-6162323/ |accessdate=19 January 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119091711/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/alia-bhatt-voted-sexiest-asian-female-of-the-year-deepika-padukone-sexiest-of-decade-in-uk-poll-hina-khan-6162323/ |url-status=live }} Madame Tussauds unveiled her wax statue in London in 2019.{{cite news |last=Vyas |first=Shruti |url=https://www.vogue.in/content/deepika-padukone-wax-statue-madame-tussauds-london-sabyasachi-lehenga-ranveer-singh |title=Deepika Padukone's statue at Madame Tussauds wears a Sabyasachi lehenga |work=Vogue India |access-date=26 January 2024 |date=14 March 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126084404/https://www.vogue.in/content/deepika-padukone-wax-statue-madame-tussauds-london-sabyasachi-lehenga-ranveer-singh |url-status=live }} Taking note of her dress sense, Filmfare credited her as one of the "few actresses who experiments with colours, cuts and silhouettes".{{cite news |last=Tandan |first=Raedita |url=http://www.filmfare.com/features/poll-most-fashionable-star-3034.html |title=Poll: Most Fashionable Star |work=Filmfare |access-date=4 August 2013 |date=3 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927214908/http://www.filmfare.com/features/poll-most-fashionable-star-3034.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead}} In the fitness book The Four-Week Countdown Diet, Padukone was cited by Namita Jain as "the ultimate role model for a healthy, fit and active lifestyle".{{cite book |last=Jain |first=Namita |title=The Four-Week Countdown Diet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ru_R9r07RgC&pg=PR9 |date=1 January 2011 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-306781-8 |page=9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028162350/http://books.google.com/books?id=-Ru_R9r07RgC&pg=PR9 |archive-date=28 October 2013 }}

Padukone is an active endorser for several brands and products, including Tissot, Maybelline, Coca-Cola, and L'Oréal Paris, among others.{{cite web |title=Deepika Padukone brand ambassador for Tissot |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_deepika-padukone-brand-ambassador-for-tissot_1139085 |work=Daily News and Analysis |date=13 December 2007 |access-date=9 March 2013}}
{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone is Sony brand ambassador |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/62603/deepika-padukone-sony-brand-ambassador.html |work=Deccan Herald |access-date=9 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927121724/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/62603/deepika-padukone-sony-brand-ambassador.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 }}
{{cite video |title=Nescafe announces Deepika Padukone as brand ambassador |url=http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/nescafe-announces-deepika-padukone-as-brand-ambassador/150166 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=9 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928210902/http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/nescafe-announces-deepika-padukone-as-brand-ambassador/150166 |archive-date=28 September 2013 }}
{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone lives her DDLJ moment in Chennai Express |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-deepika-padukone-lives-her-ddlj-moment-in-chennai-express-1849731 |access-date=22 January 2014 |newspaper=Daily News and Analysis |date=18 June 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202203154/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-deepika-padukone-lives-her-ddlj-moment-in-chennai-express-1849731 |archive-date=2 February 2014 }}
{{cite web |last=Singh |first=Aarti K. |title=All at 20! May be she is born with it |date=3 August 2006 |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/all-at-20-may-be-she-is-born-with-it/17520-8.html |publisher=CNN-IBN |access-date=30 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007061205/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/all-at-20-may-be-she-is-born-with-it/17520-8.html |archive-date=7 October 2014}}
{{cite book |last=Kapoor |first=Jagdeep |title=Twenty Four Brand Mantras: Finding a Place in the Minds and Hearts of Consumers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fmmkwDy9_QIC&pg=PA68 |date=9 February 2009 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-81-7829-943-3 |page=68 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504103925/https://books.google.com/books?id=fmmkwDy9_QIC&pg=PA68 |archive-date=4 May 2016 }} In 2014, Business Standard reported that Padukone earned {{INRConvert|50|m}} to {{INRConvert|60|m}} per endorsement deal and TAM AdEX named Padukone the most visible face on television in India that year.{{cite news |last1=Pinto |first1=Viveat Susan |title=Deepika: Leading lady in brand fees |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/management/deepika-leading-lady-in-brand-fees-114030700027_1.html |access-date=5 March 2017 |work=Business Standard |date=11 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704181135/http://www.business-standard.com/article/management/deepika-leading-lady-in-brand-fees-114030700027_1.html |archive-date=4 July 2016 }}{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone is leading the advertisement space |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-deepika-padukone-is-leading-the-advertisement-space-2045937 |access-date=5 March 2017 |work=Daily News and Analysis |date=21 December 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306032102/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-deepika-padukone-is-leading-the-advertisement-space-2045937 |archive-date=6 March 2017 }} She has regularly featured in Duff & Phelps' listings of Indian celebrities with the highest brand value, peaking at the second position in 2018 with an estimated brand value of US$102.5 million.{{cite news |last=Laghate |first=Gaurav |title=Virat Kohli tops powerful celebrity brands list with a brand value of $170.9 million |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/advertising/virat-kohli-tops-powerful-celebrity-brands-list-with-a-brand-value-of-170-9-million/articleshow/67469396.cms |access-date=26 January 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=10 January 2019 |archive-date=18 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118170726/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/advertising/virat-kohli-tops-powerful-celebrity-brands-list-with-a-brand-value-of-170-9-million/articleshow/67469396.cms |url-status=live }} In 2020, she became the first Indian brand ambassador for Louis Vuitton,{{cite news |last=Tewari |first=Saumya |title=Deepika Padukone becomes first Indian actor to feature in Louis Vuitton campaign |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/deepika-padukone-becomes-first-indian-actor-to-feature-in-louis-vuitton-campaign-11579781913267.html |access-date=24 January 2020 |work=Mint |date=23 January 2020 |archive-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124155029/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/deepika-padukone-becomes-first-indian-actor-to-feature-in-louis-vuitton-campaign-11579781913267.html |url-status=live }} and in 2022, she was named a brand ambassador for the luxury jewellery brand Cartier.{{cite news |last=Dawda |first=Jasmine |title=Deepika Padukone becomes Cartier's new brand ambassador |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/fashion/buzz/deepika-padukone-becomes-cartiers-new-brand-ambassador/articleshow/94705916.cms |access-date=8 October 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=18 January 2023 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008035140/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/fashion/buzz/deepika-padukone-becomes-cartiers-new-brand-ambassador/articleshow/94705916.cms |url-status=live }}

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Padukone has been the recipient of three Filmfare Awards from 10 nominations: Best Female Debut for Om Shanti Om (2007), and two Best Actress awards for Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) and Piku (2015).

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