In her fifteenth year at the movies, Padukone has added several designations to her resume – actor, producer, entrepreneur, humanitarian… But above all, she remains the undisputed empress… custom or competition cannot ‘stale her infinite variety. Her astute mindfulness is her lightsaber. She knows reinvention is the name of the game. And that success is a demanding paramour. That explains her on-the-ball demeanor. And why 83 The Film‘, where she played wife Romi to Ranveer Singh’s Kapil Dev, a project she also backed, hit the ball out of the park.
The next two years spell blockbuster for her with the biggest boys in the business. She’s headlining Amazon Prime Video and Dharma Productions’ Gehraiyaan, has teamed up with Shah Rukh Khan in YRF’s Pathan, Hrithik Rohan in Siddharth Anand’s Fighter, Prabhas in Nag Ashwin’s pan India film Project K and Amitabh Bachchan in her co-production of The Intern remake. Her other confirmed projects include the Hollywood rom-com developed by STX Films and the epic Mahabharata.
On the global panorama, she continues to be the face of high-end international brands and amongst the most tracked celebrities. At 36, Deepika Padukone is a juggernaut, cheered on by an army. May the force always be with her…
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