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'''Deepika Padukone''' ({{IPA-hns|d̪iːpɪka pəɖʊkoːɳeː|pron}} or {{IPA-hns|paːɖʊkoːɳ|}}; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in [[Hindi]] films. | '''Deepika Padukone''' ({{IPA-hns|d̪iːpɪka pəɖʊkoːɳeː|pron}} or {{IPA-hns|paːɖʊkoːɳ|}}; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in [[Hindi]] films. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, [[List of awards and nominations received by Deepika Padukone|her accolades]] include three [[Filmfare Awards]]. She features in listings of the nation's most popular personalities; ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named her one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2018 and awarded her the [[TIME100 Impact Awards|TIME100 Impact Award]] in 2022. | ||
Padukone, the daughter of the badminton player [[Prakash Padukone]], was born in [[Copenhagen]] and raised in [[Bangalore]]. As a teenager, she played badminton in national level championships but left her career in the sport to become a fashion model. She soon received offers for film roles and made her acting debut in 2006 as the title character of the [[Kannada film]] ''[[Aishwarya (film)|Aishwarya]]''. Padukone then played a dual role opposite [[Shah Rukh Khan]] in her first Bollywood release, the romance ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'' (2007), which won her the [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut]]. Padukone received praise for her starring role in the romance ''[[Love Aaj Kal (2009 film)|Love Aaj Kal]]'' (2009), but this was followed by a brief setback. | Padukone, the daughter of the badminton player [[Prakash Padukone]], was born in [[Copenhagen]] and raised in [[Bangalore]]. As a teenager, she played badminton in national level championships but left her career in the sport to become a fashion model. She soon received offers for film roles and made her acting debut in 2006 as the title character of the [[Kannada film]] ''[[Aishwarya (film)|Aishwarya]]''. Padukone then played a dual role opposite [[Shah Rukh Khan]] in her first Bollywood release, the romance ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'' (2007), which won her the [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut]]. Padukone received praise for her starring role in the romance ''[[Love Aaj Kal (2009 film)|Love Aaj Kal]]'' (2009), but this was followed by a brief setback. | ||
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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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> In 2005, she made her [[runway (fashion)|runway]] debut at the [[Lakme Fashion Week]] for designer [[Suneet Varma]] and won Model of the Year at the [[Kingfisher (beer)|Kingfisher]] Fashion Awards.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 (Calcutta)|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 }}</ref> Padukone's fame increased when she appeared in a popular print campaign for the 2006 [[Kingfisher Calendar]];<ref name="meet" /> the designer [[Wendell Rodricks]] commented, "Since [[Aishwarya Rai]], we haven't had a girl as beautiful and fresh."<ref>{{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}}</ref> Rodricks had spotted her at a Ganjam jewellery class he was teaching and signed her up with the Matrix talent agency.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> At the age of 21, Padukone relocated to [[Mumbai]] and stayed at her aunt's home.<ref name="toi interview" /> That year, she gained wider recognition by featuring in the music video for [[Himesh Reshammiya]]'s song "Naam Hai Tera".<ref>{{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 }}</ref> | Early in her career, Padukone gained recognition with a television commercial for the soap [[Liril]] and modelled for various other brands and products.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> In 2005, she made her [[runway (fashion)|runway]] debut at the [[Lakme Fashion Week]] for designer [[Suneet Varma]] and won Model of the Year at the [[Kingfisher (beer)|Kingfisher]] Fashion Awards.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 (Calcutta)|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 }}</ref> Padukone's fame increased when she appeared in a popular print campaign for the 2006 [[Kingfisher Calendar]];<ref name="meet" /> the designer [[Wendell Rodricks]] commented, "Since [[Aishwarya Rai]], we haven't had a girl as beautiful and fresh."<ref>{{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}}</ref> Rodricks had spotted her at a Ganjam jewellery class he was teaching and signed her up with the Matrix talent agency.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> At the age of 21, Padukone relocated to [[Mumbai]] and stayed at her aunt's home.<ref name="toi interview" /> That year, she gained wider recognition by featuring in the music video for [[Himesh Reshammiya]]'s song "Naam Hai Tera".<ref>{{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 }}</ref> | ||
Padukone soon began to receive offers for film roles.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Believing herself to be too inexperienced as an actor, she enrolled for a course at [[Anupam Kher]]'s film academy.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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''.<ref name="toi interview" /><ref>{{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|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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> | Padukone soon began to receive offers for film roles.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Believing herself to be too inexperienced as an actor, she enrolled for a course at [[Anupam Kher]]'s film academy.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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''.<ref name="toi interview" /><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> | ||
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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 people|Gujarati girl]] based on the character of [[Juliet]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Sura |first=Ajay |title=Controversy over 'Ram Leela': HC stays arrest of Bhansali, Ranveer and Deepika |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-14/india/44073111_1_ram-leela-ranveer-singh-delhi-high-court |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=dead }}</ref> The film released among protests, but was generally well received by critics.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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''."<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mohamed |first=Khalid |title='Ram-Leela' Review: The good, the bard and the beautiful |url=http://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 }}</ref> Her performances in ''Chennai Express'' and ''Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela'' won her several awards,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> including the [[Screen Award for Best Actress]] for both films and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the latter.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref name="ff13">{{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 }}</ref> | 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 people|Gujarati girl]] based on the character of [[Juliet]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Sura |first=Ajay |title=Controversy over 'Ram Leela': HC stays arrest of Bhansali, Ranveer and Deepika |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-14/india/44073111_1_ram-leela-ranveer-singh-delhi-high-court |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=dead }}</ref> The film released among protests, but was generally well received by critics.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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''."<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mohamed |first=Khalid |title='Ram-Leela' Review: The good, the bard and the beautiful |url=http://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 }}</ref> Her performances in ''Chennai Express'' and ''Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela'' won her several awards,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> including the [[Screen Award for Best Actress]] for both films and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the latter.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref name="ff13">{{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 }}</ref> | ||
In 2014, Padukone featured opposite [[Rajinikanth]] in the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film]] ''[[Kochadaiiyaan]]'', a period drama shot using [[motion capture]] technology.<ref>{{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 (India)|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 }}</ref> She was paid {{INRConvert|30|m}} for two days of work in it.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> In Homi Adajania's satire ''[[Finding Fanny]]'', Padukone played a young widow on a road trip with her dysfunctional friends. | In 2014, Padukone featured opposite [[Rajinikanth]] in the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film]] ''[[Kochadaiiyaan]]'', a period drama shot using [[motion capture]] technology.<ref>{{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 (India)|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 }}</ref> She was paid {{INRConvert|30|m}} for two days of work in it.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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]];<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Later that year, she starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan for the third time in Farah Khan's renewal of ''[[Happy New Year (2014 film)|Happy New Year]]''. She played a bar dancer who trains a group of underachievers for a dance competition. Sanjukta Sharma of ''[[Mint (newspaper)|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.<ref name="box office" /><ref>{{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 (newspaper)|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 }}</ref> Padukone later remarked that production on the film was difficult for her as she suffered from depression and anxiety.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> | ||
[[File:Deepika Padukone promoting Bajirao Mastani (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A headshot shot of Deepika Padukone|Padukone at an event for ''[[Bajirao Mastani]]'' in 2015]] | [[File:Deepika Padukone promoting Bajirao Mastani (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A headshot shot of Deepika Padukone|Padukone at an event for ''[[Bajirao Mastani]]'' in 2015]] | ||
Following an appearance in Homi Adajania's online video on [[Feminism in India|feminism]], entitled ''My Choice'',<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Padukone took on the role of a headstrong [[Bengali people|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> | Following an appearance in Homi Adajania's online video on [[Feminism in India|feminism]], entitled ''My Choice'',<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Padukone took on the role of a headstrong [[Bengali people|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{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 }}</ref> NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee opined that she "holds ''Piku'' together with a restrained star turn".<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="filmfare16">{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> | ||
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 (2015 film)|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".<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Reacting to the film's commercial failure, Padukone said that she did not measure success with box-office numbers.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> With a revenue of over {{INRConvert|3.5|b}}, ''Bajirao Mastani'' proved to be the [[List of Hindi films of 2015|fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year]].<ref name="box office" /> [[Anupama Chopra]] found Padukone "riveting", but [[Subhash K. Jha]] thought that she was "way too subtle and silken, and not steely enough".<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> At the [[61st Filmfare Awards]], ''Bajirao Mastani'' was named [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] and Padukone received her second Best Actress nomination in that year.<ref name="filmfare16" /><ref>{{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 }}</ref> | 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 (2015 film)|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".<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Reacting to the film's commercial failure, Padukone said that she did not measure success with box-office numbers.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> With a revenue of over {{INRConvert|3.5|b}}, ''Bajirao Mastani'' proved to be the [[List of Hindi films of 2015|fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year]].<ref name="box office" /> [[Anupama Chopra]] found Padukone "riveting", but [[Subhash K. Jha]] thought that she was "way too subtle and silken, and not steely enough".<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> At the [[61st Filmfare Awards]], ''Bajirao Mastani'' was named [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] and Padukone received her second Best Actress nomination in that year.<ref name="filmfare16" /><ref>{{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 }}</ref> | ||
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While filming ''Bachna Ae Haseeno'' in 2008, Padukone began a romantic relationship with co-star [[Ranbir Kapoor]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> She spoke openly about the relationship and sported a tattoo of his initials on the nape of her neck.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> She has said that the relationship had a profound effect on her, transforming her into a more confident and social person.<ref name="toi interview" /><ref>{{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 }}</ref> The couple broke up a year later;<ref>{{cite news |author=Lalwani, Vickey |title=Deepika-Ranbir call it quits! |date=3 November 2009 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-03/news-interviews/28091798_1_ranbir-kapoor-deepika-padukone-nihar-pandya |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=dead }}</ref> she professed in an interview to feeling betrayed for a long time.<ref name="toi interview" /> In a 2010 interview, Padukone accused him of infidelity, and Kapoor later admitted to it.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Yes, I cheated: Ranbir |date=30 September 2011 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-30/news-interviews/30229828_1_ranbir-kapoor-deepika-padukone-relationship |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=dead }}</ref> They reconciled their friendship while working on ''Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> | While filming ''Bachna Ae Haseeno'' in 2008, Padukone began a romantic relationship with co-star [[Ranbir Kapoor]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> She spoke openly about the relationship and sported a tattoo of his initials on the nape of her neck.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> She has said that the relationship had a profound effect on her, transforming her into a more confident and social person.<ref name="toi interview" /><ref>{{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 }}</ref> The couple broke up a year later;<ref>{{cite news |author=Lalwani, Vickey |title=Deepika-Ranbir call it quits! |date=3 November 2009 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-03/news-interviews/28091798_1_ranbir-kapoor-deepika-padukone-nihar-pandya |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=dead }}</ref> she professed in an interview to feeling betrayed for a long time.<ref name="toi interview" /> In a 2010 interview, Padukone accused him of infidelity, and Kapoor later admitted to it.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Yes, I cheated: Ranbir |date=30 September 2011 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-30/news-interviews/30229828_1_ranbir-kapoor-deepika-padukone-relationship |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=dead }}</ref> They reconciled their friendship while working on ''Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> | ||
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 2012.<ref name="filmfare17" /><ref>{{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 }}</ref> In | 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.<ref name="filmfare17" /><ref>{{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 }}</ref> In October 2018, the couple announced their impending marriage.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The following month, they married in traditional [[Konkani]] [[Hindu]] and Sikh [[Anand Karaj]] ceremonies at [[Lake Como]], Italy.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> | ||
== Off-screen work == | == Off-screen work == | ||