This journey of 8 years in limelight was not easy for her, she had undergone many downfalls from box office failures to criticisms from critics.
But the past few years witnessed her consistent career as a leading noteworthy celebrity.
She came to Mumbai all the way from Bangalore to pursue her dreams and finally got the break in 2008 with the successful movie Ohm Shanti Ohm. After testing her hands in various genre of films from psychological thrillers like Karthik calling Karthik, humorous subjects like Housefull and romantic comedies like love aaj kal, Bachna ae haseeno etc, she slowly but steadily started making a remarkable mark in the industry.
But it was Cocktail released in 2012 which proved to be the turning point in her acting life re- establishing her career as a successful actress who not only look good but can act well too. This success was followed by consecutive hits like YJHD, Chennai Express, Ram-leela in which the latter fetched her the first best actress Filmfare award.
She has not yet played a co-star to leading actors like Salman, Aamir and Hrithik, but is of course one of the most valuable heroine of Bollywood and someone everybody look up to.
Speaking in other contexts like celebrity endorsements, she topped in this list too especially last year. She left no stone unturned to make a big mark in the big Bollywood despite of not having a cinema background.
I never had any admiration for her until I saw Bajirao Mastani's trailer and after watching the movie twice, I wonder why I wasn't her fan before.
In addition to this was watching Tamasha which I did prior to two weeks of watching Bajirao and was literally smitten by her versatility.
Now I look up to her upcoming movies with enthusiasm and I am proud enough to say that I am a Deepika Padukone fan and wishes her all the best for her Hollywood debut.
