Deepika Padukone rings in ‘leap year’ 2024 with ‘magical’ sunrise

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who is on a New Year vacation with husband Ranveer Singh, has shared glimpses of “magical” day one of the year 2024. The ‘Bajirao Mastani’ actress shared a sneak peek into how her first day of the New Year looks like, and it features a beautiful sunrise, mesmerising ocean, birds and flowers. She also shared a no-makeup laid back selfie, wearing a white shirt, with her hair tied in a messy bun.The pictures were captioned as: “A magical 1 of 366...yup, it’s a leap year!”

Ranveer commented on the post, writing, “Hi bestie”. In another Instagram post, Deepika, who enjoys 78.1 million followers, shared a quote which read as: “May your passport soon get stamped from all your favourite countries in the world.” Ranveer and Deepika began dating in 2012. In October 2018, the couple had tied the knot in Italy.

On the professional front, Deepika is gearing up for the release of aerial action drama ‘Fighter’. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Anil Kapoor. She also next has ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ and ‘Singham Again’.

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.

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), but this was followed by a brief setback.

The romantic comedy Cocktail (2012) marked a turning point in her career, and she gained further success with starring roles in the romantic comedies Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Chennai Express (both 2013), the heist comedy Happy New Year (2014), Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period dramas Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Padmaavat (2018).

She also received critical acclaim for playing a character based on Juliet in Bhansali’s Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) and a headstrong daughter in Piku (2015), winning two Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. Following a short hiatus and two commercially unsuccessful films under her own company Ka Productions, Padukone had a starring role in Pathaan and a brief role in Jawan, both top-grossing action films of 2023.

Padukone is the founder of The Live Love Laugh Foundation, which creates awareness on mental health in India. Vocal about issues such as feminism and depression. She has written columns for a newspaper, designed her own line of clothing. Padukone is married to her frequent co-star Ranveer Singh. 

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