Deepika Padukone is arguably the most popular and successful actress today. She has come a long way from appearing in Himesh Reshammiya’s video Naam Hai Tera Tera to being one of the highest-paid actors in the world. The actress made her Bollywood debut opposite none other than the Badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan with the movie Om Shanti Om and has never looked back. And this beauty with brains is celebrating her birthday today, January 5. Daughter of Prakash Padukone, Indian badminton player, Deepika was born in Copenhagen on December 5, 1986. She was raised in Bangalore, Karnataka. The gorgeous actress was always inclined towards sports and fitness. From a young age, Deepika’s main focus was on badminton. She used to wake up early to go for physical training, then go to school and play badminton again after school. Throughout her school life, she wanted to pursue a career in badminton. She dabbled with sporting career, studies and modelling. She was in the tenth standard when she decided to be a fashion model instead of a badminton player. She then went from modelling to acting and now she is all set for her first Hollywood movie XXX Return of the Xander. (ALSO READ How to look like Kingfisher models: Follow these fitness tips and secrets by Kingfisher models to get super hot body)
On her birthday let’s take a look at Deepika Padukone’s fitness freak avatar. Recently, she had a photo-shoot with Self magazine and it shows her sporty side in the best way possible.
Although she left her career as a badminton player, she is still passionate about sports and fitness.
For Deepika, dancing is another way to stay fit. (ALSO SEE New Year Resolution 2017: 9 easy ways to stick to your New Year fitness resolution).
And this is how she prepared for role in the movie XXX Return of the Xander. (ALSO READ Happy Birthday Deepika Padukone: 5 times Padmavati actress looked ravishing in red! (VIEW PICS))
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The beautiful actress can’t resist a badminton game. (ALSO READ This hot photo of Hrithik Roshan and Lisa Haydon is giving us fitness goals for 2017!).
Happy Birthday, Deepika! You motivate us to be fit and healthy.
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