SAINDIA SEPTEMBER 2016
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No 10<br />
Forbes list<br />
COVER FEATURE<br />
Her Success Story<br />
Deepika Padukone is one of the prominent Bollywood actresses with<br />
an impressive record of box office hits and ad endorsements to her<br />
credit. She is the highest paid Bollywood actress since 2003, reaching<br />
the status of being among the top highly actress paid actresses in the<br />
world. The model-turned actress was born on January 5, 1986 but spent<br />
her growing years in Bangalore, where she studied and learns badminton.<br />
Her father is the former badminton player of international repute,<br />
Prakash Padukone, while mother Ujjala has her own travel agency. Her<br />
sister Anisha Padukone is a golfer.<br />
Though she represented her state in several national –level badminton<br />
championships, Deepika naturally veered towards modeling. Her first<br />
movie was ‘Aishwarya’ a Telugu film which released in 2006. A year later,<br />
Deepika debuted in her first Bollywood film ‘Om Shanti Om’ opposite the<br />
biggest Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. The movie was a run-away<br />
box-office hit. After a spate of flops and lukewarm hits, her career got a<br />
turning point in 2012 with the success of the movie ‘Cocktail’. After this,<br />
all of her movies released in 2013 were super hits, earning monies in<br />
excess of USD 16 million (INR 100 crores). Chennai Express, one of<br />
the movies released in 2013, which had her giving one of her careerbest<br />
performances, earned $64 million, becoming the second biggest<br />
Bollywood hit worldwide in terms of revenue. In 2014, Deepika starrer<br />
‘Happy New Year’ earned $57 million, becoming the 5th highest grossing<br />
film worldwide.<br />
Her Affairs<br />
Deepika Padukone was linked to Upen Patel during<br />
the modeling days but her first boyfriend<br />
was Nihar Pandya. After they<br />
drifted apart, following<br />
her<br />
success in<br />
Om Shanti<br />
Om, she<br />
briefly<br />
dated<br />
Yuvraj Singh. Deepika Padukone was into a relationship with Ranbir<br />
Kapoor for two years before they broke up, with Deepika alleging that<br />
he cheated on her. In 2011, Deepika was dating Siddharth Mallya, son<br />
of one of India’s wealthiest businessmen and liquor baron Vijay Mallya.<br />
After the relationship went kaput, the media began to report about the<br />
relationship between Deepika and co-star Ranveer Singh. The two are<br />
still together in a relationship, and Deepika doesn’t deny her feeling for<br />
the actor .<br />
Net Worth<br />
Deepika Padukone’s net worth is $10 million dollars. She was paid<br />
7 crore (or 70 million INR) for Bajirao Mastani which is equivalent to<br />
1,124,660.59 USD. She signed a 1 million USD contract with Garnier<br />
( 60 million INR) in 2012. Her net earnings as listed by Forbes is<br />
$6,600,000,her sponsorship earnings from various brands comes to<br />
$1,090,000 and her property at Prabhadevi Mumbai is worth $3,470,000<br />
In <strong>2016</strong>, Deepika Padukone made it the list of the top ten richest actresses<br />
in the world. She was positioned at number 10 with $10 million<br />
in earnings.<br />
Brand endorsements<br />
The 5 feet 8 ½ inch tall Deepika endorses Garnier, Nescafe, Maybelline,<br />
Tissot, Sony Cybershot, Pepsi and Vogue Eyewear.<br />
Cars<br />
The 28 year old actress owns an Audi Q7 (worth 70 lakhs INR), Audi A8<br />
(worth 1.7 crore INR)<br />
House<br />
Deepika Padukone lives in a swanky apartment in a high-rise building<br />
called ‘Beau Monde’ (33 storey towe) in Prabhadevi, Central Mumbai.<br />
She bought the house for a whopping Rs. 16 crore. Deepika stays on<br />
the 26th floor in tower B. The apartment has a parking area for three<br />
cars. The carpet area of the house is 2,776 square feet and is close to<br />
Siddhivinayak temple, a prominent landmark in Mumbai. The complex<br />
also has two tennis courts, squash and badminton courts. Deepika also<br />
has another house in Pali Hill, Bandra.<br />
Forbes list<br />
Scarlett Johansson of Captain America: Civil War was third at $25 million,<br />
down nearly 30 percent from 2015. Together, the world’s 10 highest-paid<br />
actresses tallied a combined $205 million between June 1,<br />
2015 and June 1, <strong>2016</strong>, before management fees and taxes, Forbes<br />
said. The estimates include earnings from movies, TV and endorsements<br />
from cosmetic and other companies. The rest of the top<br />
10 of this year’s highest-paid actresses are Jennifer Aniston<br />
($21 million), Fan Bingbing ($17 million), Charlize<br />
Theron ($16.5 million), Amy Adams ($13.5 million),<br />
Julia Roberts ($12 million), Mila Kunis ($11 million)<br />
and Deepika Padukone ($10 million).<br />
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