SAINDIA SEPTEMBER 2016

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