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Achievements / Events |
- She has established a successful career in Bollywood
films, and is cited in the media as one of the most popular
and attractive Indian celebrities.
- She is the daughter of the badminton player Prakash
Padukone
- She was born in Copenhagen and raised in Bangalore.
- As a teenager she played badminton in national level
championships, but left her career in sport to become a
fashion model.
- She soon received offers for film roles, and made her
acting debut in 2006 as the titular character of the Kannada
film Aishwarya.
- She then played dual roles in her first Bollywood
release—the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om—and won a Filmfare
Award for Best Female Debut.
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