Deepika Padukone is an Indian model and actress. Deepika Padukone is one of the highest-paid actresses in India, and her accolades include three Filmfare Awards.
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She charges Rs. 12-16 crores for a movie. Padukone had a small role in the 2014 film Kochadaiiyaan and was paid $420,000 USD for only two days of work on set.
Later that year, in the feature film Happy New Year, she played a bar dancer who trains a ragtag group of dancers for a dance competition. This was her most commercially successful film to date, grossing $48 million USD worldwide.
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Padukone’s performance as the lead in the 2012 romantic comedy Cocktail marked a watershed moment in her career. The film received mixed reviews, but Padukone’s performance was praised.
She received several Best Actress nominations for the role, which was also a box office success. By 2013, she had established herself as a leading actress in Hindi cinema, appearing in four of the year’s highest-grossing films.
Chennai Express was one of them, and it became one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time, grossing more than $55 million USD.
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