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7 times Deepika Padukone wooed us with her stellar performances

As the ravishing actress turns a year older, we take a look at her 7 best performances

It is queen supreme’s birthday and we can’t help but get awestruck over her progress graph! From being the undisputed one for Bollywood to making a Hollywood debut with Vin Diesel, all we can say is that we have fallen in love with not just her beauty but also her hard work and journey. Her performances have only gotten better with time. We take a sneak peek at 7 times the beauty wooed us with her versatility and acting.

A hot and happening debut

A debut with King Khan is what dreams are made of! Dippy who bagged such a big role put in everything and there she was receiving the award for the Best Debutante of the year. If this was not everything, she also got nominated for the Best Actress award for her very first movie! If this doesn’t spell spectacular, we don’t know what else will!

Critical acclaim for her movie ‘Cocktail’

Most people have acknowledged how Deepika submitted to the character of Veronica in ‘Cocktail’. She was effortlessly cool in the role and made many people identify with her! With the movie she also became a darling of the critics. Such a boss, we say!

Pulling it off in ‘Ram Leela’

One of her best movies, Deepika established herself as the queen marquee with ‘Ram Leela’. She swept off the screen with her performance and her chemistry with Ranveer Singh which became the talk of the town. With such a stunning performance as Leela, she held people’s gaze on her just as long as she should!

The ‘Chennai Express’ success

Deepika totally rocked Rohit Shetty’s entertainer ‘Chennai Express’ alongside SRK! The talking point was also that the movie made massive money! Her performance was loved by everyone and the Tamil accent was definitely a hit. Menamma aka Deepika delivered one of her best performances in the movie and belted more hits!

Killing it in ‘Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani’

Deepika as the nerdy Naina was another hit! It came as surprise as well as got us fall in love with her acting and her girl-next-door character which made so many relate to her. From being in her shell to getting into the extrovert zone, she portrayed it all so perfect!

Tugging over our hearstrings with ‘Piku’

Talk about Deepika’s best performances and Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Piku’ has to be on the list. She played an independent daughter with so much versatility and excellence that she walked home with almost all Best Actress awards. Then again, she read a letter written by her father to her and got everyone teary and touched!

Winning hearts with ‘Bajirao Mastani’

 

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘ Bajirao Mastani’ was described as a cinematic experience by many. We ought to attribute it to Deepika’s performance which was just so mesmerising that it will always be remembered by people. While her chemistry with Ranveer was too good, we need to give it to the girl’s potent combination of gorgeousness and talent!

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