Hot, gorgeous and sexy, when you put these 3 words together one name that would instantaneously come to your mind is Deepika Padukone.

Deepika Padukone daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone made her foray into films after a successful career in the modeling arena. She started modeling soon after her schooling. She is known as the “Liril girl” after her advertisement campaign for Liril. She is also famous for her advertisement for Close Up toothpaste and Limca. Deepika debuted in the international scene by becoming the international cover face of Maybelline. Deepika Padukone was awarded ‘Model of the Year’ at the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards and was chosen as one of the top models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar in the year 2006. Deepika Padukone was also selected as the ‘Fresh Face of the year’ and ‘Female model of the year’ (Commercial Assignments) at the Idea Zee F awards in 2006.

Deepika started her acting career with music videos. Deepika made waves when she starred in the music video ‘Naam Hai Tera’ from Himesh Reshammiya’s hit pop album ‘Aap Ka Suroor’. Her film entry was with Kannada superstar Upendra in super hit film 'Aishwarya', directed by Indrajit Lankesh. Deepika got rave reviews for her excellent screen presence in this film. Her Bollywood debut started with King Shah Rukh Khan in Farah Khan’s much awaited film ‘OM SHANTI OM’. It is a dream debut for anyone with King Khan and she got lot of publicity due to this. Deepika also has bagged offers from Priyadarshan and ‘Rang De Basanti’ fame Rakyesh Mehra.

She is being flaunted as the next big thing to watch for in Bollywood. Deepika is a trained dancer and her dancing skills gives an edge in her film career, over the other upcoming heroines. She is very much interested in sports and maintains an athletic body. With her immense experience in the diplomacy of the glamour world, she is the right blend of beauty with brains. The sexy girl from Bangalore, Deepika Padukone surely will make it big in Bollywood and certainly is the star to watch out for in the years to come. Many insiders in the Bollywood industry believe that this young and beautiful actress will make the same impact in Bollywood as former Miss World Aishwarya Rai did in the last decade or so.