Lesser known facts about birthday girl Deepika Padukone

First break

Deepika was given her first national break by singer and music composer Himesh Reshammiya in his hit 2006 song Naam Hai Tera

Movie debut

Deepika made her debut in films in the Kannada-language film Aishwarya in 2006

Kingfisher model

The Pathaan actress started her career as a model for Kingfisher and was also featured in its annual calendar. She also bagged the Kingfisher Model of the Year award in 2005

Amrita Rao and her are related

Actress Amrita Rao and Deepika Padukone’s cousins got married to each other, so now the two actresses are relatives

Born in Denmark

Deepika was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family migrated to Bengaluru when she was 11 months old

Ad break

Deepika became a known face through the  Liril soap ad in 2004

Connection to Guru Dutt

Deepika has a connection to yesteryears Bollywood actor-director-producer Guru Dutt, whose real name was Vasanth Padukone. Both of them hail from Karnataka's Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin community