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