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Deepika
has been modelling appearances in print and television advertising
campaigns for Liril soap, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, receiving
many prestigious modelling offers, including brand ambassadorship
of the Jewels of India, an annual jewellery exhibition. She
hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new
international cover face. |
At
the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and
designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly
afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher
Swimsuit Calendar for 2006, thus cementing her reputation as a supermodel.
She also bagged two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 -
Female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face
of the year..
Like
many successful models before her Deepika is turning to acting in
Bollywood. She started by starring in the music video for "Naam
Hai Tera," a song from the pop album Aap Ka Suroor, an independent
album by popular Bollywood singer-composer Himesh Reshammiya.
Deepika
recently made her cinematic debut in a Kannada film, Aishwarya,
directed by Indrajit Lankesh.[1]. Her co-stars in the movie is top
Kannada hero Upendra. The film has already been successful at the
box-office, and Deepika has received reviews which praise her for
her great screen presence. Reportedly, she has also signed on three
Hindi movies - Priyadarshan's forthcoming film, Pirate, Farah Khan's
second directorial venture, Om Shanti Om and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's
Delhi 6. 'All three are slated for a 2007 release. 'However, Deepika
has categorically denied ever having met Priyadarshan''''''', and
claims she is not doing his film. Khan's and Mehra's films, however,
seem very much on the anvil, though she is reluctant to talk about
them with the press and won't confirm or deny developments
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