Career
Her first screen appearance was in Himesh Reshammiya"s music video "Naam Hai Tera" in 2005. Padukone made her film debut by playing the titular protagonist in the Kannada film Aishwarya (2006). Her first Hindi film release came the following year with Farah Khan"s melodrama Om Shanti Om, in which she played dual roles opposite Shah Rukh Khan.
Her sole film role in 2008 was as one of Ranbir Kapoor"s love interests in Bachna Ae Haseeno.
Padukone"s first film release of 2009, the kung fu comedy Chandni Chowk to China opposite Akshay Kumar, proved to be a box office flop. However, her next release, Imtiaz Ali"s romance Love Aaj Kal grossed ₹1.2 billion (United States$18 million) worldwide, and garnered her a second Best Actress nomination at Filmfare.
Padukone had five film releases in 2010. The comedy Housefull was a commercial success, though her other four releases that year failed at the box office.
The series of poorly received films continued with both her 2011 releases, the drama Aarakshan and the comedy Desi Boyz.
The role of an impulsive party-girl in Homi Adajania"s Cocktail (2012) proved to be a breakthrough for Padukone. Critics praised her performance and she received several acting nominations for lieutenant The year 2013 was key for Padukone.
All four of her releases that year were box office hits.
Among these were two of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time—the romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and the action-comedy Chennai Express. In 2014, Padukone appeared in Kochadaiiyaan, an animation film in Tamil, which was shot using motion capture technology.
Also that year, she played a young widow in Adajania"s Finding Fanny and a bar dancer in the ensemble heist film Happy New Year. Also in 2015, she portrayed Mastani opposite Ranveer Singh"s Bajirao I in the historical romance Bajirao Mastani, a major success.