Deepika Padukone to be face of Mallya’s Formula One Team

July 30th, 2009 RANCHI - Fifteen-year-old Deepika Kumari, who won the 11th Youth World archery Championship held in Ogden, Utah, USA, recently, is today an inspiration for youngsters across the country and world. Born to an auto rickshaw driver, Deepika did not let her family's economic background come in her way.

April 21st, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone got candid with the media during the news conference here last evening. The event was the launch of the cover of a leading film magazine, which features Padukone.

April 11th, 2009 BANGALORE - Another Padukone, Sanchitha, is ready to hit the Kannada film industry. But before you jump to conclusion - no, she is not related to her more famous namesake Deepika.

March 26th, 2009 BANGALORE - Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone on Thursday announced that a ten-kilometer marathon would be held here on May 31, 2009. Padukone, who is promoting the marathon, said she would try to run as much as she could in the marathon.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Actress Deepika Padukone sashayed down the ramp for top designers Rana Gill and Rina Dhaka at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) here. The theme of the show, sponsored by Fiama Di Wills, was Nature Meets Science.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Deepika Padukone has had a dream-run in Bollywood with just three releases, but the model-turned-actress says her dream is to play the elegant Audrey Hepburn, her style icon. 'I would like to play Audrey Hepburn, my style icon, in movies like 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' or 'Roman Holiday',' Deepika told IANS on the sidelines of the Wills India Fashion Week (WIFW) Saturday, where she walked the ramp for Ranna Gill and Rina Dhaka's collections sponsored by luxury brand Fiama Di Wills.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After endorsing brands like Fiama Di Wills, Pepsi, Kingfisher Airlines and Tissot, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has now signed up as the brand ambassador of Wrigley's sugar-free chewing gum Orbit. It is for the first time that the brand has partnered with a film actor to promote oral health benefits, a statement said.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Her 2007 debut vehicle 'Saawariya' sank without a trace at the box office, but one-film old Sonam Kapoor is unperturbed and says she is no underdog. 'I did my first film with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and my second film 'Delhi-6' is with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.

January 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - Deepika Padukone was so busy with the premieres of 'Chandni Chowk To China' that she had to miss her sister Anisha's golf tournament in Pune. 'Yes Anisha, who is five years younger to me and the baby of the family, was playing in Pune just when I left for my premieres.

January 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After working with Bollywood disco king Mithun Chakraborty in 'Chandni Chowk To China', superstar Akshay Kumar says the former is a 'classic actor'. 'This is the first time I have worked with Mithun Da.

January 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - She made her first big screen appearance with superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in her second film she worked under the prestigious Yash Raj banner and her third release saw her teaming up with Akshay Kumar, and yet Deepika Padukone doesn't consider herself a celebrity. 'I don't consider myself a celebrity.

January 14th, 2009 GURGAON - Amid loud Punjabi drum beats, firecrackers going off and squeals of joy from the eager audience, Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone descended at a shopping mall here from a huge hot air balloon to promote their action-adventure film 'Chandni Chowk To China', releasing Friday. Thousands of fans who had been waiting for hours to catch a glimpse of the two stars went ballistic when they arrived Thursday evening.

January 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - Hollywood-based action choreographer Huan-Chiu Ku was doubtful about Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar's ability to perform the gravity-defying stunts in the forthcoming action-comedy 'Chandni Chowk To China'. 'I had doubts if Akshay could do the stunts, but he did it very well.

January 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood's dusky beauty Deepika Padukone's complexion has been lightened by three shades to suit her Chinese look in the film 'Chandni Chowk To China', says stylist Mallika Bhat. 'Deepika has a dusky skin tone.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Writer-poet Javed Akhtar, who usually shies away from breaking into dance and song, will now be seen doing the bhangra on the small screen to celebrate son Farhan's birthday Friday. Javed paid a surprise visit on Farhan's show 'Oye! It's Friday!' and spoke about his son's growing days.