Deepika Padukone did a screen test for Beyond The Clouds, due to scheduling conflicts, she could not do the movie.
For the song Ghoomar from Padmaavat, Deepika Padukone did 66 twirls wearing heavy costumes and extravagant jewelry.
Deepika Padukone charged a remuneration of 13 crore INR for Padmaavat, making her the highest-paid actress in Bollywood.
Tamasha was initially offered to Anushka Sharma, however, she turned it down hence, the role went on to Deepika Padukone
Kick`s leading lady`s role was initially offered to Deepika Padukone but she did not want to work with Salman Khan.
The famous hand movements in folk-ish song Pinga have been borrowed from Sanjay Leela Bhansali`s cook and house help.
Deepika Padukone was the first choice for the role of the NASA scientist in Zero which then went to Anushka Sharma.
Kareena Kapoor Khan and not Deepika Padukone, was director Rohit Shetty`s initial choice for Chennai Express.
Deepika Padukone was the first choice for Rockstar but Imtiaz Ali realized it would look a lot like Love Aaj Kal.
Before she made it big in Bollywood, Deepika Padukone was in a live-in relationship with actor-model Nihar Pandya.
In appreciation of her performance in Ram Leela, Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan sent Deepika Padukone flowers.
Before her debut, Deepika Padukone took acting classes from Anupam Kher and dancing classes from Shaimak Davar.
Deepika Padukone was offered a role in Fast and Furious 7, but she turned down the offer due to date issues.
Deepika Padukone is the first Bollywood actress to have delivered four, 100 crore rupees plus hits, consecutively.
Deepika Padukone claimed Chhapaak has been the most emotionally and physically challenging role till date.
Deepika Padukone is related to the legendary Bollywood actor-director Guru Dutt, whose real name was Vasanth Padukone.
Deepika Padukone's costume in Padmaavat's song Ghoomar weighed close to 30 kgs.
Deepika Padukone turned producer with Meghna Gulzar directed film `Chhapaak`.
Deepika Padukone has her own line of women's clothing called 'All About You'.
Padukone is a social activist who believes in feminism and works hard to spread awareness on mental health. To this effect, she founded Live Love Laugh, an organization to create awareness on mental health in India.
In 2010, Deepika Padukone adopted Ambegaon, a village in Maharashtra, to provide the villagers with electricity, in collaboration with NDTV's Jai Jawaan, a reality show.
Deepika Padukone is an active supporter of the Olympic Gold Quest, an organization cofounded by her father, to support athletes at the Olympic Games.
As on of Bollywood's most recognized personalities, Deepika Padukone has been associated with products for several highprofile brands like Liril, Garnier, Nescafe, Sony CyberShot, Tissot, Pepsi, Maybelline, and Vogue Eyewear.
Deepika Padukone starred in a two-and-a-half minute Women's Empowerment Video for
Vogue, called “My Choice”, in 2015. The highly controversial video about feminism has been
viewed several million times, has split people's opinions and received a lot of criticism. In the
video, Padukone speaks of how it's a women's choice how to behave, what to do, and who to love.Statements like it's a woman's choice to “have sex outside of marriage” have been heavily
criticized. Some say that the video appears to be promoting the superiority of women over men rather than their equality and the film gives a distorted view of feminism.
On 14th September 2014, the Times of India, one of India's top media houses tweeted a video
zooming into Deepika Padukone's cleavage, captioned, “OMG: Deepika Padukone's cleavage
show!”. The news outlet was on the receiving end of immense criticism from celebrities and
deeregular citizens alike, with Padukone herself tweeting, “Supposedly India's 'LEADING' newspaper and this is 'NEWS'!!??” She added, “YES! I am a Woman. I have breasts AND cleavage! You got a problem!!??” The Times of India after getting a lot of flak attempted at defending themselves, calling Padukone a hypocrite, and only conceding that the headline could have been better.
Deepika Padukone and Sonam Kapoor shared a love-hate relationship for some time. After
appearing together on a controversial episode of Koffee With Karan, where the two openly took shots at other celebrities, including Padukone's former flame Ranbir Kapoor, Padukone patched up with the actor, leaving Sonam Kapoor bitter, and taking to twitter to take digs at Padukone.
In 2009, a year after they began dating, Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone ended their relationship. Although Ranbir initially claimed that the break-up was mutual, he later admitted to infidelity. When asked about this in an interview, the actor said, "Yes, I have, out of immaturity, out of inexperience, out of taking advantage of certain temptations, out of callousness." The two are, however, on good terms and continue to share a friendly and professional relationship.