The newcomer has a beautiful smile and expressive eyes, which she uses to mirror the character’s feelings.

Apart from Deepika, another actor who makes an impact is Arjun Rampal. Farah Khan has done justice to the model-turned-actor by giving him a negative role in which he has proved his mettle. Arjun is able to bring the same kind of unscrupulous cold-blooded feel to his character just like villains of the early ’70s.

He plots to kill Deepika, a successful actress who is secretly married to him, because she is pregnant and it poses a threat to his ambitions and career, and succeeds. Talented Shreyas Talpade, as Shah Rukh’s chum, is equally impressive.

While her onscreen avatar is yet to be unveiled, the little girl who’s come into the big bad world of Bollywood is already flooded with offers.

She’s the daughter of badminton champ Prakash Padukone, and now she has her own calling card. After reigning the couture ramps as the nation’s numero uno supermodel, the movies were as inevitable as rainfall in June.

So what makes this lass stand out? The SRK factor, the celebrity father or an efficient publicist? Whatever it is, Deepika’s love life seems to be giving her more attention than she can handle.

With rumours of her linkup with Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika is also getting her share of controversies at the right time to draw everyone’s attention. On the professional front, there are more films than she can wish for. On the private front, she was harnessed to aspiring actor Nihar Pandya. But she soon exchanged him for the first family son Ranbir, only to return to Nihar again. The reason – the apparent displeasure of Ranbir’s parents.

Recently, Ranbir and Nihar Pandya’s tiff helped the girl grab headlines yet again. Their bone of contention – Miss Padukone herself. It seems she is also getting the right dose of controversy for a rising star.

Considering Deepika is under contract to remain mum till ‘Om Shanti Om’ is released, it doesn’t seem like she’s doing a very good job of staying out of the spotlight.