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From shining film star to bold entrepreneur, Deepika Padukone tells The CEO Magazine how she is stepping beyond cinema to build businesses, break down stigmas and empower India on the global stage

Feb 24, 2025

Back in February 2014, Deepika Padukone remembers waking up – and promptly collapsing.


The actress, who had burst onto the silver screen in 2007’s Om Shanti Om opposite Shah Rukh Khan, was already the darling of the Indian film industry. Hits such as 2012’s Cocktail and 2013’s Chennai Express only further cemented that status.