![Birthday Special: Did you know Deepika Padukone’s character names NEVER repeated except for THESE 2 films? Birthday Special: Did you know Deepika Padukone’s character names NEVER repeated except for THESE 2 films?](https://resize.indiatvnews.com/en/resize/newbucket/1200_-/2024/01/deepika-padukone-1704417627.jpg)
Deepika Padukone is celebrating her 38th birthday today, January 5. The actress is one of the most successful actresses of Bollywood in the current generation and enjoys a huge fan following across the globe. She made her Bollywood debut with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Om Shanti Om, which was released in 2007 and became a huge blockbuster. But not many know that Om Shanti Om was not her acting debut in films, it was a Kannada film titled Aishwarya wherein Deepika played the titular role. It was released in 2006.