Variety
has
been
the
key
in
the
career
of
actress
Deepika
Padukone,
who
turned
29
on
Monday.
The
New
Year
will
be
no
different
with
three
movies
as
different
as
Piku,
Tamasha
and
Bajirao
Mastani
slated
for
release.
In
Shoojit
Sircar's
Piku,
she
will
be
seen
teaming
up
with
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan.
She
will
play
his
onscreen
daughter
in
the
movie
which
is
said
to
be
about
the
father-daughter
relationship.
Then
in
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
epic
period
drama
Bajirao
Mastani,
Deepika
will
share
screen
space
with
her
rumored
boyfriend
Ranveer
Singh.
This
apart,
she
will
also
scorch
the
screen
with
her
former
beau
Ranbir
Kapoor
in
Tamasha.
Deepika's
film
career
started
off
with
a
bang
in
Bollywood
with
Shahrukh
Khan-starrer
Om
Shanti
Om
in
2007.
She
consolidated
her
spot
among
the
top
rung
Hindi
film
actresses
when
she
gave
four
back-to-back
hits
in
2013.
In
the
year
gone
by
too,
Deepika
continued
to
rule
the
hearts
of
many.
She
came
together
with
King
Khan
once
again
for
musical
heist
drama
Happy
New
Year,
which
had
a
bumper
opening.
The
movie,
which
featured
the
actress
as
an
enthusiastic
dancer
named
Mohini,
earned
a
record
Rs.44.97
Cr
on
the
first
day
of
its
release.
Deepika
also
experimented
with
Homi
Adajania's
English
language
Bollywood
entertainer
Finding
Fanny,
and
she
was
also
seen
with
megastar
Rajinikanth
in
Kochadaiyaan,
touted
as
India's
first
motion
capture
photo-realistic
3D
animated
film.