Deepika to be honoured with Smita Patil Memorial Award

2012 seems to be very lucky to Deepika Padukone! After getting rave reviews for her outstanding performance in the romantic triangle Cocktail, the leggy lass is soon going to be awarded with Smita Patil Memorial Award.

The Award is being organized by Priyadarshni Academy which felicitates outstanding individuals from various fields like literature, science and technology, entrepreneurship, science and technology, environment, education, fine arts and films.

Other Bollywood actresses who have won the award are Kareena Kapoor,Preity Zinta, Madhuri Dixit, Urmila Matondkar, Karisma Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Manisha Koirala, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Pooja Bhatt, Dimple Kapadia, Sridevi, Roopa Ganguly, Deepika Chikhlia, Tanvi Kiran.

The award is a tight slap to all those who believed that Deepika couldn’t act. After a span of 5 years in the film industry Deepika’s efforts finally got recognized. But it was not a smooth journey for the dimpled actress.  The Veronica of Cocktail gained instant popularity when she starred in 2007’s blockbuster movie Om Shanti Om opposite superstar Shahrukh Khan. But her later performances weren't too convincing. The actress' role in Bachna Ae Haseena, was a sure disappointment to the critics. According to Taran Adarsh, "Deepika is a sore point. Her role isn't convincing and that's the reason why this performance doesn't work. The only consolation is, she looks gorgeous."

After her average performance in Love Aaj Kal as Meera, NDTV’s Anupama Chopra wrote "Deepika looks fabulous, but she isn't a strong enough actor to breathe life into the character."

She played double role in the disastrously flop movie Chandani Chowk To China. She was seen doing an item number in Rohan Sippy's Dum Maaro Dum starring Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu in the lead. It was a remixed version of Zeenat Aman's iconic song from Hare Rama Hare Krishna. While a leading newspaper stated her moves as "mechanised gyrations", Adarsh wrote, "Deepika scorches the screen in the title track.” She bagged Golden Kela worst actress award for her performance in Aarakshan.

Viewers started saying that although she has looks to kill, she couldn’t act at all. Some were of the opinion that she should get back to modelling. But her mind boggling performance in Cocktail came as a stunner to all. The actress not only received good response for her performance from people but also from critics.

"The big surprise in Cocktail is Deepika, who moves beyond her usual statuesque mannequin pose and gets into the skin of the emotionally raw and needy poor little rich girl. This is easily her best performance to date."

"Deepika hits the bull’s eye with her portrayal of Veronica. Deepika manages to highlight the intricacies of the psyche of a woman who has had a troubled childhood, which propelled her to seek refuge in alcohol and hard core partying" said the critics. Way to go girl!

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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, July 31, 2012