Deepika Padukone to be first Indian actor to receive a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Deepika Padukone is going to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and with it, she will be the first Indian actor to be felicitated with the honour. Sharing this news on its official Instagram page, the official organisation which administers the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce wrote: “A new group of entertainment professionals in the categories of Motion Pictures, Television, Live Theatre/Live Performance, Radio, Recording and Sports Entertainment have been selected to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by the Walk of Fame Selection Panel of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.”
Importantly, Padukone will receive the honour along with a host of popular Hollywood actors like Emily Blunt, Timothee Chalamet, Marion Cotillard, Stanley Tucci, Rami Malek, Rachel McAdams and Demi Moore besides filmmakers Chris Columbus and Tony Scott.
In 2011, the renowned Indian conductor, Zubin Mehta had received a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. Before Mehta, the Indian-origin American actor, Sabu Dastagir- known his work in films during the 1940s-had received the award.
Padukone emerged as one of the top stars of India since her Bollywood debut with 2007’s “Om Shanti Om”. She had also starred in several critically-acclaimed movies like “Love Aaj Kal”, “Piku”, “Bajirao Mastani”, “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela”, “Padmaavat”, “Chhapaak” and “Gehraiyaan”. She had embarked on her Hollywood journey with the 2017 action movie “XXX: Return of Xander Cage”, co-starring Vin Diesel. She had also been named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2018 and received the TIME100 Impact Award. Besides, she had served in the main competition jury of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in 2022.
