Shraddha Kapoor OPENS UP on Saina Nehwal biopic

She wrapped up Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai in March, in which she plays Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar. Shraddha Kapoor’s biggest Haseena Parkar-related grouse is that while she was able to pump up her cheeks, add layers of fat around her stomach and hips, her arms remained skinny. “Everyone has their own body type,” she told Mumbai Mirror, adding, “But at least I could eat what I wished and not have to work out.”

Shraddha Kapoor has just announced a second biopic on badminton player Saina Nehwal, which will be directed by Amole Gupte. Saina’s story is exciting for Shraddha as the latter was a good athlete in school and played everything from football, basketball and handball to long jump and high jump.

“I also played badminton and I’m thrilled that in my quest to be the former World No. 1 and a youth icon, I’ll get to train in the sport again. I’m sure it’s going to be my most difficult film yet as Saina has spent her whole life playing badminton and in the next few months, I have to get close to the standards she’s set,” she told the tabloid adding that she trained in basketball for about …read more