Shraddha Kapoor to play Saina Nehwal

Shraddha will be seen in a biopic of ace badminton player Saina

 Shraddha Kapoor has confirmed to be part of a second biopic in her career and this time it's on Saina. The actress chose to confirm the news on Twitter and posted, “'SAINA' is going to be directed by Amole Gupte & produced by T series.Her journey to the top has been fascinating & I am honored to be given this opportunity to play her in my next film 'SAINA'.The preparation for this film is going to be very, very challenging. It's probably going to be my most difficult film till date.Wish me luck everyone ”(sic)

She will be seen essaying a role of Dawood Ibraham’s sister Haseena in the other biopic that she's doing. 

 The reports of Saina Nehwal’s biopic were doing the rounds for a long time now. There were speculations that Deepika Padukone might play Saina in the film. In fact Saina too had expressed her desire to see Deepika playing her character on screen. Deepika is well versed with the game, because of her badminton champion dad, Prakash Padukone.

 Finally it is Shraddha who has been finalised to play lead in biopic. The film is slated to go on floor later this year.