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Mumbai:
Filmmaker Apoorva Lakhia is happy to have roped in siblings Shraddha and Siddhanth Kapoor for his upcoming biopic on gangster Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena.
Shraddha will play the titular role in Haseena - The Queen of Mumbai while her brother will be seen as Dawood. Sonakshi Sinha was roped in for the biopic initially but the actress dropped out of the project.
"Both of them have been locked for the film which starts in November-December in one schedule. Siddhanth was one of the first persons to be locked to play Dawood after he did a screen test. They looked very similar," Apoorva told PTI.
The film will chronicle the journey of Haseena from her teenage years to the time when she is 40 and Apoorva said that Shraddha fit the bill.
"Haseena's journey starts from when she is 17 to 40. So, Shraddha fit the role perfectly and she was keen to do something different. Also, the opportunity for both Shraddha and Siddhanth to work together in a film does not come as often," said Apoorva.
Apoorva and his team are currently researching on the project.
Shraddha will play the titular role in Haseena - The Queen of Mumbai while her brother will be seen as Dawood. Sonakshi Sinha was roped in for the biopic initially but the actress dropped out of the project.
"Both of them have been locked for the film which starts in November-December in one schedule. Siddhanth was one of the first persons to be locked to play Dawood after he did a screen test. They looked very similar," Apoorva told PTI.
The film will chronicle the journey of Haseena from her teenage years to the time when she is 40 and Apoorva said that Shraddha fit the bill.
"Haseena's journey starts from when she is 17 to 40. So, Shraddha fit the role perfectly and she was keen to do something different. Also, the opportunity for both Shraddha and Siddhanth to work together in a film does not come as often," said Apoorva.
Apoorva and his team are currently researching on the project.
