Took Dawood Ibrahim's role as a challenge: Siddhanth Kapoor
Mumbai
May 16, 2017
Actor Siddhanth Kapoor says
he didnt think twice before signing on to portray underworld don Dawood
Ibrahim in the upcoming film "Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai" and rather
took it as a challenge.
"These days there are a lot of biopics that are being made in Indian
cinema like ‘Mary Kom', ‘Sarbjit' or ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' through which
people are getting to know about their lives," Siddhanth told IANS.
"Also, for an actor there is a lot of performance scope because of the
graph of these characters. I didn't think twice before taking up this
character. I took it (Dawood's life) up as a challenge," he added.
Siddhanth, son of actor Shakti Kapoor, will be seen alongside his
sister Shraddha Kapoor in "Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai". The actress
will play the title role.
The film is a biopic based on the life of Dawood's sister Haseena
Parkar.
"One of the main reasons why I decided to do ‘Haseena' was that I got
to play someone whose life has been all over the media. I see it from
an actor's point of view," Siddhanth said.
"Actors like Rishi Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi have played
this character (earlier) so, I wanted to play it in a different way.
Nobody has actually shown his life when he was young and how raw he
was.
"It doesn't really matter if it is a female-oriented film for me
because the character stands out and there is scope for performance.
This film had a full on transformation from 18 to 42 years old. It
sounded really interesting to me," he added.
Talking about his experience of working with his real life sister,
Siddhanth said: "My experience with my sister (Shraddha) was extremely
special. Every brother's dream is to work with his own sister.
"It was really special though it was different from what we actually
share in real life. It was probably one of the best experiences of my
life."
The film has been directed by Apoorva Lakhia.
Mumbai
May 16, 2017
Actor Siddhanth Kapoor says
he didnt think twice before signing on to portray underworld don Dawood
Ibrahim in the upcoming film "Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai" and rather
took it as a challenge.
"These days there are a lot of biopics that are being made in Indian
cinema like ‘Mary Kom', ‘Sarbjit' or ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' through which
people are getting to know about their lives," Siddhanth told IANS.
"Also, for an actor there is a lot of performance scope because of the
graph of these characters. I didn't think twice before taking up this
character. I took it (Dawood's life) up as a challenge," he added.
Siddhanth, son of actor Shakti Kapoor, will be seen alongside his
sister Shraddha Kapoor in "Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai". The actress
will play the title role.
The film is a biopic based on the life of Dawood's sister Haseena
Parkar.
"One of the main reasons why I decided to do ‘Haseena' was that I got
to play someone whose life has been all over the media. I see it from
an actor's point of view," Siddhanth said.
"Actors like Rishi Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi have played
this character (earlier) so, I wanted to play it in a different way.
Nobody has actually shown his life when he was young and how raw he
was.
"It doesn't really matter if it is a female-oriented film for me
because the character stands out and there is scope for performance.
This film had a full on transformation from 18 to 42 years old. It
sounded really interesting to me," he added.
Talking about his experience of working with his real life sister,
Siddhanth said: "My experience with my sister (Shraddha) was extremely
special. Every brother's dream is to work with his own sister.
"It was really special though it was different from what we actually
share in real life. It was probably one of the best experiences of my
life."
The film has been directed by Apoorva Lakhia.
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