Deepika Padukone Or Shraddha Kapoor, Who Will Star In Saina Nehwal's Biopic?

Biopics are the talk of the town these days. From MS Dhoni to Sachin Tendulkar and now Saina Nehwal's life will be showcased on the silver screen too. When the news broke out about Saina's biopic, everyone assumed that Deepika Padukone will be the leading star. Even Saina herself said,

"Her(Deepika's) father has been a badminton player and I have seen her playing badminton. She used to play really good. She can do justice to the role and I really wish she can do the role."

Even Deepika wanted to play the role and was quoted as saying, "I would love to play Saina onscreen. We have played together in fact and obviously she was way better .. She also said to me 'good' also. We had fun time... Of course anything for the love of sports specially if it is badminton."

However, despite all of this, the film-makers have chosen Shraddha Kapoor to portray the character of Saina Nehwal in the biopic and an excited Shraddha opened up to Bombay Times by saying, "Most girls would have played badminton at some point in their lives in school. I feel so lucky to be playing Saina, who is not just among the world's top badminton players, but also a youth icon. I can't wait to start prepping for my role."

Also, Saina Nehwal who is currently in China for the Badminton Asia Championships reacted to the news by saying, "Whoa! That's news to me... I was aware of the film, yes. But I didn't know about this casting. It's great if Shraddha is playing me, because she is a very talented actress and very hardworking! I am sure she will do justice to the role. The best part is, she is a good friend as well. So it will be easier to teach her some badminton (laughs). A lot of people tell me that we look similar and I think that's a huge compliment, cos Shraddha is very beautiful."