Biopic on Sapna Didi starring Deepika Padukone to start rolling in January 2018

Actress Deepika Padukone will be essaying the role of gangster Sapna Didi in latter’s biopic. The movie will go on the floors in January 2018. Prernaa Arora of KriArj Entertainment revealed the same to a leading entertainment web portal by saying, “It’s a thriller. Deepika is busy with Padmavati. Once she is done with that, she will get involved in this film wholeheartedly. Now we are at the music stage but yes everything is getting ready. I think by January 15, we will start shooting.”

She further added, “Vishal (Bhardwaj) ji is concentrating on the music of Sapna Didi biopic right now. He is making very different sort of music. Aaj se pehle jo hua nahi hoga.” Irrfan Khan will be playing the character of the man who trained her in taking revenge of her husband’s death. The man was a womaniser and was attracted to Sapna Didi, but helped her a lot, out of respect. (Also Read: Woah! Prakash Padukone’s letter to Deepika is now a lesson in a school textbook)

Sapna Didi was a simple girl who changes into a cold-blooded, ruthless woman after the death of her husband as she wants to take revenge for his death. Her story was immortalised by well-known crime journalist S Hussain Zaidi in his book ‘Mafia Queens of Mumbai’.

Reports state that the movie will mostly clash with Anushka Sharma and Varun Dhawan-starrer ‘Sui Dhaga’ on September 28, 2018.

Currently, Deepika is geared up for her upcoming movie, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmavati’ which is slated to release on November 17, 2017. The movie also stars Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor and Aditi Rao Hydari in main roles.

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