Shraddha Kapoor sheds off her ‘girl-next-door’ image for ‘Half Girlfriend’

In most of her films so far, Shraddha Kapoor has essayed the role of a girl-next-door. Be it ‘Aashiqui 2’, ‘OK Jaanu’, ‘Ek Villain’, ‘Baaghi’ or ‘ABCD 2’, Shraddha has always been the simple one in her films. But contrary to this, Shraddha is now set to play a glamourous character in her upcoming film ‘Half Girlfriend’.

Directed by Mohit Suri, ‘Half Girlfriend’ is a story about a high society girl who finds a lover in a Bihari boy. The director recently revealed that they have gone out of the way to glamourise her character. In his recent interview with a tabloid, he was quoted saying, “There’s a lot of conjecture around how Shraddha’s character has been adapted from the book. She has worked hard to become the high society Delhi girl — we have gone all out to glamourise her — and is nothing like the girl-next-door that you have seen so far.”

Not just this, Shraddha’s character is supposedly that of a girl who is extremely good in playing basketball. Hence, she has trained hard to learn this sport.

Mohit reveals, “Shraddha would train for hours on end every day for over a month. While Arjun is a basketball pro, Shraddha was supposed to play a university girl, who is damn good at it. It was important for her to get the basics right. She is a quick learner and also receptive to feedback. The DU girls, who play basketball, would play a game or two while we weren’t shooting,” he recalls, adding special women coaches from NBA flew down from the US to train Shraddha. “International coach Natalia Andre and her team were always present on set to help her.”

Seems like a lot of hard work has gone behind the making of ‘Half Girlfriend’. We look forward to this film. (Also Read:‘Half Girlfriend’: Here’s how Arjun Kapoor prepared himself to be a basketball player)

Nikita Thakkar

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