Deepika Padukone would love to essay role of Saina Nehwal
- IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,February 03 2016]
Dimpled beauty Deepika Padukone comes from a family where badminton in given first preference in life and career. She being the daughter of former badminton player Prakash Padukone proudly says that, she would love to essay role of badminton ace player Saina Nehwal on the silver screen.
Deepika recently spoke at an event saying, "I would love to play Saina Nehwal onscreen. We have played together in fact and obviously she was way better .. She also said to me 'good'. We had fun time... Of course anything, for the love of sports especially if it is badminton."
Saina recently received the NDTV Indian Of The Year 2015 Award, where she bagged Sportsperson Of The Year' at the ceremony, she wished that Deepika brings her life on the camera in the forthcoming biopic through a live video chat. She also said, "Of course Deepika Padukone. She used to play badminton. Her father was a badminton player. I think she would do good justice to the role. I wish she could do the role." Saina Nehwal also shared the award with tennis champion Sania Mirza.
Renowned filmmaker Amol Gupte is planning to make a film on the Indian badminton champion.