‘Haseena Parkar’: Interesting facts about the film

Shraddha Kapoor is eagerly awaiting the release of her next film 'Haseena Parkar', co-starring brother Siddhanth Kapoor. The film will see brother-sister duo share screen space for the very first time. In a recent interview, it was revealed that Shraddha broke down while filming an intense scene.
Talking about the scene, the actress said that a scene involving Siddhant getting beaten with a prosthetic belt made her cry as it looked very real. Director Apoorva Lakhia added that the actress wept "endlessly" on seeing someone beat her brother for the first time. He, however, admitted that it is his favourite scene in the film.
'Haseena Parkar' is scheduled to release on September 22. The film also stars Ankur Bhatia and Rajesh Tailang in pivotal roles.

Shraddha Kapoor starrer-‘Haseena Parkar’, based on underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena, which was scheduled to release on August 18, has now reportedly been pushed to September 22 to avoid clutter.

According to reports, a statement issued on behalf of the producers read, “The makers wanted to get a better release date as there has been a lot of hard work, research and thought put behind each and every scene of the movie".

"As a director, it is very important for me to ensure that the film reaches out to the maximum audience as it takes a lot of patience and perseverance to make a film on a subject like this. We are all set to release on September 22 and hope the audience loves it as much as we loved working on it," Lakhia said.

Produced by Nahid Khan, ‘Haseena Parkar’ also stars Shraddha's brother Siddhanth Kapoor, who will portray the role of Dawood Ibrahim, while Ankur Bhatia will essay Haseena's husband Ibrahim Parkar.

Raksha Bandhan may still be a week away, but that did not seem to stop brother-sister duo Shraddha Kapoor and Siddhanth Kapoor from celebrating the festival. According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, the actor-duo, who share screen space for the first time in the 'Haseena Parkar' biopic as siblings- Haseena and Dawood Ibrahim, were on the sets of Krushna Abhishek's new show, Drama Company. The two appeared on the sets to promote their upcoming film and began the festivities early by tying a rakhi on the sets.

India’s most wanted gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar’s joins the long list of personalities who have inspired biopics. Director Apoorva Lakhia returns to the silver screen with Shraddha Kapoor essaying the titular role. Every little titbit about the film has piqued the curiosity of audiences. Here are a few interesting facts about ‘Haseena Parkar’.

Shraddha Kapoor, who has looked absolutely fierce in every poster of 'Haseena Parkar,' shared her experience of portraying such a multi-layered character at the launch of its trailer. She mentioned the physical transformation she had undergone, the 'Rock On!! 2' star said during the trailer launch event, "I had put on seen to nine kilos for the role and now I am in the process of losing that weight."

At the trailer launch of the film, director Apoorva Lakhia said that he had first approached Sonakshi Sinha to play the central character of Haseena. "We had first approached Sonakshi. Our shoot kept on getting postponed. She was doing 'Force 2' at that time and John was injured. Shraddha was totally my second choice. I knew she could play a 17-year-old and a 45-year-old too," said Apoorva in the media interaction.

Apoorva Lakhia’s ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala’ won him major accolades and performed tremendously at the box-office. The director then proceeded to make ‘Mission Istanbul’ and ‘Zanjeer’ which didn’t turn out as successful as the gangster flick. With him returning to the genre that made him particularly successful, we are eager to see what the director has in store for us this time around.

Shraddha Kapoor’s brother, Siddhanth Kapoor, who has previously acted in films like ‘Ugly’, ‘Shootout at Wadala’, and ‘Jazbaa’, returns to the silver screen with ‘Haseena Parkar’. The real life siblings will bring their bond to celluloid by playing the brother-sister duo of Dawood Ibrahim and Haseena Parkar. It will be interesting to see how the real life siblings bond on the screen.