Shraddha Kapoor, who will be next seen playing Godmother Haseena Aapa in Apoorva Lakhia’s upcoming gangster drama ‘Haseena Parkar’, had to put on some weight for playing the older Haseena in some portions of the film and director Apoorva Lakhia claims that Shraddha had a great time doing that.

In a candid interview, Apoorva mentioned, “Shraddha was quite happy while putting on weight to play the older Haseena as she could thumb her nose at her diet and eat whatever she wanted and I must say this- the amount of food that she can put away is totally awesome! I have never seen any girl who can eat as much as Shraddha can!”

Swiss Entertainment presents Apoorva Lakhia’s Haseena Parkar, co-produced by Sameer Antulay and Babu Tyagi and produced by Nahid Khan starring Shraddha Kapoor, Siddhanth Kapoor and Ankur Bhatia is set to release on 22nd September 2017.

Shraddha Kapoor, who has mostly played the female lead in sweet love stories, took up a challenge when she gave her nod to the lead role in Apoorva Lakhia’s upcoming film ‘Haseena Parkar’, which is based on the life of dreaded don Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Aapa and the actress had to do much more than rely on prosthetics and body suits to play the character well.

Sources attached to the film claim that in order to get a feel of Nagpada and Haseena’s way of life, Shraddha wore a burkha and visited the neighbourhood. The actress also met Haseena’s family members to get insights about her life and personality. Shraddha claims that exploring Nagpada incognito helped her a lot to understand her character and the world that she grew up in.

Directed by Apoorva Lakhia, Haseena Parkar stars Shraddha Kapoor, Siddhanth Kapoor and Ankur Bhatia. Produced by Nahid Khan with Swiss Entertainment and co-produced by Sameer Antulay and Babu Tyagi, the film is set to release on September 22.

Shraddha Kapoor will be next seen in Apoorva Lakhia’s film ‘Haseena Parkar’, which is based on the life of dreaded don Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena and the makers of the film unveiled the latest poster of the film, which highlights Haseena’s role as a wife and a mother.

While in the previous posters, Shraddha as the older Haseena is seen staring grimly at the camera, in this poster, she is seen as the younger Haseena smiling as she poses with her husband Ibrahim Parkar and their four children for a family photograph. Unlike in the other posters, here Shraddha looks quite the demure Muslim wife posing with her family for the kind of portraits, which were quite popular in the retro era, with exaggerated backgrounds used to highlight the people in the photographs.

In the film, Ankur Bhatia plays Haseena’s husband Ibrahim, who gets gunned down by assassins from the rival Arun Gawli gang, which prompts Haseena to step up and take charge of matters in the mean alleys of South Mumbai.

Directed by Apoorva Lakhia, ‘Haseena Parkar’, which also stars Shraddha’s brother Siddhanth Kapoor as Dawood Ibrahim, is being presented by Swiss Entertainment and has been produced by Nahid Khan. ‘Haseena Parkar’ is slated to release on August 18.