Saina Nehwal wants Shraddha Kapoor to prep further for her biopic?

Ever since it was announced last year that Shraddha Kapoor would be seen as badminton player Saina Nehwal in the latter’s biopic, there has hardly been any progress on the Amole Gupte directorial. Says a source, “Shraddha had been practising badminton on a regular basis for months. She had to prepare herself excessively.”

Reportedly, Saina wants the actress to pick up the sport really well before the film goes on floors. A source from the team informs, “It’s been a year and apparently, Shraddha hasn’t been able to ace the game. The Padma Bhushan recipient has been in constant touch with the team. She has allegedly told them that she will give a go ahead only when Shraddha is completely ready.” The informer also reasons that it’s ‘a fair demand’ from the Arjuna awardee. “If you aren’t good at the sport, it won’t take the audience any time to figure it out.” We reached out to Saina but we couldn’t get through to her via calls and text messages. 

As for the light-eyed actress, she has been caught up with her film commitments over the past few months. Our source adds, “Shraddha has been shooting back to back. She shot for Stree for around 20-22 days. Then, she had two big schedules for Batti Gul Meter Chalu. She’s now expected to begin work on Nitesh Tiwary’s next opposite Sushant Singh Rajput. So, there’s hardly any time for her to practice badminton.” Recently, at the trailer launch of her forthcoming film, when someone asked her about Saina’s biopic, she dodged the question. We wonder what’s happening!