How Shraddha Kapoor became Haseena...

Shraddha Kapoor is playing the most challenging role of her career yet. In Haseena, the biopic based on Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar, her character is shown from a teenager (17) to a young mother (23) and finally, is seen in her late 40s.

Says an insider, “We start when she is 17 and then she gets married and pregnant. At the age of 23, she already has four kids. During her pregnancy, when she’s between the ages 35 to 45, we have used prosthetics and body suits to show her in character. Director Apoorva Lakhia came up with her look after almost a year of sitdowns with make-up artiste Subhash Shinde, hairstylist Simran Devi, stylist Eka Lakhani and costume designers Harpreet and Ajay. As Shraddha was busy with her other films, they did prosthetic trials with her body doubles to test the results.”

The source adds, “She had to come three hours before her first shot as it took much time to put on the prosthetics and because of the heat, the make-up would melt and she had to redo it at lunch. She started costume and make-up trials almost two months before the shoot.”

Make-up artist Subhash Shinde says, “Shraddha is supportive and would always ask me to take my time. She’d come early... sometimes before us. She and Apoorva gave a lot of inputs. It took us one month and 12 trials to get the perfect look.”