Deepika Padukone Reveals She Would Love To Star In Her Father Prakash Padukone’s Biopic

Maanyata Thu |Jun 28, 2019

Deepika Padukone recently disclosed that she would love to play the titular role in her father's biopic. Read on to known more!

The trend of bringing the real-life characters and events to the big screens is going strong in Bollywood and Deepika Padukone is the latest to try her hands at this genre. During an interview to Bombay Times, the 33-year-old star revealed that she wants to do a sports biopic of her father-famous badminton player Prakash Padukone.

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With so much love and admiration for her father, Deepika expressed that she would like to portray his character on screen if the gender was not an issue.

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Deepika Padukone Wants To Star In Her Father Biopi
Deepika Padukone with her father (Image Source: The Sentinel)

Meanwhile, on the professional front, Deepika Padukone is currently working on the biopic of legendary cricketer Kapil Dev titled '83 in which she will be playing the role of Kapil's wife. Directed by Kabir Khan and starring Ranveer Singh in the titular role, ’83 will follow Kapil’s journey from his childhood days to the time when he became the captain of the Indian cricket team and brought the 1983 Cricket World Cup trophy home. The movie is all set to hit the cinema on 10 April, 2020,

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Plus, Deepika Padukone will also be seen in Meghna Gulzar’s Chhapaak which is based on the life of an acid attack survivor named Laxmi Agarwal. As per report by Mumbai Mirror, Deepika decided to produce the film after being deeply moved by Laxmi’s story.

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