Fresh from the resounding success of Aashiqui 2 and Ek Villain , the glowing Shradhha Kapoor is all set for a landmark film in her career with Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider. Shraddha plays Haider’s lover, Arshiya, which is a combination of Hamlet’s university friend, Horatio and his lover, Ophelia. In Bangalore recently to promote the film, Shraddha raved about everything, from shooting in Kashmir, the magic of her director, and co-star Shahid Kapoor’s much talked-about shaved head. Shraddha has also sung a Kashmiri folk song ‘Do Jahaan’ for the film. She had earlier sung ‘Teri Galliyan’ for Ek Villain .
Did she not worry for her own role because this is really Haider’s (Shahid Kapoor’s) film? Pat comes her answer, “I was most worried about not being a part of this film. I was worried about Vishal sir deciding not to take me. And all my worries were put to rest when he called and told me ‘I won’t find a better Arshiya than you.”
Shraddha, the daughter of famous Bollywood villain Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi Kolhapure (Padmini Kolhapure’s sister) had auditioned for the role in Bhardwaj's film. “I was waiting with bated breath for his call. When I got the call I felt my dream had come true. All the heroines I’ve idolised have worked with him, be it Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Tabu ma’am, Konkona Sen Sharma. He has been the man with the magic wand in their careers, turned their career graphs around. So it is great for me to get that opportunity.”
Shraddha defends her role saying, though Haider is the central character of the film, it’s an ensemble cast and she is a part of it. “Everyone has such significant roles to play in Haider’s journey and in their own journey, so this film is really about all the characters,” she concludes.
