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Shraddha Kapoor on Playing A Tragic Lover in Haider

Shraddha Kapoor on Playing A Tragic Lover in <i>Haider</i>
Shraddha says she is lucky to be a part of Vishal Bhardwaj's project
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Actress Shraddha Kapoor feels lucky to be a part of filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj's upcoming project Haider at such an early stage of her career.
Haider, an adaptation of Hamlet, completes Vishal's trilogy of William Shakespeare's tragedies after Macbeth and Othello and has a stellar star cast of Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Kay Kay Menon and Irrfan besides the actress.
"I still can't believe that I am a part of Vishal sir's Haider. It's such a surreal experience for me. I am lucky that he has given me this opportunity at such an early stage of my career.
"It has an ensemble starcast of veteran actors like Tabu, Kay Kay Menon and Irrfan. I feel it's an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Shraddha, who is just four-films-old in the industry, told PTI.
In the film adaptation, Shraddha is playing Hamlet's tragic lover Ophelia.
"Vishal sir has adapted the play brilliantly with an Indian setting. I am playing a press reporter Arshia, who is am amalgamation of Shakespeare's Ophelia and Horatio (a friend to Hamlet). I read Hamlet in my school but I don't remember it well. Sir's (Vishal) script was enough to understand all these characters," she said.
After the success of Teri galliyan in Ek Villain, Shraddha has once again sung a Kashmiri folk song in Haider.
"Arshia is a Kasmiri girl and the role is different. I needed to understand the way a Kashmiri girl behaves and Vishal sir helped me with that. Tabu ma'am and I sang for the film but we didn't sing together," she said.
Shot primarily in Kashmir, Haider will hit theatres on October 2 with Bang Bang starring Hrithik Roshan.
Mumbai: Actress Shraddha Kapoor feels luckyto be a part of filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj's upcoming projectHaider at such an early stage of her career. (Also Read: Shraddha Kapoor Working Towards a Muscular Body for Remo D'Souza's ABCD 2)

Haider, an adaptation of Hamlet, completesVishal's trilogy of William Shakespeare's tragedies afterMacbeth and Othello and has a stellar star cast of ShahidKapoor, Tabu, Kay Kay Menon and Irrfan besides the actress.

"I still can't believe that I am a part of Vishal sir'sHaider. It's such a surreal experience for me. I am luckythat he has given me this opportunity at such an early stageof my career.

"It has an ensemble starcast of veteran actors like Tabu,Kay Kay Menon and Irrfan. I feel it's an once-in-a-lifetimeopportunity," Shraddha, who is just four-films-old in theindustry, told PTI.

In the film adaptation, Shraddha is playing Hamlet'stragic lover Ophelia.

"Vishal sir has adapted the play brilliantly with anIndian setting. I am playing a press reporter Arshia, who isam amalgamation of Shakespeare's Ophelia and Horatio (a friendto Hamlet). I read Hamlet in my school but I don't rememberit well. Sir's (Vishal) script was enough to understand allthese characters," she said.

After the success of Teri galliyan in Ek Villain,Shraddha has once again sung a Kashmiri folk song inHaider.

"Arshia is a Kasmiri girl and the role is different. Ineeded to understand the way a Kashmiri girl behaves and Vishalsir helped me with that. Tabu ma'am and I sang for the filmbut we didn't sing together," she said.

Shot primarily in Kashmir, Haider will hit theatres onOctober 2 with Bang Bang starring Hrithik Roshan.

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