Will Deepika Padukone play Saina Nehwal in biopic?

She is the daughter of celebrated badminton player Prakash Padukone, and has displayed quite some skill on the court. Now, actress Deepika Padukone says she would love to essay role of badminton ace player Saina Nehwal on the silver screen. She said:

"I would love to play Saina onscreen. We have played together in fact and obviously she was way better .. She also said to me 'good' also. We had fun time... Of course anything for the love of sports specially if it is badminton".

The actress spoke about her inclination towards bringing the life of the sportsperson alive on the sliver screen at an event here. She was in the national capital on Tuesday to attend NDTV Indian Of The Year 2015 ceremony.

Filmmaker Amol Gupte is working on a film on the Indian badminton champion. What's more, the badminton star is thrilled at the idea.

Saina, who was awarded the Sportsperson Of The Year at the ceremony, has expressed excitement at the prospect. When asked about who she would pick to play her on screen, she said:

"Of course Deepika Padukone. She used to play badminton. Her father was a badminton player. I think she would do good justice to the role. I wish she could do the role."

A match made in heaven? We think so too!

-- IANS