Ankur Bhatia to play Shraddha Kapoor's husband in Haseena Parkar biopic

The actor takes on the role of Ibrahim Parkar in the Haseena Parkar biopic. After playing husband to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's

Dalbir Kaur

in Omung Kumar's Sarabjit biopic, Ankur Bhatia takes on the role of Ibrahim Parkar, Haseena Parkar's better half in Apoorva Lakhia's film on Dawood Ibrahim's late sister.Shooting for the film starts in November.

'Haseena married Ibrahim at the age of 17 and was smitten by his strong, brooding personality. He was a Pathan running a vegetarian restaurant in a Muslimdominated area. A majority of his customers were Maharashtrian mill workers who used to work nearby.He had no underworld connections and was killed by Dawood's rival gang, as he went about his business at his eatery,' says

Ankur

who first met Apoorva at a film festival in

New York

where the director's Shootout at Lokhandwala was screened.


'We kept in touch. He appreciated my work in Sarbjit. I am excited and looking forward to work with him,' adds the young actor, who has begun prep for the film, with Apoorva. 'He has researched a lot and has given me several pictures of Ibrahim, who was passionate about Hindi films and had worked as a stuntman too. His dressing sense was somewhat inspired by Bollywood too,' Ankur adds, further revealing that he hasn't met Shraddha yet but is looking forward to work with her. 'Shraddha is immensely talented. All of us will have a joint reading session once the entire cast is locked,' he adds.

While speaking to Mirror (June 10) Siddhanth Kapoor who plays Dawood, had revealed, 'Both Dawood and Haseena will age over a span of two-three decades in the film."