New Delhi: She is a daughter of celebrated badminton player Prakash Padukone, and has herself shown how to handle the racquet in the court with perfection. Now, actress Deepika Padukone says she would love to essay role of badminton ace player Saina Nehwal on the silver screen.

‘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,’ Deepika said at an event.

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.

Saina, who got the Sportsperson of The Year award at the ceremony, shared her wish to see Deepika bringing her life on the camera in the forthcoming biopic through a live video chat.

When asked about her preference, 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.’

Filmmaker Amol Gupte is making a film on the Indian badminton champion.

Meanwhile, Saina shared the award with tennis champion Sania Mirza.

Meanwhile, Deepika packed her bags and left for Canada to shoot for her debut Hollywood film ‘xXx: The Return of Xander Cage’, opposite Vin Diesel.

Her ‘Bajirao Mastani’ co-star and rumoured beau Ranveer Singh on Tuesday shared the news about the actress flying off to shoot for her maiden Hollywood project at the NDTV Indian of the Year 2015 awards ceremony.

Deepika was presented the Actor of The Year trophy by her ‘Piku’ co-star Amitabh Bachchan and Pawan Munjal, chairman of Hero MotoCorp.

‘Deepika we are really proud of you. Since you are leaving tonight (Tuesday) to go and shoot your action Hollywood blockbuster, we all wish you all the best. May you conquer this new frontier and make us proud as you always had,’ said Ranveer in reference to her upcoming foreign project.

According to a source, the actress has left for Canada to shoot for the movie, and will begin working in a day or two. However, the exact location of the shoot is not known.

Deepika is all geared up for the project and has worked on her fitness level as she often shares photographs and videos of herself training in the gym for her character in the movie.

The Hollywood action icon also posted several photographs from the shooting location of the upcoming action film through his official Facebook page.

One of the images features the actor on a motorbike with a girl in a bikini in front of a green screen.

Diesel is back as Cage who returns to the National Security Agency after an eight-year absence in the movie, which also stars Nina Dobrev, Samuel L. Jackson, Ruby Rose, Jet Li and Tony Jaa.

‘xXx: The Return of Xander Cage’ is expected to release in 2017.

For Deepika, 2015 was an eventful year with three successful films — ‘Piku’, ‘Tamasha’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’. And it seems that the actress has started 2016 with more power starting with the international project.

The 30-year-old had shared her excitement over venturing to foreign shores with her acting talent with IANS earlier as she said ‘I’m very excited and at the same time nervous about the film’.