Heena Parmar aka Anarkali of 'Jodha Akbar' becomes Princess Phool Kawar for 'Maharana Pratap'!

Updated on Sep 28, 2015  |  04:35 PM IST |  15.8M

Heena Parmar, who hails from Surendranagar Gujart was last seen as Anarkali in Jodha Akbar will soon enter 'Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana Pratap' as Phool Kawar. The actress had developed Equinophobia while she was shooting for her previous show has now overcome her fear and will be seen riding horses in her second historic show.

When contacted Heena said, "There was a scene in Jodha Akbar, where Salim met Anarkali for the first time. After sniffing the presence of wild animals, his horse starts behaving abnormally. The horse hits Anarkali and she falls in mud while Salim was trying to control him. That was my first scene with the horse. I got scared when I saw him running towards me and got hurt while crouching down. After some days one of my co-star was kicked by a horse because of which his leg was fractured. I have been scared of horses after these incidents."

She further added,"So, when I came to know that I will be riding on the horse in Maharana Pratap, I literally got goosebumps. But then, I took it as a challenge. Phool Kanwar was an efficient horse rider, so to get into the skin of her character I am underwent training in horse-riding, which in turn helping me to overcome the fear of horses."

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