After Haider and Kaminey, Shahid Kapoor again joined hands with Vishal Bhardwaj in the movie, O’Romeo. The movie was released on February 13, 2026, and as of now, the movie, which was made reportedly on a budget of Rs. 125 crore, made Rs. 8-9 crore on the opening day, as reported.
To mention O’Romeo got a good response from the audience, and Shahid Kapoor and Triptii, who were the leads of the movie, have been receiving praises for their masterclass acting skills in the movie. The movie was said to be inspired by Hussain Zaidi’s book ‘Mafia Queens of Mumbai‘. So, while the movie is running in the theatres, let’s know everything about the inspiration behind Triptii’s character, ‘Afshan’, whose real name is ‘Sapna Didi’ aka ‘Ashraf Khan’.
Who was ‘Sapna Didi’, inspiration for Triptii Dimri in the movie, O’Romeo?
Triptii Dimri’s role in O’Romeo is said to be inspired by Mumbai’s fearless gangster, Sapna Didi, whose real name was ‘Ashraf Khan’. If the reports are to be believed, ‘Ashraf’ had the ‘sapna’ (dream) to kill Dawood Ibrahim, which led her to adopt the same name. She reportedly once said: