O' Romeo's Real Love Story: Unveiling Hussain Ustara and Sapna Didi's Saga

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News18•13-02-2026, 16:01
O' Romeo's Real Love Story: Unveiling Hussain Ustara and Sapna Didi's Saga
- •The film 'O' Romeo' starring Shahid Kapoor and Tripti Dimri is based on the real-life story of Hussain Ustara and Sapna Didi, as detailed in Hussain Zaidi's book 'Mafia Queens of Mumbai'.
- •Hussain Ustara, a police informant and former gangster, sought to kill Dawood Ibrahim, a goal shared by Ashraf (later Sapna Didi) after Dawood was implicated in her husband's death.
- •Ustara trained Ashraf in shooting and martial arts, during which he fell in love with her, eventually revealing his true identity as an informant.
- •Ashraf transformed into Sapna Didi, adopting the name to gain trust among Hindu gangsters and symbolizing her dream of killing Dawood; she began disrupting Dawood's local businesses.
- •Their love story ended after an argument in 1991; Sapna Didi was killed by D-Company in 1994 while attempting to assassinate Dawood, and Hussain Ustara died in 1998.
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