Saina (film)

Saina is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film directed by Amole Gupte and produced by Bhushan Kumar under the banner of T-Series. The film is based on the life of Badminton player Saina Nehwal. It stars Parineeti Chopra who will play the titular role as Saina Nehwal. The film was announced on 26 April 2017 by Nehwal on her Twitter account, revealing the details of the film. Earlier, Shraddha Kapoor had signed the film to play Nehwal's role, and had even started filming in September 2018, but she opted out of the film due to scheduling conflicts. On 15 March 2019, it was confirmed that Parineeti Chopra will be playing the role of Nehwal.[1][2] The film was initially set to release in March 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[3]

Saina
Directed byAmole Gupte
Produced byBhushan Kumar
Written byNiranjan Iyengar
Story bySaina Nehwal
Based onSaina Nehwal
StarringParineeti Chopra
Music byAmaal Malik
Score:
Amaal Malik
Meghdeep Bose
CinematographySetu (Satyajit Pande)
Edited byDeepa Bhatia
Production
company
Distributed byRed Chillies Entertainment
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Cast

Production
Development

Saina Nehwal revealing the details of the film, on her Twitter account announced the film on 26 April 2017. Earlier, Shraddha Kapoor was signed to play Nehwal's role, and she even started filming in September 2018 after training, but later she opted out of the film due to scheduling conflicts.[5] On 15 March 2019, it was confirmed by T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar that Parineeti Chopra will be playing the role of Nehwal. In a statement they said, "Due to circumstances beyond her control, the actress kept giving other films priority over the national badminton champion’s biopic, so the makers have decided to go ahead with Chopra."[6]

In June, Manav Kaul was finalized to play the role of Pullela Gopichand who is Nehwal's coach.[4]

Training

From mid June, Chopra is training herself in playing badminton and practicing the stances of Nehwal.[7] As many as 12 courts were recreated to represent international venues where Sania Nehwal has played.[8]

References
  1. "Parineeti Chopra starts her day at 5 am to prep for her role as Saina Nehwal!". Bollywood Hungama. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. "Parineeti Chopra: I want to do justice to the film and to Saina Nehwal". The Times of India. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. "Saina Nehwal Biopic: Badminton Star REACTS To Parineeti Chopra's UNSEEN Look From Film, Calls Pari Her 'Lookalike'". ABPLive. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. "Manav Kaul to play Parineeti Chopra's coach in Saina Nehwal biopic". India Today. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  5. "Is Saina Nehwal biopic delayed due to Shraddha Kapoor's struggles with learning badminton?". The Times of India. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. "Here's Why Shraddha Kapoor Was Replaced by Parineeti Chopra in Saina Nehwal Biopic". News 18. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  7. "Parineeti Chopra gets trolled by her team as she trains in badminton. Saina Nehwal has epic response". India Today. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  8. "Saina Nehwal biopic set to chronicle Indian star's incredible career". Olympic Channel. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.


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