Saina is an upcoming 2020 Bollywood sports Biopic film directer is Amole Gupte and producer is 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 Saina 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 film shooting 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 Saina Nehwal and stated that the film is to release early 2020.But may delay due to coronavirus Lockdown effect.
- Directer : Amole Gupte
- Producer : Bhushan Kumar
- Writer : Niranjan Iyengar (Dialogues)
- Story : Saina Nehwal Based on Saina Nehwal
- Starring : Parineeti Chopra
- Music : Rochak Kohli,Amaal Malik
- Score : Arko Pravo Mukherjee
- Cinematography : Setu (Satyajit Pande)
- Editor : Deepa Bhatia
- Production company : T-Series
- Release date : Date Yet not announced – 2020 (India)
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
Star Cast of the film :
- Parineeti Chopra as Saina Nehwal
- Manav Kaul as Pullela Gopichand
- Paresh Rawal as Harvir Singh Nehwal
Pre-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 Saina’s role, and she even started film shooting/Training in September 2018, but later she leaved out of the film due to scheduling conflicts with other film, On 15 March 2019, it was confirmed by Bhushan Kumar Production that Parineeti Chopra will be playing the role of Saina. 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, producer has decided to go ahead with Parineeti.”
In June, Manav Kaul was finalized to play the role of Pullela Gopichand who is Saina’s coach. From mid June, Parineeti Chopra is training herself in playing badminton and practicing the stances of Saina Nehwal.
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