The first teaser of Parineeti Chopra’s upcoming project Saina is out. Directed by Amole Gupte, the film is a biopic on badminton star Saina Nehwal. Parineeti Chopra plays a titular role in the film. The teaser offers glimpses of how Saina Nehwal chooses a different path in her childhood to become one of India’s best badminton champ. The teaser gives a satisfying look at the journey of the player and the film.
The teaser shows Saina (Parineeti) entering the badminton court as she prepares for a match. The video starts with Parineeti’s voiceover: “Mera desh Bharat, abaadi sawa sau crore, usme se aadhi ladkiya. Raja beta college padhega mera, beti chulha phuke. Aur fir 18 ke hote hi, hath peele, story finish. Lekin mere sath aesa nahi hua, karchi-tawe ke badle mein pakdi maine talwar. Saamne kaun hai, iss se mjhe kabhi koi fark nahi pada, mera maqsad, ekdum saral – saamne waale ko chhit kar dena, maar dena.”
In the teaser, Parineeti underlines the discrimination between boys and girls that happens in most Indian households.
The film certainly looks promising. While we can certainly expect that the film will come packed with Bollywood’s inevitable masala, lack of subtlety and quite a bit of nationalism that are a part of almost all sports biopics, Saina seems worth waiting for anyway.
Saina Nehwal wished Parineeti for the movie by sharing the poster on her Instagram handle. She wrote a tingue-in-cheek caption that read, “I wish u all the very best my sweet saina 😜Great poster @parineetichopra”
