Saina

<p>The film traces ‘s journey from her training at , her struggles, her parents sacrifices for her dreams, her passion for badminton, her relationship with Kashyap and her coach Rajan to her becoming World’s No.1. revealing the details of the film, on her Twitter account announced the film on 26 April 2017. Earlier, 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 health issues. On 15 March 2019, it was confirmed by T-Series head honcho that will not 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.” In June, was finalized to play the role of who is Nehwal’s coach. From mid June, Chopra was training herself in playing badminton and practicing the stances of Nehwal. As many as 12 courts were recreated to represent international venues where Saina Nehwal has played. The film collected total 1.2 in its theatrical run, it was declared a flop and disastrous. It was impacted due to . received mixed to positive reviews from critics with praises towards Chopra’s performance. On the website , 60% of 10 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.9/10. Yogesh Mishra of ‘Bollywood Town’ says “Movie beautifully talks about the success saga of a middle-class girl from Haryana”. of gave 3 out of 5 stars and noted that Parineeti “serves, drops and smashes as [the] badminton champ”, writing “[Chopra] gives us a good, solid Saina Nehwal. When she raises her racket after a hard-fought win, you cheer.” Film critic applauded Chopra for rising to the challenge of playing the sports icon, writing “The actor plays down her naturally vivacious personality and sparkling eyes for the not-so-showy character she plays here. Most impressively, she gets the body language of a sportsperson right and actually looks the part on court.” She gave the film 2.75 star out of 5 and pointed out that the film erases Gopichand and skirts inconvenient truths. Renuka Vyavahare of gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, “Saina is a simple ode to eternal optimism”. For Chopra’s performance she said, “Parineeti push herself in this physically demanding role”. The soundtrack is composed by , produced, arranged & co-written by with lyrics by and .</p>