Saina (film)

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Saina
Saina film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Amole Gupte
Written byAmole Gupte
Based on Saina Nehwal
Produced by Bhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Sujay Jairaj
Rashesh Shah
Starring Parineeti Chopra
CinematographyPiyush Shah
Edited by Deepa Bhatia
Music by Amaal Malik
Production
companies
T-Series Films
Front Foot Pictures
Distributed byCinestaan AA Distributors
Release date
  • 26 March 2021 (2021-03-26) [1]
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹26 crores [2]
Box office₹1.5 crore [2]

Saina is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film directed by Amole Gupte and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Sujay Jairaj and Rashesh Shah under the banner of T-Series and Front Foot Pictures. Based on the life of badminton player Saina Nehwal, the film stars Parineeti Chopra as Nehwal. [3] [4]

Contents

The film was initially set to release in September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [5] It was theatrically released on 26 March 2021 to mixed reviews with praise towards Chopra’s performance. [1]

Plot

The film traces Saina's journey from her training at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, 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.

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 health issues. [8] On 15 March 2019, it was confirmed by T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar that Shraddha Kapoor 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." [9]

In June, Manav Kaul was finalized to play the role of Pullela Gopichand who is Nehwal's coach. [10]

Training

From mid June, Chopra was training herself in playing badminton and practicing the stances of Nehwal. [11] As many as 12 courts were recreated to represent international venues where Saina Nehwal has played. [12]

Reception

Box office

The film collected total ₹ 1.2 crore in its theatrical run, it was declared flop and disastrous. [13]

It was impacted due to Covid-19.

Critical reception

Saina received mixed to positive reviews from critics with praises towards Chopra's performance. Yogesh Mishra of 'Bollywood Town' says "Movie beautifully talks about the success saga of a middle-class girl from Haryana". Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express 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." [14]

Film critic Anna M. M. Vetticad 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." [15] 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 Times Of India 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". [16]

Accolades

AwardDate of the ceremonyCategoryRecipientsResultRef.
67th Filmfare Awards 30 August 2022Best Supporting Actress Meghna Malik Nominated [17]
Best Supporting Actor Manav Kaul Nominated
Best Music Album Amaal Malik Nominated
Best Lyrics Manoj Muntashir Nominated
68th National Film Awards 30 September 2022 Best Lyrics Manoj Muntashir Won

Soundtrack

Saina
Soundtrack album by
Amaal Mallik
Released26 March 2021 [18]
Recorded2020
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length37:18
LanguageHindi
Label T-Series
Producer Meghdeep Bose
Amaal Mallik chronology
Kabir Singh
(2019)		Saina
(2021)		 Koi Jaane Na
(2021)
Official audio
Saina - Full Album on YouTube

The soundtrack is composed by Amaal Mallik, produced, arranged & co-written by Meghdeep Bose with lyrics by Manoj Muntashir and Kunaal Vermaa. [19]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Exordium"——1:20
2."Chal Wahin Chalein" Manoj Muntashir Shreya Ghoshal 5:10
3."The Staircase Of Life"— Shreya Ghoshal 2:31
4."Embrace Yourself"—Shreya Ghoshal1:38
5."Parinda"Manoj Muntashir Amaal Mallik 5:14
6."One Point For The Sky"——1:52
7."A Mother's Love"Manoj MuntashirSuvarna Tiwari1:14
8."Confluence Of Dreams"——1:22
9."Main Hoon Na Tere Saath" Kunaal Vermaa Armaan Malik 5:27
10."A Rally Of Love & Success"——1:46
11."The Curse Of A Champion"—Snigdha Pious3:06
12."Hall Of Mirrors"— Shreya Ghoshal 3:38
13."The Sword Of Saina"— Suzanne D'Mello 3:00
Total length:37:18

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