Recently,
when
the
makers
of
Parineeti
Chopra's
upcoming
film
Saina
unveiled
the
poster
of
the
biopic
on
social
media,
a
section
of
netizens
trolled
the
team
and
pointed
out
the
'mistake'
which
the
makers
had
made
regarding
a
badminton
serve.
Some
remarked
that
the
serve
looked
more
like
a
tennis
serve
than
badminton.
The
poster
featured
a
hand
reaching
out
for
the
shuttlecock
which
uses
the
word
'Saina'
in
place
of
the
conventional
feathers.
Finally,
on
Wednesday
(March
4,
2021),
the
film's
director
Amol
Gupte
broke
his
silence
over
the
controversy
regarding
the
poster
in
a
Facebook
post.
The
filmmaker
wrote,
"Too
much
speculation
in
the
digital
media
about
the
poster...
"looks
like
a
tennis
serve...
Saina
doing
a
Sania" etc
etc...
If
Saina
is
the
flying
shuttle,
then
clearly,
the
girl's
hand
with
the
National
colours
wristband
is
the
hand
of
the
Indian
Girl
Child
aspiring
to
reach
Saina's
height!!!"
He
further
said
it
was
unfortunate
that
he
had
to
explain
the
'high-concept'
poster
created
by
Rahul
Nanda.
Gupte
continued
in
his
post,
"High
Concept
Poster
by
Rahul
Nanda
has
to
be
unfortunately
explained
in
detail
to
a
quick
reacting,
impatient
world...
not
stopping
to
think
before
rubbishing
anything!!!
Socho!!!"
Read
his
post.
Directed
by
Amol
Gupte
and
bankrolled
by
Bhushan
Kumar,
Krishan
Kumar,
Sujay
Jairaj
and
Rasesh
Shah,
Parineeti
Chopra
starrer
Saina
is
a
biopic
on
ace
badminton
player
Saina
Nehwal.
The
film
which
also
stars
Manav
Kaul
in
a
pivotal
role,
is
slated
to
release
in
theatres
on
March
26,
2021.
The
much
anticipated
biopic
will
lock
horns
with
Rana
Daggubati-Pulkit
Samrat
starrer
Haathi
Mere
Saathi
at
the
box
office.