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Saina (2021)

Saina poster
Original title
साइना
Directed by
Amole Gupte
Genre
biographical film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 13m
Rated
U
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the journey of Saina Nehwal as she becomes a world-class badminton player. It shows her early training, struggles, and rise to fame.

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What happens

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. The film was initially set to release in September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. It was theatrically released on 26 March 2021 to mixed reviews with praise towards Chopra's performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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