Mumbai: Actress Parnieeti Chopra says the forthcoming sports activities biopic “Saina” was the problem she was searching for as a result of she was doing related roles for a very long time.
“I was looking for a challenge. The kind of films I was doing, they were more or less extensions of me, or perhaps what writers and directors thought of me. They were writing roles that were similar and I was choosing films that were similar. When this movie, Saina, came into my life, I was exactly looking for a film like this,” mentioned Parineeti.
“I was looking for something to surprise everyone with. I was looking for something I was not known for. I am known as the happy girl-next-door type, but that is not me. I wanted to show the real me on the big-screen. A sports biopic about a person who is still playing and known as the crazy tigress on court is something I was looking for,” she mentioned.
Earlier, actress Shraddha Kapoor was roped in to essay the position of badminton ace Saina Nehwal within the biopic. Shraddha reportedly dropped out owing to her well being situation.
Talking about being trolled on social media after the teaser launch, Parineeti mentioned: “I have a different thought process. If I believe that someone is making a genuine point, I tend to agree with them. But when I know that someone is just heckling and saying stuff just to say stuff, I just ignore them.”
Parineeti claimed that her purpose with the movie was to make individuals perceive and respect the sport of badminton and its gamers in India.
“We play galli cricket and badminton, and I thought to myself I can learn it within two to three days but that was not the case. Then I realised that people who play badminton for India or internationally are all together different than what we know. So, my personal goal with this film is for people to understand whatever the sport, do respect it. Badminton needs to be respected, because I don’t know any sport that is as hectic and difficult to play as badminton, though the players make it look easy,” she mentioned.
“Saina” is directed by Amole Gupte and is ready for a theatrical launch on March 26.
