Director Amol Gupte breaks silence on 'Saina doing a Sania' on film's poster

The much-awaited teaser of Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra's upcoming film 'Saina' is finally out and the B-town star is creating quite an impact with her performance already. 

However,  couple of days ago after the film's poster was released, it found itself in the middle of a controversy after netizens pointed out that the 'serve' had been depicted incorrectly. Several social media users made fun and claimed that a 'Sania Mirza' fan must have made the upcoming film's poster. Other quirky reactions also followed after the makers dropped the film's poster.

Now, after much ado, the film's director Amol Gupte has reacted to the whole controversy. On Wednesday night, he took to Facebook and wrote in a post, "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!!! 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!!! (sic)."

Meanwhile, the teaser of the film is also out. Directed by Amol Gupte, the sports biopic features actor Parineeti Chopra portraying the role of ace badminton player Saina Nehwal.

The nearly one-and-a-half-minute teaser of 'Saina' opens with a shot of a badminton court with Parineeti's voiceover speaking about how half of the Indian population comprises of females who are only expected to cook and then are married off at the age of 18. However, she then adds, "I picked up a racquet instead of utensils and made my own destiny."

The teaser then highlights Saina's many achievements, showing how her parents and coach encouraged her to be the only Indian woman badminton player to become world No. 1. The final sequence of the teaser will surely give viewers goosebumps, as it shows Saina waving back at the audience after a match, with the Indian flag on her shoulders.

Sharing the teaser of 'Saina' on her Twitter handle, Parineeti tweeted, "SAINA - TEASER TRAILER COMING OUT SOON!"

From the mole on her cheek to the way she takes shots on the badminton court, Parineeti's portrayal of the ace badminton player is on point in the film's teaser.

On Tuesday, the 32-year-old actor had dropped the release date of the film with a small video. She shared the clip and wrote, "SAINA! 26th March in cinemas."

Written and directed by Amol Gupte, 'Saina' is being produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Sujay Jayraj, and Rajesh Shah. It brings on the big screen the journey of one of India's greatest athletes, Saina Nehwal. The movie will hit the theatres on March 26.