Saina Nehwal, Parineeti Chopra, Saina
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Parineeti Chopra is currently basking in the glory of her latest release The Girl On The Train (TGOTT). The film is the Hindi remake of a Hollywood movie of the same title that starred Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson and Luke Evans. After the success of TGOTT, Parineeti recently announced her next, the biopic based on the life of Indian professional badminton player Saina Nehwal titled Saina.

The actress took to her social media handle and shared that Saina will hit the theatres on March 26. She also shared a poster in which Saina’s name is written in the shape of a shuttlecock and her tricolour wrist band is seen.

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Sharing the poster on her Instagram account, Parineeti wrote, “SAINA! ? In cinemas 26th March ?(sic)”. Saina also took to her Instagram account and sharing the great news with her fans, she wrote, “Check out the first look of my biopic #Saina. Best wishes to the team. In cinemas on 26th March (sic).”

Earlier, Shraddha Kapoor was supposed to play the role of Saina but later on, she was replaced by Parineeti. Saina is directed by Amole Gupte and is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Sujay Jairaj and Rasesh Shah. The movie is also said to star Manav Kaul and Paresh Rawal. Apart from Saina, Parineeti will also be seen in Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar with Arjun Kapoor. The movie is set to release on March 19.

Stay tuned to this space for more updates.

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