Parineeti Chopra has started prepping for her next film, which is the Saina Nehwal biopic. The film is directed by Amol Gupte and will be produced by Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar and Krishan Kumar. The actress has replaced Shraddha Kapoor in this much awaited biopic. We’re sure that this project will be on of her most challenging roles till date and the actress has already started prepping intensely to step into the shoes of the iconic badminton player who has done India proud on countless occasions.
A source close the project revealed that she starts badminton training from 5 am every alternate day to ace her badminton skills before shooting for the film. Saina is a champion badminton player with incredible discipline which is why Parineeti feels emulating her way of life and learning to play the game like her is the first step to becoming her on screen. Parineeti also spoke about the same in an interview with a leading daily. She said, “I’m actually quite excited to get into the character of Saina, get into the skin of a world champion because playing a fictional character might not have been as exciting as playing a real character. Here, I have somebody who has extensive documentation on exactly how she plays, who she played every match in her life. Every single moment that she has ever played badminton is on screen! So, to kind of imbibe that and to kind of learn that is really exciting for me as an actor. I wanted to do a sports biopic for a long time so this project is absolutely perfect.”

Here’s how Parineeti Chopra is getting into the character of Saina Nehwal

The actress further added, “This project is absolutely perfect for me because I will have to be in this discipline for the next 9 months of my life and I am pretty kicked about it. I just hope that the entire sports community, Saina herself and everybody who has expectations from this film are finally happy about what we achieve. My prep usually starts at 5 am because we have taken up courts where we didn’t want any kind of distraction. We start playing at 6 am till 8 am. Since I'm actually playing badminton to prepare myself, I have a great physio team and world class players with me to train me and condition me. Amol sir’s team has given me all the support... and I'm really happy but honestly it makes me really nervous. I have given myself at least 3- 4 months to completely learn the sport, the way I need to and only then I will go on set because I want to do justice to the film and to Saina. It’s a huge honour for me to play and live the life of one our country’s biggest sporting icon.”
Parineeti is simultaneously finishing the last leg shoot of Ekta Kapoor and Shaailesh Singh's Jabariya Jodi where she is paired opposite Sidharth Malhotra.