'Saina or Sania?', ask netizens as Parineeti Chopra movie's poster gets 'basics' wrong

Saina, based on Olympics bronze-winning badminton player Sania Nehwal, has been in the making for the past few years. After the controversies of multiple delays and change of lead actor, the movie made headlines for the wrong reasons again when the first poster of the movie was unveiled on Tuesday. Netizens jokingly asked if the poster designer confused badminton for tennis over lead actor Parineeti Chopra’s hand position.

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Saina poster trolled

The first poster of Saina was of an image of the protagonist’s hand with a tricolour band on her wrist, and the shuttlecock above the hand, that made up the letters of the name 'Saina.'   

While the poster won praises from Parineeti’s fans and other netizens, many pointed out the ‘error’ on it. For the uninitiated, in badminton, a player does an underarm service, with the hand above the shuttlecock. It is in lawn tennis, that the player does an overarm service, where the likely possibility of the hand being lower than the playing object, as seen in the poster. 

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Netizens quipped over getting the 'basics' wrong, and asked if they had consulted Saina Nehwal on it. Some also changed the position of the letters of the word 'Saina', to state that it looked more like Sania, referring to tennis player Sania Mirza.

Parineeti Chopra's Saina 

Meanwhile, the makers also released the teaser of the movie moments later.  With moments of Saina’s victory and  intense preparation, Parineeti could be heard saying, ‘Saamne koi bhi ho, mai toh maar dungi.’ The movie directed by Amole Gupta, hits the theatres on March 26. 

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