A film on Saina Nehwal? The shuttler says Deepika Padukone would be the ‘natural choice’ to play her

A film on Saina Nehwal?

The shuttler says Deepika Padukone would be the ‘natural choice’ to play her

    We hear Bollywood is now interested in making a film on the life of badminton champ Saina Nehawal. Saina did confirm that her representatives have received a call from a filmmaker to make a film on her. “But I am busy with tournaments for the next two months.” A film on Saina?
    “And for any such project I will be required to put in a lot of my own time as well to iron out the kinks. But frankly, a film on a sportperson is the best thing that could happen to the sport. Hum logon ki life mein kaafi masala already hota hai. Through a film people can draw an emotional connect with the sport. They get to see the sweat and the toil behind the name.”
    As for who would she like to see playing her, Saina says, “I feel all the girls in the industry these days are a reasonably fit lot, be it Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone or the rest. Maybe Deepika will be a natural choice since she knows the game also. But frankly, what the film will do, if and when it does get made, is draw people to the game, which is something I am consistently striving for. I want to popularise badminton even more in India and a film will serve the purpose very well.”

Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal