Saina director Amol Gupte defends poster against backlash, explains it is about aspirations

Parineeti Chopra is gearing up to be back on the big screen with her upcoming film Saina. The biopic based on the life of badminton ace Saina Nehwal is slated to release on March 26. Ahead of its release, the film has been witnessing backlash over one of the posters that allegedly shows the wrong way of servicing in the game. Netizens trolled the makers soon after the poster was out saying, ‘Saina is doing a Sania Mirza.’ People claimed that the way of service is done in tennis and not badminton. Now, director Amole Gupte has come out to defend the ‘high concept poster’ and mocked the ‘quick reacting’ world.

Taking to his Facebook, Amole Gupte wrote, “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!!!”