Saina Nechal is the only female badminton world champion from India. I love sports movies and movies about athletes, especially women athletes. This is the third movie I’ve seen this week that I wanted to write but didn’t have time to do. I write now, and again the first, again there are no reviews for this film.
The film "Saina" tells about the rapid ascent to Olympus of the only Indian badminton athlete, who was recognized by the whole world. A girl from a simple middle-class family, whose achievements cause the admiration and envy of rivals around the world, in her own country she became a role model.
The story begins with the voice Saina behind the scenes, telling about the fact that India has 1 billion 350 million inhabitants, and slightly more than half of them are women, whose fate is often unenviable. Being born a girl in India is not very good, because the girl is being prepared for the upcoming marriage from birth, and she lives her own life, joyfully and happily only in her parents' house, and only while she is in school. And as soon as she finishes school, she begins to look for a groom (even now, in the third decade of the 21st century). And when she gets married, she ceases to live her own life, all her little joys, weaknesses, hobbies, dreams and hobbies immediately stop. She begins to live the life of her husband, his parents, and then the lives of their children. And she lives and does everything in life only for them, and only this she should be happy. And such women as Saina, or as Mary Kom and the like, are considered the real lucky ones, and the chosen ones of fate. Therefore, films about such women are very important for all residents, especially for women in India.
Saina began playing badminton before she was born, in the stomach of her mother, who also always played badminton, and never wanted to stop training even during pregnancy. It can be said that the fate of the Tiger of India was destined from the very beginning, but she earned awards not only because of her talent. Very pleased parents Saina, the father is a soft, calm, good-natured person who does not despise his two daughters (Saina has an older sister), and especially her mother is a tough, domineering, firm woman in her intentions. But at the same time, she decided to make the fate of her daughter unlike any other fate of ordinary Indian women.
Saina had to get up every day at three o'clock in the morning, and go for 25 kilometers on a small scooter, together with his mother, to train in a special stadium. Training started every morning at five o'clock in the morning and lasted for three hours, and then you had to have time to go back and go to school, where no one canceled. Parents, several coaches and friends - all put a piece of their soul into every medal she won, and this is definitely worth remembering, because it is psychological comfort that affects the result of the game, which is always unpredictable.
Saina Nechal has achieved a lot, more than once became a world champion and Olympic champion (by the way, only from this film, I learned that badminton is also an Olympic sport, on a par with tennis). We always thought of it as an ordinary game. In India, there are even several special stadiums for badminton training. The medals she won gave hope to thousands of girls and girls from poor families to achieve their wildest dreams, so the appearance of the film about her is quite natural.
Actress Parinity Chopra brilliantly played the role of her great compatriot. She was all in the image and even the real Saina was very happy about it and praised Parinity for this role. Their joint footage and a mini-interview of the real Sainas at the end of the film speaks volumes about this. I liked the actress Megna Malik, in the role of the mother Saina - Uma Rani Nechal, which the real Saina also very much praised for the image on the screen of her mother.
Manav Kaul in the role of tough and firm in his principles and convictions, the first coach of Saina, Rajan was also good. He showed his character brilliantly. Rajan (himself a former Olympic badminton champion) founded his sports academy for children who are successful in badminton, and leads a strict selection from all applicants. His motto is If you want to just play badminton and achieve high results, then goodbye, you do not belong in the academy, you can play in the yard. But if badminton is your life, and you're only going to be number 1 in the world, and you're willing to sacrifice everything in life for the sport, then welcome to the academy. And Saina turned out to be just such, she laid her life on the altar of badminton and became a great athlete of her country. And then a great coach for girls.
If you like badminton, or any sport at all, and you are attracted by the way athletes daily sweat and blood at many hours of training, reach their incredible peaks, you will most likely like the movie, because it shows tense fights at various competitions and sounds well-known in the sport names of Indian and world champions. By and large, there are no shortcomings in the film and the only thing that can scare the viewer away is a large timekeeping. For almost 2.5 hours Saina demonstrates his skills in badminton, which may seem very boring to some, although we are true Indomans to such timekeeping is not used. And while I enjoyed the film, the final decision as to whether or not to watch it is up to you, my friends. But I will still dare to recommend this film to watch.
10 out of 10