Saina Movie Review: A Simple Ode to Eternal Optimism
Story: This movie follows the highs and lows of the former world number one, Indian Ace shuttler, Saina Nehwal career. It also pays tribute to the people who have made great contributions to her resilience and unbreakable spirit.
Review: Champions are not born overnight. They are manufactured. The Harienwis Usha from Hyderabad and the daughter of Harvir Singh Nehwal, a Haryanvi, made history in 2015. She became the first after Prakash Padukone. The Indian woman who won the world's number one badminton. She is only 31 years old. If you are a sports enthusiast, you almost know her accomplishments, the aftermath with coach Pullela Gopichand , and why she owes her parents and the humble middle-class upbringing. But there are always more stories than you can see with the naked eye.
Even a single sport has a group of blessers and experts who explain that when it is possible to rebuild faith, it may slip away. After the almost fatal injury, she hid at home for months and saw the world passing by her. It was Senna’s mother who told her, "You are Senna Neval. Tucherni. Don’t let The world and the media make you think otherwise. Self-doubt is the greatest enemy. Shaq Co. Apuni Dill Main Garna Cana Dana. It is this mother who saw her daughter The strong ambition to become the number one in the world marked the beginning of Senna. As a mother of a resounding carol, who knows how to hustle and desperately optimistic, Senna, work.
Most Indian biographical sports dramas insist on using templates for safety reasons. What you get is an imaging technique that rarely scratches the surface or goes beyond obvious. Struggle, the road to glory, downfall and resurrection-you know the exercise. Since athletes are respected in this country, not many people dare to solve the skeleton problem in the closet. Amor Gupt also kept his story simple. Senna's alleged competition with PV Sindh was not mentioned. The filmmaker emphasized the known ups and downs of Senna's life, ensuring that his storytelling does not patronize or surpass the top patriots.
The movie is a dramatic narrative, so we don’t know if it’s true, but the mother gave her daughter under 12 a tight shot before she thought twice, because she saw her happily showing off her runner-up Medals. In sports, the second-ranked person has no place. A young and impressive Senna was quickly comforted by her father, who told her why victory is everything to his wife. You expect this incident to shake the young girl’s belief and thoughts on the difficult journey ahead, but she raised her head and raised her racket, shattering her shortcomings. Gupt delved slightly into the heart of his character and talked about the parents' hope to realize their dreams through their children, but he couldn't find a way out.
You can't see him glorify struggle or worship victory. He caught his protagonist because she just continued to do her job. There was a certain indifferent in his execution, which reflected Senna's attitude towards herself. She is like her favorite ice cream-vanilla. More or less simple, straightforward and sincere. Making a seemingly uncontroversial life interesting is a challenge because you don't have enough props to attract attention, but he manages it well.
The director's brilliance in children's work is also the highlight of this film. It was breathtaking to watch the talented 10-year-old Mumbai Shuttle Nessa Kaul Bartoye (Senna in his youth) demonstrate her skills on the court. Not only is she like the real Senna, her mastery of the game gives the movie an advantage. She let Gupte capture the raw energy of an athlete and the stoic ambition of Senna, which he is so eager to portray. You want him to be a Richard Linklater, let her age instantly, and see her continue to play Senna in movies. With no sports background, for Parinetti Chopra, winning the badminton championship is a daunting challenge. Although most certainly, people do not expect her to get the right games and techniques in such a short period of time, you do expect her to get the emotions, body language and behavior rights as an actor.
The best of Parinetti is not enough, because the impression she gives is not in the moments of some key scenes. Her eyes occasionally remind people of the ocean of emotions that people expect her to radiate from beginning to end. However, her ability to promote her character, because this is admirable, not many people dare to take the bait. Amalud Malik’s music is the point and perfectly captures the pulse of the movie. Especially Char Shreya Ghoshal’s Chal wahi chalein in particular and Parinda be with you.
Amole Gupte always faces a daunting task at hand, because Senna's life is sober, relatively uncontroversial and transparent. In fact, she is an active athlete, which will only increase people's expectations. Her way of ruling the world is not outrageous. She has super supportive parents, a loving sister, a group of great friends and husband (Parupalika Sharp), who doubles as her cheerleader. She grew up and was loved like a winner since she was a child. There is no shattered conflict that affects your heartstrings. Amor Gupt still tries to capture Senna's tiger spirit, which exists under her humble role. His movie is a good story about the Indian badminton poster girl. Senna, this movie could have been more memorable, but it is no less than inspiring youth.
Saina is a biographical film that shows a commendable promise to please the audience and ensure that they leave the hall with a smile or a proud chest. It is also this kind of film that is quite fascinating to illustrate the pitfalls of making biopics in mainstream Indian films. It looks short-sighted and does not have a general sentiment that links the film together. At the risk of sounding completely honest, no single moment will elicit a certain reaction from you, let alone take them home. For most of this 135-minute film, you are in the dark, wondering why these scenes are not suitable for you, or whether you have become numb to familiar emotions.
To be fair, part of the problem for Amole Gupt is how filmmakers restore the blueprint of sports drama, and they seem to succumb to the temptation of this type of trap. In one of the earliest scenes, we saw a young Senna being told about the five Ss of badminton: strength, endurance, skill, speed and spirit. However, if you are familiar with the three Cs of a typical Indian sports movie: cliché, tacky and cute, then Senna's hollowness shouldn't completely surprise you.
By now, you must have accepted three factors, which have helped to write a script for a sports film to a large extent: a) a weak person from a middle-class Indian family (ideally, one from the heartland) : A) A weak person from an Indian middle-class family (ideally, one from the heartland): a) A weak person from an Indian middle-class family. "b) An impulsive parent who can be an ally, but will also go to extremes to win for you and c) A grumpy coach with self-problems. At least Manav Kaul (fictional coach Rajan who plays Senna) does It’s very good, balancing the role requirements and the content mentioned in point C.
The film traced Senna's life until 2015, when she was declared the number one in the world. At least three chapters of her life are expected to be the focus of the film: her relationship with her mother early in the college, her relationship with Kashap (she will marry her in the future), and her friction with coach Rajan. However, we see these snatches-this is not the main problem. Forget exploring the gray areas. The problem with Senna is that it refuses to let the audience enter her mind and feel her feelings at the highs and lows of her career.
One of the interesting aspects of S Saina is the casting of Meghna Malik and Subhrajyoti Barat, who play Saina Nehwal’s parents, Usha Rani Nehwal and Harvir Singh Nehwal; : The actors did a lot of hard work in a movie around their daughter's character. Supporting Parineeti, Chopra did her best to imitate the body language of the champion, although the film conveniently restored the scenes of the competition and the close-ups of the actors. But we can still see that Parineeti is clearly struggling to become Senna, sometimes borrowing her character traits from Ishakzad. The oversized mole is just the least troublesome aspect.
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