Parineeti Chopra to turn full-time badminton player to get into skin of Saina Nehwal's character

Parineeti Chopra has replaced Shraddha Kapoor to play ace shuttler Saina Nehwal in her upcoming biopic. However getting into the skin of a sportsperson is a tough job and needs rigourous practice from taking training session of her sport to getting the body language right. 

Parineeti is loaded up with projects from Jabariya Jodi to the Hindi adaptation of The Girl On The Train, Bhuj: Pride of India and 'Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar' and in between shooting for these films she prepare to be the sportsperson she will represent on screen and will tagg a trainer to all her outdoor shoots in India and overseas.

“It will be an intense schedule for the biopic. As Pari has to master badminton and get the athlete’s body language bang on, she wants to play the game every day. She knows Saina has trained for years on end to achieve the heights she has scaled. Being fully aware of how perfectly she needs to play badminton, Parineeti has decided that a trainer will accompany her on all her outdoor shoots in India and overseas. From now on, her trainer and her fitness goals will be her constant companions,” informs a source.

Meanwhile, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar that wrapped its shoot in Jnanuary is set to release in June.