Coaching

If there's anyone who deserves the credit of turning India into a formidable force in badminton, it is Coach Pullela Gopichand. ​

Saina and Sindhu were trained at Pullela Gopichand's academy in Hyderabad under his watchful eyes.

While India celebrated its first assured silver medal with PV Sindhu's win on Thursday and looked forward to a possible gold medal, there was one man that was on everybody's mind - Pullela Gopichand. "Gopi is really proud of her. We are all hoping for gold. It will be a tough match," PVV Lakshmi, Gopichand's wife told ANI on Thursday after Sindhu's win.

After retiring from his playing career, Pullela Gopichand founded the Gopichand Badminton Academy in 2008, after reportedly mortgaging his own house.

A biopic on Pullela Gopichand - The man behind India's Olympic badminton success - is in the making.

From Saina Nehwal, to PV Sindhu, Srikanth and Kashyap, how the former All England champ keeps producing world beaters.

Along with PV Sindhu, another person whose stature has phenomenally grown in course of the Rio Olympics is her coach, Pullela Gopichand.

Want to know what its like to train an athlete like PV Sindhu? Hear it straight from the horses mouth as coach Pullela Gopichand talks exclusively to India Today.

PV Sindhu though on Wednesday politely refused the offer by claiming she already has the 'best coach' in Gopichand. "For me, Gopichand is my best coach. Don't want to comment on what minister said," Sindhu told NDTV.

Coach Gopichand provides a peek into the intense training and fierce focus behind PV Sindhu's silver medal​.