Priyanka Chopra and Mary Kom

PRIYANKA’s Tough Routine…

PC left no stone unturned to perfect the look of a boxer. Building a boxer’s physique in spam of 90 days was not an easy task.

But why was PC chosen to act as ‘MARY KOM’ …

It’s a biopic and not a documentary..

Director KUMAR has clear opinion about PC that she is hard working in the industry and in spite of doubt about PC’s body physique he chose her.

Mary was happy that someone as beautiful and pretty as PC would show her efforts and love for boxing.

Training began within days of passing CHOPRA-I in 2013. Mr.Samir Jaura, the man behind Farhan Akthar’s body in ‘Bhag Milkha Bhag’. He spend his time with PC and on the basis of vidoe’s of MK he scheduled PC’s training.

The film was shot in 57 days over two years. The boxing scenes were filmed on a set in Filmistan Studios, Mumbai, while parts depicting Manipur were shot in Manali in Himachal Pradesh. Plans to shoot in Manipur were dropped because of logistics issues and the team recced Manali and Dharamshala instead. Kumar’s wife, Vanita, who is the production designer, used a real structure instead of a set to show Kom’s childhood home in Kangathei. She also sourced indigenous props like short stools and woven curtains from Manipur. Young Bijou Thaangjam from Manipur acted as a language and culture assistant, consulted for everything from enunciation to local terms of endearment or the right way to drape a traditional sarong.

Is there too much drama in Mary Kom, in true Bollywood tradition? Kom’s story is the hero of the film, responds Quadras, adding that she had led a rather “filmy” life. Elements such as her father’s initial resistance to boxing, the romance with Onler and a fit of rage that led her to shave her head were juicy fodder for cinema. Yet, some parts of Kom’s struggle that were not as easy to address were left out. Kom’s book dwells in fair detail on her not being able to compete in higher weight categories because of a small built and frame. The significantly taller Chopra could not have represented this conflict. Hearteningly, the film is said to touch upon the boxer’s activism against corrupt sports federations.