After the heart-rending story of Milkha Singh was captured successfully on the big screen in the form of ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’, the next athlete whose story had to be captured on celluloid is Mary Kom. Director Omung Kumar and producer Sanjay Leela Bansali have teamed up for the Mary Kom biopic starring the National Award Winning actress Priyanka Chopra. The below is the review..

Story:

Mary Kom (Priyanka Chopra) aims to be a boxer since her childhood, but her father is against her idea of taking up boxing as a career. Mary goes against his wishes and takes up boxing and she quickly trains under the guidance of her coach M Narjit Singh (Sunil Thapa). Pretty soon, she goes on to win many titles and ends up making family and country proud.

Unfortunately, her coach abandons her when she decides to get married. As expected, due to her marriage and motherhood, her professional life takes a back seat. However, with the help of her supportive husband who does everything possible to get her back in the boxing ring, she gets back to boxing again. But will she be able to compete in the same way she earlier used to? What happens to her in her journey? The answers to these questions are what forms the rest of ‘Mary Kom’ film...

The first half is only filled with her boxing matches and also contains a few incomplete elements of Mary’s life from her childhood to her pregnancy. Merely a few minutes in the movie and Priyanka has already become a three time world champion. The second half on the other hand has a few unbelievable elements including the part where Mary’s husband tells her about her son’s illness just before her match.

The movie lacks immensely in the technical department and the songs of the film are just average and leave no impact as such. Another irritating factor about the film are the in-your-face advertisements and the actors are seen promoting a product or brand in every scene of the film.

Priyanka Chopra has done full justice to her job. She acts amazingly well and her hard work and determination shows very clearly in the film. Hats off to the make-up artist who has made her look somewhat like Mary. Even her coach played by Sunil Thapa and her on-screen husband Darshan Kumar have put enough effort to do justice to their respective roles. The last twenty minutes of the film with the training session and the last match was the only interesting part of the film.

Debutante Omung focuses more on telling a story that is already known rather than emphasizing on her personal struggles and her rise in the boxing field. Direction by Omung is not up-to-the mark. He has not put in any effort to make his best debut film memorable. In fact the weak direction also makes the characters appear dull at quite a few places. The screenplay of the film jumps awkwardly and the editing is too weak.

Final Word:

Overall, a legend like Mary Kom sure deserved a film that captured her story, struggles and sacrifices in the best way possible. And unlike other biopics made in Bollywood, this film however does not come close to being epic. it only deserves a onetime watch only for Priyanka and her hard work that she has put in.