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Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Darshan Kumar, Zachary Coffin, Robin Das, Shakti Singh
Director: Omung Kumar;
Music Director: Shashi-Shivamm
It’s a big opportunity as well as the responsibility for any director to make biopic over any personality, however, most of them have succeeded in Bollywood and so they occupy a special place in the cinematic world.
Moreover, it's that life-defining moment when a character on screen transforms totally into a real life personality. We've seen Seema Biswas, Ben Kingsley, Irrfan Khan and Farhan Akhtar metamorphose into real life characters in front of our bewildered eyes.
Now it is Priyanka Chopra. She virtually transforms her physicality before entering the spirit and the soul of boxing champ Mary Kom (MC).
And what a grand entry!
Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Priyanka as the gritty volatile boxer from Manipur who won't take no for an answer, even from god. Penetrating a male domain like boxing in a gender-defying swoop, Priyanka's MC takes us on a voyage of self-discovery where a plucky poor girl from rural Manipur goes right to the Olympics. It's an incredible story filled with sound and fury signifying something deep and seductive, just waiting to be told.
Hats off to debutant director Omung Kumar for bringing us one of the most inspiring biopics to have ever reached the silver screen.
"Mujhe bronze pasand nahin aata," barks MC's coach. As we see Mary's dreams come true in front of our eyes, we know she was born to win.
The narrative has a soaring quality and texture. It simply takes off with scarcely any room for breathing space. The breathless quality of storytelling goes well with the protagonist's stormy mercurial nature.
As MC' story unravels in a flashback we meet a woman who is not affected by gender rules and discrimination that governs our society.
Very early in the tightly clenched narrative, we see MC get into a full-fledged scuffle with a school bully. Later she takes on another far more dangerous bully who threatens to destroy her boxing career. In and out of the arena Mary never stops fighting.
"The rest of the world may be round. But your world is this square ring," her coach reminds her pointing to the boxing arena. The struggle, as depicted in the stunning unspoilt northeastern terrain of Manipur, captured with mesmeric intensity by cinematographer Keiko Nakahara, is manifold. Here it is a curse to be born a girl. And to be born a girl who wants to be a boxing champ!
You have to be kidding.
With predictable story line, director Omung Kumar's "Mary Kom" achieves what it sets out to do – it inspires and overwhelms. But a major gripe happens to be the narrative.
Opening to a curfew-stricken rainy Imphal (Manipur), an in-labour Priyanka Chopra (as MC Mary Kom) is being rushed to the nearest hospital. The narrative goes on a reverse gear, and shows Chopra indulging in street fights with rowdy teens. Sadly, despite all the Hulk-ish temper, the anger (almost always) panned out like an unnecessary display of bottled frustration.
Like every sportswoman, Kom too had many hurdles and challenges to face, as her father was not convinced with picking boxing as a career choice. Resolute and focused, the rice farmer's daughter joins M. Narjit Singh's (Sunil Thapa) coaching class in the vicinity.
Torn between family troubles and becoming a champion, Kom finds support in Onler (Darshan Kumar), with whom she falls in love with, and then agrees to get married only to upset the man who trained her to become the finest sportswomen – Coach Singh.
The rest of the plot staggers lazily until Kom begins her training (after giving birth to beautiful twins) and realises her long-forgotten dreams again.
With painted-on freckles and weak accent, Chopra isn't as believable as what was being expected ever since the first-look posters of the film were released. However, it is evident that she put her maximum effort to become the three-time world champion 'Magnificent Mary'. And clearly, she is one of the best actors the Bollywood industry has today.
Kumar does a good job as the ever-sacrificing-supporting husband. Honest and genuine, the debutant actor lends warmth to his character. But, Thapa's acting skills are questionable. Looking like a really angry 'Angry Bird', the coach's words of wisdom were more like guided missiles headed in the wrong direction.
As a maiden attempt at direction, Omung has done a fair job but misses the mark by a few inches. He fails to chronicle the life of the great Indian boxer in a complete manner.
Kom's inner troubles, decision-making skills, determination, ambition and strength are what have made her the woman she is today– Omung touches those areas, but very briefly.
Saiwyn Quadras, screen writer, can equally share the blame with th director for not tapping into Kom's deepest emotions. Although, Chopra tried to give a sincere touch to the boxer's sentiments, there's a limitation for an actor.
The dialogues could have been more powerful had it not resorted to the old-school Bollywood-style of cheering – "Maar Mary Maar".
The background score and music by Shashi-Shivamm supports training montages well, but doesn't give you goose bumps (unlike A. R Rahman's "Jai Ho" or Salim-Sulaiman's "Chak De India").
"Mary Kom" leaves you inspired, but doesn't justify the tale of the powerful boxer who went on to become five-time world champion.
RedGoli Rating: 2.75/5
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