Mary Kom is a Bollywood biopic based on the life of Indian super boxer Mary Kom. The film is also known as the Magnificent Mary. It is quite obvious that she is such a super boxer that needs no introduction. The film is highly inspirational and Omoung Kumar, art director turned film director tried his best to tell her story on celluloid.
It is known to all that father of Mary Kom was against her will of becoming a boxer as she might lose the beauty of her face but the decision was turned down by Mary and she followed the track after her own will.
She made no wrong rather made India proud in the arena of sports. Her coach left her side the moment she decided to marry her friend, for she knew that the married life might cast a shadow on her career. What he thought came true Mary was blessed with two kids and gradually went in dim haze of oblivion.
But the moment she noticed that a kid was well aware of her name but failed to recognize her though she sat at the very close proximity, she was highly shocked.
Thereafter she regained the support of her hubby who brought her back to the boxing ring once again. The film may be motivated with the word ‘go’ but it lacks solid materials to make it a solid one.
Yet the strong side of the film was casting. Priyanka Chopra left no stone unturned to make her character ‘real’, she really worked hard. It can be told with ease no Bollywood actress could do so.
Other characters who encircled her such as her coach and husband tried to prove their worth as actors but it seems it is sheer credit from the part of the director to ooze out the essence from their acting skill.
The actors too proved their worth up to the level. But what sent Omoung to the back foot is his failure to pump into the story of the legendary character the authenticity and absolute emotions. It was a film sans emotional attachment. The soul of the Indian boxer is nowhere in the bio-pic. We have to be awed and hurt at the same time.
We all know that the story of Mary Kom is outstanding. Her rise to the apex is spine-chilling. But somewhere in the film we miss the judgment done to Mary quite prolifically.
Believe it or not Mary Kom falters all the way in the screenplay. Biopic highlights the life of a person; narrative takes a secondary place in them. Omoung tried to start in the flashback mode but the venture failed to add much spice to the film.
The viewers have to jump from one plot to another with a little touch of drama. Though the actors have tried to pay respect to their characters they try to portray, the story all along fails to grip the audience. Too many issues have been brought forward but the noticeable fact that touches is the stream of patriotism that flows through the film all along.
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We have seen movies coming from bollywood that inspire us, relate to out day to day life. making movies based achievements of athletes and sports personalities has become an upcoming trend in the Bollywood. Bollywood once in a while, creates films that narrate real life stories which touch our hearts and souls. MARY KOM is one of the upcoming flick that will make you feel like a proud Indian.
Omung Kumar's MARY KOM is based on India's well-known sports personalities, Mary Kom who, despite all her adversity, put our country's flag in the internationally front with her triumph. The role of Mary Kom played by (Priyanka Chopra) is a performance of a lifetime.
Omung Kumar (the director of the film) does a great job of building up the climax with heart wrenching scenes.
In a crisp two hour, the film tells us how a daughter of a rice farmer in Manipur becomes a five time world champion boxer. Story is full of passions, punches and entertainment. What powers the film is remarkable performance of Priyanka Chopra as MARY KOM. Darshan Kumar as Mary's husband, Robin Das as her father and Sunil Thapa have played the role of supporting actor beautifully. The music composed by Shashi Suman and Shivam is just not the limelight of the movie but its shortcoming is surpassed by the film's background score (Rohit Kulkarni) and crisp editing by the man of bollywood Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who also is the producer of the film. Brownie points go to Saiwyn Quadras for his screenplay and story, Karan Singh Rathore-Ramendra Vashishth for their dialogue and dialect. The film's cinematography by Keiko Nakahara is totally at par with costume designer Isha Mantry.
On the whole, MARY KOM is definitely worth one time watch. Go for it. My rating 3/5 stars!
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