After she wins the 2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships, Kom agrees to marry him, much to her coach's dissatisfaction. Meanwhile, Onler proposes to her and agrees never to ask her to quit boxing. After watching her victorious 2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships match on television, her father reconciles with Kom, and apologises to her for not understanding her passion for the sport. When her father asks her to choose between him and boxing, she reluctantly chooses the sport. After winning the state-level championship, her father confronts her for keeping her involvement in the sport from him. This is where she meets the footballer Onler Kom. Kom challenges a local wrestler for money, in order to get a household cow back, which the family had to sell off because of their financial troubles. Later, he suggests changing her name to Mary Kom. Due to Kom's dedication and stubbornness, Singh starts training her. Days pass, but her coach does not enquire about her. She starts visiting the gym, informing her mother but not her father. He asks her to visit the gym for the next thirty days and says that he will only teach her if she is deserving enough. After realising that the coach of the gym, Narjit Singh, was also the coach of the Asian champion Dingko Singh, Kom tells him about her boxing aspirations. During an early fight, she chases a boy and ends up in a boxing gym. Kom is fascinated by the glove and grows up taking a keen interest in boxing, despite her father's disapproval. Additionally, Chopra won the Screen Award and the Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.Ī young Mangte Chungeijang Kom, daughter of a rice farmer from Imphal, finds a boxing glove in the remains of an air crash in 1991 in Kangathei. The film won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Film and Best Actress for Chopra. Mary Kom received several accolades at award ceremonies across India. Mary Kom is also ranked among the highest-grossing Indian films led by a female actor. The film was a box office success, grossing ₹1.04 billion at the box office. Upon its release, the film recorded the highest opening weekend of all time for a female-led Indian film.
Made on a budget of ₹180 million, Mary Kom was released on 5 September 2014 to generally positive reviews with praise for Chopra's performance. The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, becoming the first Hindi film to be screened on the opening night of the festival. After plans to shoot in Kom's hometown, Manipur, were dropped due to safety concerns, Mary Kom was shot in Dharamshala and Manali, where a major portion of Manipur was recreated. Principal photography started in June 2013 at Filmistan, where the boxing sequences were filmed. Chopra underwent extensive physical training for four months to attain a muscular physique and learned the sport and Kom's distinct boxing style. Kumar met Kom to ask her permission for the film, before her bronze medal victory at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which brought her recognition. Mary Kom was developed by the writer Saiwyn Quadras, who suggested the storyline to Kumar when Kom was not a familiar name in India despite her numerous achievements. The film marks the Hindi playback singing debut of Chopra, who provided her vocals for a song named "Chaoro" (a lullaby). The film stars Priyanka Chopra in the lead role, with newcomer Darshan Kumar and Sunil Thapa in supporting roles of her husband and mentor, respectively, and depicts Kom's journey of becoming a boxer to her victory at the 2008 World Boxing Championships in Ningbo. Mary Kom is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film based on the life of the eponymous boxer Mary Kom, directed by Omung Kumar and produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
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