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Mary Kom Says Biopic Only Showed 10% of Her Struggles
✍️ The Indian Express
🗓 27 Oct 2026, 01:54 PM
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Olympic boxer Mary Kom has stated that her biopic, starring Priyanka Chopra, only depicted 10% of the real challenges she faced.
Indian boxing icon Mary Kom has spoken out about the portrayal of her life in the 2016 biopic starring Priyanka Chopra. In a recent interview, she revealed that the film only captured a small fraction of the struggles she endured throughout her journey to becoming a world champion. Kom emphasized that the movie depicted only 10% of her real-life challenges, suggesting that many aspects of her personal and professional sacrifices were left untold. The biopic, while commercially successful, has now sparked a conversation about the accuracy and completeness of biographical films.