Producers want the film to have global appeal.
By Tathagata Mitra
BANGALORE: Priyanka Chopra’s appearance in the biopic of pugilist Mary Kom has garnered a lot of popularity by word of mouth in the last few months. First, to play the lead role, the desi girl had to buff up and gain a lot of muscle weight to look the part on screen, and then to shoot for Zoya Akhtar’s next she had to shed 7 kilos in 20 days.
Piggy Chops is working hard to impress her fans. But as is the latest news, her fans will have to wait a little while longer as producers Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Viacom 18 have decided to postpone the release of the biopic and give it a more universal appeal like that of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
According to a Bollywood Hungama report, a source close to the project has revealed, “The producers Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Viacom 18 took a joint decision last month to postpone the release date so that Mary Kom could be further developed into another ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’.”
Apparently the decision to postpone the film was taken after seeing some of the rushes of the films. The producers now want Priyanka to spend a little more time with Mary Kom in order to make the film look a little more realistic.
Another lesser known reason for the film’s delay is to avoid a clash at the box office with Vishal Bharadwaj’s Haider, the last of his Shakespeare trilogy and with Hrithik-Katrina’s Knight and Day remake Bang Bang.