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’.â€
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.