AND WHY THIS FILM MATTERS
There is a sense of enormous struggle and emotional charge to Mary Kom's life that Omung Kumar's 'sort of' biopic (it begins with a disclaimer that the film draws from incidents in the boxer's life, suggesting that they've been modified/fictionalised) doesn't bear out. A reading of her autobiography, Unbreakable, confirms this suspicion and yet miraculously, the film still offers us glimpses into her remarkable journey. The signs are there, if only as markers.
