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Priyanka Chopra’s Mary Kom Wins Best Film Award in Stockholm

Priyanka Goyal — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:57:51 +0000

Director Omung Kumar’s 2014 film Mary Kom, which was selected for the Stockholm International Film Festival Junior (SIFFJ), has won the Best Film award and has been endowed with the Bronze Horse Award, the festival’s top honour.

The jury for the junior section of the festival consisted of children from the age of nine to 17.

Omung Kumar, who directed the biopic of the legendary Indian boxer MC Mary Kom with actress Priyanka Chopra in the lead role, was present at the screening of his film after which children from various age groups asked him questions in an interactive session.

“The Indian Embassy took complete care of me and the Indian Ambassador Banashri Bose Harrison herself took me around to show Sweden and its islands. She organised a screening of Mary Kom for her guests also, and had two dinners in my honour.

Credits :- Ndtv.com

Yahoo Movies Review: Mary Kom

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:53:40 +0000

Rating: ****

First things first, loud applause for debutant director Omung Kumar – attempting a biopic on a boxing champion most of us had never heard of before her Summer Olympics bronze medal is worth plaudits.

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‘Mary Kom’ goes tax free in Uttar Pradesh

admin — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 04:36:56 +0000

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government today announced exemption of entertainment tax on Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra’s starrer biopic ‘Mary Kom’.

“As the movie is based on life of boxer Mary Kom will be an inspiration for women of the state. The CM has decided to exempt it from entertainment tax”, an official spokesman said here.

Credits :- Zeenews.com