Written By: Nirmalya Dutta | Published : July 15, 2014 8:12 AM IST
Bollywood's women have often been portrayed as damsels-in-distress who've always needed a hero to save them. Well that trend is definitely over if Priyanka Chopra's portrayal of Mary Kom is anything to go by. The first look of the much-awaited Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie shows Priyanka throwing a punch all gritty and sweaty with muscles to die for. She looks like a ripped boxer and took to Twitter to say: 'Heart. Blood. Sweat. Soul. I've given it my all. Over to you guys now.' Directed by Omung Kumar, the movie is scheduled for a September 5 release.
Priyanka worked very, very hard for the role and the training took two years to get the perfect look. Trainer Samir Jaura, who worked with her to get the right look for the character, told IANS: 'We are working on building her muscles, but I don't want her to build extra muscles. I want her curves to get the right look, and not ruin the femininity.'
2 years of training baby!RT @FuffM: @priyankachopra how did you suddenly muscles?? :O I wonder .. How??? Hahaha pic.twitter.com/kBSi12aqeZ PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) July 14, 2014 Jaura vouches for Priyanka's hard work and dedication. 'Priyanka was very close to her father. When he passed away (June 10), I thought it will not be easy for her to come out of it, and the film will get delayed. But she is highly professional and she joined back within eight days and started working hard to get the right look,' he said. Actors getting in shape for a role is nothing new, but the get-in-shape-for-a-biopic trend really started with Farhan Akhtar in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. Playing legendary athlete Milkha Singh, Farhan Akhtar made every single Indian male feel inadequate about his body. Somehow, Mr Akhtar managed to harness Christian Bale's level of dedication to sculpt a body that was perfect with abs that looked like they had been implanted there and it looks like Priyanka is going to give him a run for his money.
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