It's a tribute to Chopra's own grit as an actress that she overcomes trashy set-ups land, punch after punch, fills the screen with real emotion.

What powers the film is a remarkable performance by Priyanka Chopra.

Mary Kom ... is unusual because [it does] not allow Mary's motherhood to dwarf other aspects of her identity [and] she is never shown feeling guilty about [her] career...

Omung Kumar's well-intentioned but excessively effusive Mary Kom...The question is: should you watch it You should, the simple reason being that we owe it to the pugilist who has gone where few Indians have ever gone.