ras ▁and ▁K umar , ▁Kom ▁was ▁forth coming ▁when ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁details ▁of ▁her ▁life , ▁and ▁had ▁significant ▁input ▁in ▁the ▁screen play . ▁However , ▁Qu ad ras ▁revealed ▁that ▁his ▁biggest ▁challenge ▁was ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁film ▁authentic ▁and ▁cin ematic ▁yet ▁not ▁document ary - like , ▁so ▁he ▁wrote ▁the ▁film ▁in ▁a ▁manner ▁that ▁showed ▁the ▁strugg les ▁Kom ▁went ▁through ▁as ▁a ▁female ▁sport sp erson ▁who ▁had ▁to ▁confront ▁opposition ▁from ▁her ▁father , ▁politics ▁and ▁making ▁a ▁com eb ack ▁after ▁a ▁long ▁career ▁break . ▁The ▁film ▁only ▁shows ▁the ▁period ▁from ▁her ▁early ▁strugg les ▁and ▁her ▁com eb ack ▁after ▁mother hood . ▁Her ▁fifth ▁World ▁Box ing ▁Championship ▁win ▁and ▁the ▁London ▁Olympics ▁were ▁left ▁out ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁contract ▁that ▁permitted ▁a ▁dep iction ▁of ▁Kom ' s ▁life ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁The ▁contract ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁signed ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁when ▁Kom ▁had ▁not ▁even ▁qualified ▁for ▁the ▁London ▁Olympics . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁meeting ▁with ▁Bh ans ali , ▁K umar ▁told ▁him ▁about ▁the ▁film ; ▁he ▁explained ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁cinema ▁contrary ▁to ▁Bh ans ali ' s ▁signature ▁work . ▁Still , ▁Bh ans ali ▁wanted ▁to ▁hear ▁the ▁story ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁enthus i astic ▁towards ▁the ▁project . ▁After ▁hearing ▁the ▁script , ▁he ▁liked ▁it ▁and ▁immediately ▁agreed ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁film . ▁However