▁and ▁shouldn ' t ▁look ▁like ▁they ▁were ▁created ▁using ▁make up ." ▁He ▁did ▁some ▁research ▁by ▁visit ing ▁hosp it als ▁to ▁understand ▁more ▁about ▁skin ▁inj uries . ▁▁ ▁Fil ming ▁▁ ▁Princi pal ▁phot ography ▁began ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁at ▁Film istan , ▁M umb ai . ▁H indust an ▁Times ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁set ▁was ▁ready ▁at ▁Film istan ▁studio , ▁but ▁following ▁Ch op ra ' s ▁father ' s ▁death , ▁the ▁plans ▁for ▁shooting ▁were ▁put ▁on ▁hold . ▁To ▁make ▁the ▁box ing ▁scenes ▁authentic , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁crew ▁members , ▁including ▁K umar ▁himself , ▁lear nt ▁box ing ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁necessary ▁understanding ▁of ▁the ▁sport ▁to ▁film ▁the ▁fight ▁scenes . ▁Initial ly , ▁the ▁mak ers ▁had ▁planned ▁to ▁use ▁actors ▁and ▁teach ▁them ▁box ing ▁to ▁film ▁the ▁box ing ▁scenes . ▁They ▁eventually ▁real ised ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁feas ible ▁and ▁would ▁be ▁time - consum ing . ▁They ▁also ▁thought ▁that ▁if ▁both ▁Ch op ra ▁and ▁her ▁oppon ents ▁were ▁not ▁real ▁box ers , ▁it ▁would ▁not ▁look ▁convin cing ▁enough . ▁Professional ▁box ers ▁were ▁then ▁employed ▁to ▁film ▁the ▁box ing ▁sequences ▁for ▁giving ▁a ▁more ▁natural ▁feel ▁and ▁convin cing ▁look . ▁Fil ming ▁box ing ▁scenes ▁was ▁difficult ▁for ▁Ch op ra ▁as ▁she ▁got ▁hurt ▁several ▁times ; ▁she ▁says , ▁" They ▁are ▁real ▁box ers ▁and ▁they ▁don ' t ▁know