▁fact ▁that ▁Ch op ra ' s ▁image ▁was ▁totally ▁based ▁on ▁Hill ary ▁Sw ank ' s ▁from ▁her ▁bra ided ▁pla its , ▁training ▁dress , ▁her ▁training ▁style ▁and ▁the ▁general ▁setting ▁of ▁the ▁g ymnasium ▁where ▁she ▁trained ▁with ▁an ▁old ▁veter an ▁box ing ▁coach . ▁Bol lywood ▁Hung ama ▁gave ▁it ▁ 4 ▁stars , ▁stating ▁" Om ung ▁K umar ▁certainly ▁deser ves ▁an ▁ov ation ▁for ▁having ▁shown ▁the ▁g uts ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁bi op ic ▁on ▁Mary ▁Kom , ▁something ▁which ▁will ▁surely ▁go ▁down ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁exempl ary ▁bi op ics ▁on ▁Indian ▁cell ul oid ." ▁ ▁Nam r ata ▁Jos hi ▁from ▁Out look ▁r ated ▁the ▁film ▁with ▁ 3 ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁ 4 ▁and ▁commented ▁on ▁the ▁simple , ▁un pret ent ious ▁story line ▁that ▁dram at ised ▁important ▁events ▁from ▁the ▁champion ' s ▁life . ▁Bh aw ana ▁S oma aya ▁r ated ▁the ▁film ▁ 4 ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 , ▁stating ▁that ▁film ▁was ▁not ▁sole ly ▁a ▁medium ▁for ▁entertain ment ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁main ▁purpose ▁of ▁Mary ▁Kom ▁was ▁to ▁dep ict ▁courage , ▁stability , ▁truth ▁and ▁innoc ence . ▁The ▁Econom ic ▁Times ▁gave ▁a ▁rating ▁of ▁ 4 ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 , ▁not ing ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁is ▁well ▁on ▁its ▁way ▁to ▁being ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁pra ised ▁sports - based ▁films ▁since ▁Ch ak ▁De ▁India ▁and ▁B ha