That a film on Olympic bronze medalist Mary Kom was being made is an old story.The latest is the assertion by Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, who plays Mary Kom in this film that she will come out clean as a boxer.

In an exclusive interview to IANS’s Gurdeep Singh Tiwana,the actress claimed that “she will be able to convince the audience in the role of a boxer.”

“The actress has never played any sport in her life, yet she is confident of playing a sportsperson in the film”,states Tiwana in the same article published by IANS in topnews.in.

Tiwana quotes Priyanka saying:”I will try my best to play a sportsperson in the film. I will try my best to be as close to the boxer as I can. I will convince you as a boxer in the film,” Priyanka said here in an interview.