Priyanka Chopra’s Mary Kom wins the Best Film award at Stockholm International Film Festival Junior

Bollywood actor Priyanka Chorpra’s ‘Mary Kom’, directed by Omung Kumar, was selected for the Stockholm International Film Festival Junior (SIFFJ), has won the Best Film award and has been endowed with the Bronze Horse Award, the festival’s top honour.

The Bronze Horse award is the highest honour of the festival, which was awarded to Mary Kom.

Mary Kom is a 2014 Indian biographical sports drama film. Movie is a biopic about five times female World Boxing Champion and Olympic bronze medalist Mary Kom.

According to India.com report, Kumar said, “The Indian Embassy took complete care of me and the Indian Ambassador Banashri Bose Harrison herself took me around to show Sweden and its islands. She organised a screening of ‘Mary Kom’ for her guests also, and had two dinners in my honour. “This award is a very big achievement for us because now it will bridge the gap between Sweden and India, and we will be able to distribute our films over here.”

“Mary Kom” will be showcased in Sweden again by the Indian Embassy at the Indian Film Festival next month.