In
2014,
when
Omung
Kumar's
Mary
Kom
starring
Priyanka
Chopra
had
released,
many
questioned
the
casting
of
the
film
and
criticised
the
makers
for
not
roping
in
an
actor
from
Northeast
to
fill
in
the
shoes
of
boxer
Mary
Kom.
Now,
when
the
weightlifter
Mirabai
Chanu
made
the
country
proud
by
winning
Silver
at
the
2020
Tokyo
Olympics
in
Women's
49
kg
category,
many
netizens
requested
filmmakers
to
not
cast
anyone
from
Bollywood
for
her
biopic,
but
someone
who
actually
hails
from
the
Northeast.
Actor
Adil
Hussain
also
echoed
the
same
and
said,
"If
someone
makes
a
movie
on
Mirabai
Chanu,
I'm
sure
they'd
be
more
imaginative
and
cast
someone
from
the
Northeast."
Recalling
what
Omung
Kumar
did
in
Mary
Kom's
biopic,
Adil
said,
"I'd
have
definitely
preferred
someone
from
Northeast.
This
isn't
at
all
a
judgement
on
Priyanka,
she's
a
very
accomplished
artiste.
First
of
all,
Bollywood
isn't
a
family
or
mafia,
it's
a
stupid
name
actually
given
by
some
unimaginative
people,
it's
not
original.
I'm
saying
that
the
Hindi
film
industry
lost
an
opportunity."
The
Parched
actor
went
on
to
add
that
he
believes
this
would
be
the
industry's
chance
to
redeem
itself.
"I
hope
they
do
it
and
make
the
right
choice.
They
should
make
the
film
so
well
so
they
don't
have
to
invest
in
a
star,
like
Ang
Lee
did
in
Life
of
Pi
(2012),
it
earned
a
billion
dollars," averred
Hussain.
He
concluded
by
saying
that
be
it
politically
or
economically,
Northeast
is
always
neglected
by
India,
and
we're
still
to
be
assimilated
and
looked
at
as
part
of
India
by
a
lot
of
common
people,
who
think
that
people
especially
from
Arunachal
Pradesh,
Nagaland,
Mizoram
are
Chinese.