Priyanka Chopra is Bollywood's Hilary Swank: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

The actor will pay homage to late film-maker Yash Chopra at an awards show

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali compared Priyanka Chopra to Hollywood actor Hilary Swank, who portrayed the character of a boxer in her Oscar award-winning film Million Dollar Baby.

Priyanka Chopra

will be seen playing Olympic medal-winning boxer

Mary Kom

in a biopic produced by Bhansali. "If they (Hollywood) have Hilary Swank, we have Priyanka. She is a great talent and adds spark to her performance. As an actress I think she is in the league of Nutanji and Waheedaji," Bhansali told reporters here at the trailer launch of Mary Kom.

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Swank won the best actress Oscar for her portrayal of Margaret Maggie Fitzgerald, a waitress who aspires to become a boxing champion. Bhansali's film is inspired by Kom's struggle and has been directed by Omung Kumar.

The director producer said he did not take much time to say yes for the project. "Omung told me about making film on Mary Kom around two years back, and I immediately said yes. There was no lengthy meetings or discussions," he said.