Director Omung Kumar, who is looking forward to the release of 'Mary Kom', says he has tried to keep the story real despite taking creative liberty to depict the boxing champion's life story on celluloid.

Priyanka Chopra plays the role of the Olympic boxer M C Mary Kom. "It wasn't so difficult to replicate Mary because she is an open book... we followed her and replicated her life exactly as she has said. She has seen the film. I think creative liberty is not a bad thing... it is about how we take the scene ahead. She (Mary) has seen it and loved it," Omung told reporters here last night at the music launch of the film.