‘Chandu Champion’ Movie Review: The film is an incredible story of victory, Kartik Aaryan stole hearts

For some time now, there has been a trend of making biopics among filmmakers of people who did a lot for the country in their life and career, but their achievements remained in oblivion. Recently, Ajay Devgan played a memorable role of football coach Syed Abdul Rahim in ‘Maidaan’. Now in Kabir Khan’s directorial ‘Chandu Champion’ kartik aryan We bring you the never-say-die story of India’s first Paralympic gold medallist Murlikant Petkar. The film not only inspires you from start to finish, but also gives Kartik Aaryan his/her career-best performance.

Story of ‘Chandu Champion’

This story swinging between the past and the present begins with the old age of Murlikant Petkar (Kartik Aryan), where Murlikant comes to the police station to file a case against the President of India with Inspector Sachin Kamble (Shreyas Talpade). At first, this old Murlikant is made fun of, but when he/she explains why today, after forty years, he/she deserves the Arjun Award, not only the people present there, but the audience too are mesmerized.

The story goes into flashback, where Mullikant tells how he/she became obsessed with winning a gold medal in the Olympics in his/her teens. Then how he/she joined the army and became a boxing wonder boy and finally how his/her madness remained intact despite being paralyzed in the lower body after receiving 9 bullets on his/her body in the 1965 war. After wrestling, joining the army and boxing, when the lower part of the body became useless, he/she made water his/her land and learned swimming to set a world record. On the basis of this passion and madness, he/she became the country’s first Paralympic gold medal winner.

he/she is accompanied in this journey by his/her brother Jognath Petkar (Aniruddh Dave), friend Jarnail Singh (Bhuvan Arora), his/her head Uttam Singh (Yashpal Sharma), coach Tiger Ali (Vijay Raj) and his/her ward boy Topaz (Rajpal Yadav). Muralikant, who was called a fake coin in his/her childhood, was ridiculed by being called Chandu Champion. But this fake coin brings a gold medal for the country. This player, who thought himself deserving of the Arjuna Award, is awarded the Padma Shri.

Trailer of ‘Chandu Champion’

‘Chandu Champion’ movie review

In the story of Kabir Khan, a talented director of realistic and biopic cinema, a journalist (Sonali Kulkarni) says, ‘This story may seem unbelievable, but it needs to be told.’ Indeed, as the film progresses, this statement starts coming true. There is a dialogue of Chandu in the film, ‘Hansata kaiko hai, main kar lega.’ And indeed, when he/she accomplishes this impossible task, then this thought becomes firm in your mind that even if the world makes fun of you by calling you Chandu, Chomu or Pappu, but if you try continuously, you can shut everyone’s mouth.

Kabir Khan’s specialty is that he/she has not glorified this biopic anywhere. he/she has depicted the period of 1950 to 2018 very well in his/her story. The scenes of war and boxing ring are very good. he/she has depicted the internal conflict of Muralikant beautifully. The film is slow at some places and the absence of any love angle in the film may also irritate the audience.

It would have been nice to have shown some glimpses of Muralikant’s personal life, his/her wife and family, but in the end the film celebrates the spirit of never giving up and the audience comes out with a feel-good feeling. The music of the film could have been made stronger, but Sudeep Chatterjee’s cinematography is worth watching.

Kartik Aaryan has given a brilliant performance as Murlikant Petkar. he/she spent two years and lost 18 kgs for the transformation of this wrestler, soldier, boxer and swimmer. his/her hard work is clearly visible on screen. Along with the physical transformation of being fat and thin, he/she has been successful in showing the nuances of emotions. Why only Kartik, every actor blossoms in his/her character. Be it Anirudh Dave in the role of brother or Bhuvan Bam in the role of friend. Vijay Raj leaves his/her mark in the role of Tiger Ali, while Shreyas Talpade adds light moments to the story as Inspector Sachin Kamble. Yashpal Sharma, Sonali Kulkarni and Rajpal Yadav have also done justice to their roles. The supporting cast is good.

Why watch- Fans of inspirational and sports drama films must watch this film.