CHANDU CHAMPION MOVIE AUDIENCE REVIEW BY SAGAR.

#CHANDU CHAMPION MOVIE AUDIENCE REVIEW BY SAGAR#Chandu Champion Review: Kartik Aaryan, Vijay Raaz turn formulaic sports drama into a must-watch
Chandu Champion Movie Review: What makes the Kartik Aaryan-led film worth a watch, is the way that Kabir Khan truly believes in his story and turns it into a feel-good experience.
Chandu Champion' is a formulaic yet satisfying sports drama
Kartik Aaryan and Vijay Raaz deliver strong performances
There are some story gaps but overall an engaging and feel-good watch
Watching the same basic story arcs you've seen dozens of times before in a brand-new film can still be deeply satisfying. It takes you back to the times when similar narratives left you feeling fulfilled after leaving the theatre. The catch, of course, is that the newest version has to be done well. That's what Kabir Khan's Chandu Champion is: A formulaic film (a term which is in no way an insult), with tremendous performances from Kartik Aaryan and Vijay Raaz.
Its story, about an underdog athlete who gets a chance at the world stage, has been told a hundred times before. Describing it would be a cliché from start to finish. But Chandu Champion isn't about the story, it's about the hero. Murlikant Petkar, a war hero-turned-Paralympic champion, is a name only a few Indians would have heard, including myself.
Inspired by KD Jadhav, the first athlete from independent India to win an individual medal in the Olympics, a young Murli carries the dream of having an Olympic gold medal around his neck one day. But he is ridiculed for harbouring such a dream. Leaving behind all odds, this little boy grows up, in a fashion that will take you back to the 80s Bollywood when the lead hero grew up while running on a railway track. And this is the point where you start to get invested in the film. Yes, it takes a while to get there.
Khan follows all the tropes of underdog sports movies. There's an athlete who can't get anyone to take him seriously. He's headed into a showdown with overwhelming odds against him, but then surprises everyone by making it a real fight. His dreams take time to turn into reality, because winning early wouldn't be dramatically satisfying. Along the way, the athlete has a trainer and a distraction from a girl, and he is surrounded by other characters, whose journeys eventually become all about him.
The first few minutes of the film, which take us through Murlikant's childhood in Sangli, Maharashtra, remind us of Milkha Singh's childhood as that is exactly how Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra showed us in the opening of his 2011 film 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'. But it doesn't end there. When you watch his back-breaking training for boxing and swimming, to a degree, you see a bit of Farhan Akhtar there. Even the song 'Satyanaas' with its slapstick humour is reminiscent of the 'Hawan Karenge' song.
But Chandu Champion earns its stripes through the devotion of its actors and director. Khan's (who has also co-written the film) camera reveals how much he loves the subject of his film. He steers clear of all the over-the-top 'desh ke liye mar-mitenge' type dialoguebaazi, rona-dhona and naach-gaana, the typical instruments of Hindi filmmakers to evoke bells and whistles in cinema halls. Rather, he keeps it simple. Without pushing any artistic boundaries, he delivers a mostly believable film, except a few hiccups, the major one being a peon convincing the government babus to send Petkar for the Paralympics.
In all of the best senses of the words, the film is made by someone who has a knack for sports films, as we saw in his last directorial outing 83. And though he adheres to the template of sports dramas, Khan does a good job at that. He also tries to tap into the shoddy treatment of athletes, especially para-athletes by government bodies and how ignorant most Indians are to para-athletes.
"Main chandu nahi, champion hai," Kartik Aaryan says in the film. Through the dialogue, it seems like he's sending a message to his naysayers who couldn't see the actor beyond his Sonus, Guddus and Gogos. Kartik shows he is as capable of being a tough yet tender, dedicated and sincere athlete as he is of being a goofy lover on-screen. The actor needs to be applauded for his versatility and conviction at acing whatever comes his way, a quality missing in his contemporaries.
But the moment you place him alongside a Vijay Raaz, who plays his coach, and is an actor who looks equally at home no matter where you put him, you know that difference between acting a part and the real deal. Raaz's acting prowess lies in how much he makes his characters more tactile and believable. He cries so naturally at Petkar's.
Having said that, there are times when things don't fall into place. Chandu Champion has some issues. We never get to see the climax of Murlikant's final fight at the International Services Sports Meet in Tokyo in 1964. A few .
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