All praise for the young star-actor, Kabir Khan says, “Kartik listens very carefully to what the director says. Since Chandu Champion was a biopic on a real-life hero, it was absolutely imperative that Kartik remained within the parameters of the character. This, he did throughout the shooting. I was very pleased with Kartik’s performance in Chandu Champion.”
Kartik Aaryan, in his scene-chewing avatar, gives his character the kind of spin that we get to see only in the best bio-pics featuring the finest actors of the world. In his game-changing performance, Kartik proves you don’t need support from within to prove yourself in your chosen field. You only need talent and balls. Murlikant Petkar will agree.
Murlikant Petkar’s stunning achievements are not so much in the public eye. If the truth be told, most of us had never heard of him until Chandu Champion. It therefore comes as a surprise to see his breathtaking achievements being so diligently recreated on screen. This is the way a bio-pic should be: celebrating but not salivating over a remarkable life.
Kartik as Murli comes into his own with a performance that is redolent with industriousness.
We have seen an abundance of bio-pics in recent times about sung and unsung heroes, about politicians, gangsters and sportspersons. Chandu Champion navigates through the underdog’s climb to the top, negotiating all the predictable tropes but ensuring that none of it feels over-familiar or remotely jaded.
Says veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha, “I expected Kartik to win all the awards including the National Award for Chandu Champion. Here is an actor from outside who has proved one doesn’t need a godfather to make it big in Hindi cinema.”
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