Kartik Aaryan impressed one and all with his incredible physical transformation in ‘Chandu Champion‘. Directed by Kabir Khan, this sports drama is based on the life of India’s first Paralympics gold medallist Murlikant Petkar.
Despite positive reviews, the film recorded Kartik Aaryan’s lowest post-pandemic opening. According to Sacnilk, ‘Chandu Champion’ earned only Rs 4.75 crore on Friday.The occupancy for the film went up for the night shows, with major footfalls coming in from Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Jaipur. At the box office, the film is facing competition from horror dram ‘Munjya’, which is nearing Rs 50 crore. Post the pandemic, Kartik starrer 2022 horror comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, debuted to Rs 14.11 crore. Despite Rohit Dhawan’s 2023 action film Shehzada faltering at the box office, it managed a respectable opening of Rs 6 crore and Kartik’s last release, Sameer Vidwans’ 2023 romantic drama Satyaprem Ki Katha, earned Rs 8.25 crore on its opening day.
To essay the titular role, Kartik Aaryan underwent a massive weightloss, from 90 kg to 72 kg. Speaking about the prep, he had told ETimes, “Both of them (emotionally and physically getting into the part) were difficult and they were co-related. Building this body was a work of a lot of patience and it took really long. I had never imagined a film like this, genre like this and this is something I’ve never attempted. For me, I was trying to give my 200 percent – be it the psyche or physique in every way possible. We did a lot of workshops, reading sessions. We did a lot of workshops with a dialect expert to get the Marathi lingo and to not overdo it. There’s always a thin line between making it sound correct and overdoing it. It’s been quite a while that we started prepping for this film. All said and done, I’m really proud of this film.”
Despite positive reviews, the film recorded Kartik Aaryan’s lowest post-pandemic opening. According to Sacnilk, ‘Chandu Champion’ earned only Rs 4.75 crore on Friday.The occupancy for the film went up for the night shows, with major footfalls coming in from Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Jaipur. At the box office, the film is facing competition from horror dram ‘Munjya’, which is nearing Rs 50 crore. Post the pandemic, Kartik starrer 2022 horror comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, debuted to Rs 14.11 crore. Despite Rohit Dhawan’s 2023 action film Shehzada faltering at the box office, it managed a respectable opening of Rs 6 crore and Kartik’s last release, Sameer Vidwans’ 2023 romantic drama Satyaprem Ki Katha, earned Rs 8.25 crore on its opening day.
To essay the titular role, Kartik Aaryan underwent a massive weightloss, from 90 kg to 72 kg. Speaking about the prep, he had told ETimes, “Both of them (emotionally and physically getting into the part) were difficult and they were co-related. Building this body was a work of a lot of patience and it took really long. I had never imagined a film like this, genre like this and this is something I’ve never attempted. For me, I was trying to give my 200 percent – be it the psyche or physique in every way possible. We did a lot of workshops, reading sessions. We did a lot of workshops with a dialect expert to get the Marathi lingo and to not overdo it. There’s always a thin line between making it sound correct and overdoing it. It’s been quite a while that we started prepping for this film. All said and done, I’m really proud of this film.”
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