Champion (2003 film)

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Champion
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The poster for the film Champion
Directed by Rabi Kinagi
Written by Rabi Kinagi
Produced by Shree Venkatesh Films
Starring Jeet
Srabanti Chatterjee
CinematographyV. Probhakar
Edited byAtish Chandra Sarkar
Music by S P Venkatesh
Distributed byAshadeep Entertainment
Release date
  • 6 June 2003 (2003-06-06)
Running time
166 mins [1]
Country India
Language Bengali

Champion is a 2003 Bengali sports-drama film directed by Rabi Kinagi. The movie features Jeet and Srabanti Chatterjee. [2] It is Jeet's third movie and Srabanti Chatterjee's debut as a heroine. [3] It is a remake of the 1999 Telugu film Thammudu.

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Plot

The main theme of the film depicts how an irresponsible boy can be very responsible at a particular stage of life. In this film, we have got a glittering appearance of a new hero at Tollygunge named 'Jeet'. Raja is a college student who is forever committing mischief. He and his peers Bhola (Bhola Tamang), Dhonu (Rudranil Ghosh) & Kanu (Shuvashish Mukherjee) always stay on the top of the list of failures. Raja has an elder brother, Rohit (Siddhartha), who is the exact opposite of the infamous Raja. Rohit works at their father's cafe and is bright in his studies. Their father is fed up with the restless Raja. Even after repeated whackings from his father, the stubborn mule refuses to change. Raja's only support is his childhood friend Kavita who is secretly in love with him. But the flirtatious Raja finds solace in the spoilt brat Riya, the daughter of a millionaire. Raja saves Riya from the villainous millionaire student Ronny. But Riya dumps Raja & patches up with the affluent Rony. In the meanwhile, Rohit starts rigorously practicing for the upcoming kickboxing championship final against Rony. All hell breaks loose when Rohit is beaten by Rony & his mates. Rohit is hospitalized in a critical condition. Raja approaches Rohit's coach and begs him to train Raja. Thus a vigorous practice schedule begins. Raja, with support from Kavita gets himself ready for the match. In the match, he emerges victorious and dedicates the trophy to Rohit and then celebrates his love with Kavita.

With Jeet's journey in the Bengali film world taking a new-found momentum from this film after the huge success of 'Saathi', the industry got yet another great young actor in Siddhartha Banerjee, in the role of Rohit (Jeet's elder brother). Siddhartha, though a regular face in TV serial lead roles, was relatively a newcomer on the big screen. His screen presence was at par with that of Jeet, and acting was top-notch. This film also gifted the industry another budding actor, Sagnik (in the role of Rony), who was a great fit opposite the Jeet-Siddhartho duo.

Cast

Soundtrack

Singers are Kavita Krishnamurthy, Babul Supriyo, Mano, Jojo, Reema Mukherjee. The song "Travelling Soldier" was reused from the Telugu film Thammudu (1999).

All lyrics are written by Gautam Sushmit; all music is composed by S. P. Venkatesh

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Mone Pore Koto Kotha" Kavita Krishnamurthy 04:42
2."Travelling Soldier" Ramana Gogula 03:38
3."Srimoti Ektu Darao" Mano 05:43
4."Chokhe Lage Nesha" Babul Supriyo, Kavita Krishnamurthy05:20
5."Cholo Na Prem Kori" Mano, Kavita Krishnamurthy04:06
6."Kobe Je Amar Naam" Babul Supriyo 03:02
7."Bondhu Bole Dako Jare (Male)"Mano05:03

Reception

Champion was a high critically and commercially successful. Mainly Jeet's comic timing and acting were praised.

Awards

Best Actor nomination (Jeet) Best Playback singer and Best Supporting Actor Nomination (Siddhartha Banerjee)

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