Champion (2019 film)

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Champion
Champion Film Poster.jpg
First look poster
Directed by Suseenthiran
Written bySuseenthiran
Screenplay bySuseenthiran
Produced byRaghavi
Starring
Cinematography Sujith Sarang
Edited byThiyagu
Music by Arrol Corelli
Production
company
Kalanjiyam Cine Arts
Release date
  • 13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Champion is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film written and directed by Suseenthiran. The film stars newcomers Vishwa, Sowmika Pandiyan and Mirnalini Ravi, Narain, Manoj Bharathiraja, and Stun Siva play pivotal roles. The music for the film is composed by Arrol Corelli while cinematography is handled by Sujith Sarang. The film is produced by Raghavi under the production banner Kalanjiyam Cine Arts. Principal photography of the film commenced on 30 May 2018. [1] The film had its theatrical release on 13 December 2019 and received mixed reviews. [2] [3]

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Cast

Production

The film was announced to be made as a sports drama film mainly based on the sport of football by director Suseenthiran after his previous sports drama films including Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009), Jeeva (2014) which turned out to be successful. The shooting of the film went on floors from 30 May 2018. Mirnalini Ravi was selected to play one of the heroines with another newcomer Vishwa, the nephew of actor R. K. Suresh playing the lead. [4] The shooting of the film wrapped up in around 19 September 2019. [5]

The first look poster of the film was unveiled by actor Vishal through his Twitter account on 29 January 2019 coinciding on the eve of emotional 10 years anniversary of director Suseenthiran's filming career since making his directorial debut through Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu which was released on the same day (29 January) in 2009. [6] [7]

Soundtrack

Champion
Soundtrack album by
Released2019
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length17:19
LanguageTamil
Label TrendMusic
Producer Arrol Corelli
Arrol Corelli chronology
Igloo
(2015)
Champion
(2019)
Lock Up
(2020)
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The songs were composed by Arrol Corelli with one song by Vishwa. [8]

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Veerane Vana" Kabilan Nivas, Arrol Corelli4:45
2."Manathin Saalayil" Viveka Arrol Corelli4:24
3."Vaa Maganey" Mohan Rajan Haricharan 2:38
4."Aandavan Thoorigayil"VivekaKarthik Kumar2:09
5."Enga Pullinga Ellam Bayangaram"Vishwa, Gaana UdhayaVishwa, Gaana Stephen2:09
Total length:17:19

Release

The Times of India gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and wrote that "Champion is a redemption for Susienthiran whose last few films were so underwhelming that it felt like the director had become a spent creative force". [9] On the contrary, The Hindu wrote that "Champion only champions the cause for Susienthiran to script better films". [3]

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References

  1. "Suseenthiran's 'Champion' shooting starts today". The Times of India. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. "Review : Champion review:A watchable sports drama (2019)". www.sify.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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