Chandu Champion

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Chandu Champion
Chandu Champion film poster.jpg
Directed by Kabir Khan
Written byKabir Khan
Sumit Arora
Rohit Shukre
Produced bySajid Nadiadwala
Starring Kartik Aaryan
Cinematography Sudeep Chatterjee
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Score:
Julius Packiam
Production
companies
Distributed by AA Films
Release date
  • 14 June 2024 (2024-06-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Chandu Champion is an upcoming Hindi language biographical sports drama film written and directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. The film stars Kartik Aaryan in the lead as India's first Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar. [1] [2]

Contents

Principal photography took place from July 2023 to January 2024 with filming held in London, Wai and Jammu and Kashmir. Chandu Champion is scheduled for release on 14 June 2024. [3]

Cast

Production

Development

Kabir Khan first announced the film in July 2022. [4] The film was officially announced with a motion poster on 4 July 2023 by Sajid Nadiadwala, to be directed by Kabir Khan and starring Kartik Aaryan. [5] [6]

Casting

Kartik Aaryan was chosen to play the lead, in his second collaboration with producer Sajid Nadiadwala after Satyaprem Ki Katha (2023). [7]

Filming

Principal photography commenced on 12 July 2023 with a Muhurta puja held in London, where the first schedule was also completed. [8] [9] The second schedule commenced on 24 September 2023 in Kashmir. [10] The crew also filmed the movie at Wai village in Maharashtra. [11] Filming wrapped after eight months on 31 January 2024. [12] A challenging 8 minute single shot war sequence was shot at Aru Valley in Jammu at an altitude of 9000 feet above sea level. [13] [14]

Release

The film is scheduled to be theatrically released on 14 June 2024. [3]

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