Not kartik aaryan, this actor was going to become 'Chandu Champion', due to this he could not do the film.
Chandu Champion: Kartik Aaryan's acting was highly praised in the 2024 film chandu Champion. But Kartik was not the first choice for this film.
Chandu Champion
The sports drama 'Chandu Champion' released in 2024 is based on the life of padma shri Muralikant Petkar, who was India's first gold medalist in the Paralympics. Petkar made the country proud by winning the gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle competition at the Summer Paralympics held in West germany in 1972. At the same time, kartik aaryan played the lead role in the film 'Chandu Champion' made on Petkar. This film was directed by Kabir Khan. But do you know that Kartik was not the first choice of the makers for chandu Champion?
Sushant, not Kartik, was going to do chandu Champion
In a recent interview, bhuvan Arora, who played Murlikant's friend Karnail Singh in 'Chandu Champion', revealed that sushant singh rajput had bought the rights to make Petkar's biopic before the actor's shocking demise in 2020. Speaking to hindi Rush, bhuvan said, "I had done a film chandu Champion. Earlier Sushant was going to do it. He had the rights to that film. Sushant also had the rights to the story. He must have bought it from Murlikant Petkar. Even Murlikant sir had said in an interview that he was going to do a film about a Paralympic swimmer. We both loved acting and we used to talk to each other, we discussed the film." How did kartik aaryan get chandu Champion
The fake actor further said, "Obviously, it slipped my mind. Recently, when chandu Champion was released, I saw an interview with Murlikant sir, in which he said that Sushant was initially going to do this film. I don't know the details, but the irony is that I was not in that film at that time." sushant singh passed away in the year 2020. After the death of the actor, kartik aaryan did chandu Champion.
Chandu champion failed at the box office
Let us tell you that chandu Champion got good reviews from the audience and critics, but it failed at the box office. According to Saknilak, this biopic based sports drama made at a cost of around Rs 120 crore failed to recover its budget. It grossed a net of Rs 62 crore in india and Rs 88 crore worldwide.
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