Chandu Champion Box Office Day 10: Kartik Aaryan's Film Sees Growth, Inches Towards Rs 50 Crore Mark

Chandu Champion, starring Kartik Aaryan, saw a rise in box office collections during its second weekend. According to Sacnilk.com, the film earned Rs 6.5 crore on its second Sunday. Based on the life of Murlikant Petkar, India’s first Paralympic gold medalist in freestyle swimming, this sports drama gained momentum with positive word of mouth and no major releases this week. It exceeded its opening day earnings of Rs 4.75 crore, with day two bringing in Rs 7 crore. The film’s highest single-day collection remains day three, at Rs 9.75 crore.

The movie’s collections dropped over the weekend, hitting a low of Rs 3 crore on day 6. It bounced back on Saturday, making Rs 4.85 crore, and with Sunday added, Chandu Champion has now earned Rs 49.25 crore in India.

The film, directed by Kabir Khan, is based on the life of India’s first Paralympics gold medallist, Murlikant Petkar. News18 Showsha has rated Chandu Champion 4/5. Talking about Kartik’s performance in the movie, our reviewer stated, “Kartik has delivered his career-best performance that aptly conveys his character’s inner turbulence, much of it derived from Murli’s childhood bullying and people’s disbelief in his potential. Moreover, it’s the emotional yet rousing finale that will have audiences cheering for Kartik, the star.”

Kartik went through rigorous training to look the part of a freestyle swimmer in the film, which involved reducing his weight from 90 kgs to 72 kgs and his body fat from 39% to 7%. In fact, Kartik recently took to social media to share a viral before-and-after transformation picture of himself that encompassed his journey from an ‘insomniac’ to a ‘fitness enthusiast’.

In an exclusive chat with News18 Showsha, Kartik’s trainer said he started a ‘program-based workout’ with Kartik in 2022 for Chandu Champion, and back then, the actor was as heavy as seen in the picture that has garnered a lot of scrutiny. Talking about how Kartik’s physicality had ‘shocked’ him, he said, “In the beginning, I gave him some basic movements like squats, pull-ups and push-ups, and he couldn’t do any of it! I knew that he had gained weight for Freddy but the fact that he couldn’t pull off even these basic movements really shocked me.”