Chandu Champion Box Office Day 5: Kartik Aaryan Starrer Slows Down A Bit, Earns Rs 3.25 Crores

Kartik Aaryan’s Chandu Champion, which was released on the 14th of June is already getting a huge amount of love and appreciation from the audiences and critics alike. Jointly produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Kabir Khan, the film is getting a lot of positive reviews because of its narrative. However the film witnessed a major dip in the box office. According to a report in Sacknilk, the film minted only Rs. 3.25 Crores in the box office on its fifth day.

The film’s total collection now stands at Rs 29.75 crore inching closer to the Rs 30 Crore mark.Chandu Champion had an overall 13.86% Hindi occupancy, with Lucknow, Mumbai, Delhi Pune, and Jaipur leading the occupancy.

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.”