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Champ (2017)

Champ poster
Original title
Chaamp
Directed by
Raj Chakraborty
Genre
drama film, boxing film
Country
India
Runtime
2h
Rated
UA
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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An aspiring boxer named Shibaji experiences both success and failure in his career. He decides to return to the sport after facing personal circumstances.

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What happens

Chaamp is a 2017 Indian Bengali-language sports action drama film co-written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. Conceptualized and produced by Dev under the banner of Dev Entertainment Ventures, the film is loosely based on Moti Nandi's famous novels Shiba and Shibar Phire Asha. It stars Dev himself in the titular role, alongside an ensemble cast of Rukmini Maitra in her debut, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Priyanka Sarkar, Laboni Sarkar, Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Biplab Chatterjee and Supriyo Dutta. It revolves around the rise and fall of an aspiring boxer Shibaji, who makes a comeback to sports due to the circumstances. The film was officially announced in September 2016 under the tentative title, Dev 29 as it is Dev's 29th film and the official title was announced in November 2016. Principal photography commenced in December 2016. It was predominantly shot in Kolkata, with a minor schedule in Delhi, and wrapped by mid-April. The film has music composed by Jeet Gannguli, Anupam Roy and Raftaar, while Indraadip Dasgupta provided its background score, with lyrics penned by Anindya Chatterjee, Srijato and Raja Chanda. The cinematography was handled by Soumik Haldar and editing was by MD. Kalam. Chaamp was released on 23 June 2017 theatrically in West Bengal, while it was released worldwide on 30 June 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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