Champion (2019 film)

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Champion
Champion Film Poster.jpg
First look poster
Directed bySuseenthiran
Written bySuseenthiran
Screenplay bySuseenthiran
Produced byRaghavi
StarringVishwa
Mirnalini Ravi
Narain
Manoj Bharathiraja
CinematographySujith Sarang
Edited byThiyagu
Music byArrol Corelli
Production
company
Kalanjiyam Cine Arts
Release date
  • 13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Champion is a 2019 Indian Tamil language sports drama film written and directed by Suseenthiran. The film stars newbies Vishwa and Mirnalini Ravi in the lead roles, Narain, Manoj Bharathiraja, and Stun Siva play pivotal roles. The music for the film is composed by Arrol Corelli while cinematography and editing is handled by Sujith Sarang and Thiyagu respectively. The film is produced by Raghavi under the production banner Kalanjiyam Cine Arts. Principal photography of the film commenced on 30 May 2018.[1] The film had its theatrical release on 13 December 2019 and received mixed reviews.[2][3]

Cast[]

  • Vishwa as Jones
  • Mirnalini Ravi as Sana
  • Narain as Santha
  • Manoj Bharathiraja as Gold Star Gopi
  • Stun Siva as Dhanasekar
  • Vasuki as Jaya
  • Sowmika Pandiyan as Pavithra
  • Vinod Sagar as Rajiv Gandhi
  • B. H. Tarun Kumar as Bhai
  • Kutty

Production[]

The film was announced to be made as a sports drama film mainly based on the sport of football by director Suseenthiran after his previous sports drama films including Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009), Jeeva (2014) which turned out to be successful. The shooting of the film went on floors from 30 May 2018. Mirnalini Ravi was selected to make her lead film debut in the female lead role along with another newcomer Vishwa. The shooting of the film wrapped up in around 19 September 2019.[4]

The first look poster of the film was unveiled by actor Vishal through his Twitter account on 29 January 2019 coinciding on the eve of emotional 10 years anniversary of director Suseenthiran's filming career since making his directorial debut through Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu which was released on the same day (29 January) in 2009.[5][6]

Soundtrack[]

Champion
Soundtrack album by
Arrol Corelli
Released2019
LanguageTamil
Arrol Corelli chronology
Igloo
(2015) 		Champion
(2019)
External audio
audio icon Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The songs were composed by Arrol Corelli with one song by Vishwa.[7]

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Veerane Vana"KabilanNivas, Arrol Corelli4:45
2."Manathin Saalayil"VivekaArrol Corelli4:24
3."Vaa Maganey"Mohan RajanHaricharan2:38
4."Aandavan Thoorigayil"VivekaKarthik Kumar2:09
5."Enga Pullinga Ellam Bayangaram"Vishwa, Gaana UdhayaVishwa, Gaana Stephen2:09
Total length:17:19

Release[]

The Times of India gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and wrote that "Champion is a redemption for Susienthiran whose last few films were so underwhelming that it felt like the director had become a spent creative force".[8] On the contrary, The Hindu wrote that "Champion only champions the cause for Susienthiran to script better films".[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Suseenthiran's 'Champion' shooting starts today". The Times of India. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Review : Champion review:A watchable sports drama (2019)". www.sify.com. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Kumar, Pradeep (13 December 2019). "'Champion' movie review: Relegation material". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Suseenthiran wraps shooting for 'Champion'". The Times of India. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Vishal releases the first look of Suseenthiran's 'Champion' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Suseenthiran completes a decade in the industry - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Champion Tamil Movie - Audio Jukebox - Vishwa, Mirnalini, Narain - Suseenthiran - Arrol Corelli". TrendMusic. 1 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Champion Movie Review: Susienthiran redeems himself with Champion". The Times of India.

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