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Champion(2000)
Hindi142 mins
Champion (2000) is a 142-minute Hindi film directed by Jana Sue Memel. Starring Abhishek Sharma, Kashmera Shah and Jana Sue Memel. With an audience rating of 4.0/10, Champion stands as one of the notable Hindi releases of 2000.
Director:Jana Sue Memel
Mood:
emotionalinspiringfunny
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Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Prime Video
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 2000
- Director
- Jana Sue Memel
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- GudVibe Rating
- 4.0/10
Storyline
A simple village man dreams of becoming a top police officer. After training, he's sent to Mumbai, only to learn his first job is to protect a young boy who inherited a fortune after his parents died.
“A simple cop's toughest job: protecting a billionaire kid.”
Film Details
4.0Rating
142Minutes
HindiLanguage
ACertificate
Release Date1 January 2000
Release Typetheatrical
Original TitleChampion
Parental Guide
Violence
Moderate
Language
Moderate
Sex / Nudity
Moderate
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Moderate
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionalinspiringfunny
Themes
justicefamilyfriendshipidentity
Toneserious
Pacingfast-paced
Complexitylight
Audiencemass
Best Withfamily
Violence3
Emotion4
Humor3
Rewatchability3
Reviews & Ratings
Your Rating
4/10Rating
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Cast & Crew
#1
Manisha KoiralaActor
→#2Sunny DeolActor
→#3A
Abhishek SharmaActor
→#4
K
Kashmera ShahActor
→#5
#6J
Jana Sue MemelDirector
→P
Padam KumarDirector
→#7T
Tom AlterActor
→Trivia
- The film was directed by an American filmmaker, Jana Sue Memel, which is rare for a mainstream Bollywood movie.
- Sunny Deol performed many of his own stunts in the film, including the action sequences in the climax.
- The child actor Abhishek Sharma, who played Abbas, was only 10 years old during filming and had no prior acting experience.
- Parts of the movie were shot in real locations in Mumbai, including crowded streets and the Gateway of India area.
- The film's soundtrack, composed by Anand Raj Anand, included a popular song 'Dil Le Gayi' sung by Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan.
- Despite being an action film, it underperformed at the box office compared to Sunny Deol's other hits from that era.
- The movie's plot involving a bodyguard protecting a child heir drew comparisons to the Hollywood film 'The Pacifier' years later, though the stories differ.
