Kartik Aaryan on Thursday shared yet another Chandu Champion poster, which seems to have given a nod to Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky, showing the Bollywood actor in boxing gloves and a mouth guard from the sports movie helmed by Kabir Khan.
The actor sports an intense expression in the new poster shared on Instagram, with a thin line of blood from a gash trickling down his cheek. His hair is drenched with sweat as he is apparently in the middle of a boxing bout.
“In the ring of life you have to keep fighting till your last breath to become a champion. Champion Aa raha hai (The Champion is coming),” wrote Kartik alongside the poster.
Slated to hit theatres on June 14, Chandu Champion is presented by Kabir and Sajid Nadidwala. It revolves around the life of India’s first paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar, who was originally a boxer.
Petkar originally served in the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) in the Indian Army. But he was disabled during the 1965 war against Pakistan, sustaining severe bullet wounds, which led him to transition to swimming and other sports. He participated in table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and secured four medals in swimming.
Kabir, known for Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and 83 (2021), collaborates with Kartik for the first time in Chandu Champion.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Kartik had dropped the first poster from Chandu Champion on social media, flaunting his chiselled body from the movie.
On the work front, Kartik was last seen in Sameer Vidwans’s romantic drama film Satyaprem Ki Katha alongside Kiara Advani. He is also set to star in Anees Bazmee’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 alongside Triptii Dimri and Vidya Balan.
