Champion Review  

The film centres around four main characters, namely Rajveer Singh (Sunny Deol), a simpleton from a…  

The film centres around four main characters, namely Rajveer Singh (Sunny Deol), a simpleton from a village in Punjab, whose sole dream in life is to become a super-cop and wipe off all crime. After training, he gets his first posting at Mumbai for a special assignment. Bubbling with enthusiasm, on arrival, he is shocked to find that his job is to protect a nine-year-old boy, Abbas (Abhishek Sharma). A bodyguard, after all the rigorous training to eliminate hardcore criminals! Abbas is the sole heir to millions of riches left to him by his parents (Deepak Parashar-Padmini Kapila), who have expired in a plane crash. The only threat to Abbas's life is Nazir (Rahul Dev), who has a personal vendetta because of which he venomously stalks the innocent child. Abbas's only guardian is Sapna (Manisha Koirala), a vivacious lady and a successful model who is close to Abbas and his family. Rajveer and Abbas hate each other from the word go. Rajveer dislikes this naughty spoilt rich brat for being the cause of his shattered dream of becoming a super-cop, whereas Abbas hates Rajveer for curtailing his freedom to do things as he pleases. From here starts a very interesting love-hate relationship filled with fun and laughter, only to culminate into Rajveer and Sapna falling in love and Abbas and Rajveer developing a relationship of understanding by the end of the day where Rajveer is ready to risk everything to protect Abbas from Nazir, the only danger in Abbas's life. By this time Nazir has made several chilling attempts to assassinate Abbas. The only way to get Abbas out of danger is by eliminating Nazir. CHAMPION is, to an extent, inspired by the Kevin Costner starrer THE BODYGUARD. The only difference being, the English film revolved around a bodyguard and a singer, while CHAMPION tells the story of a cop out to protect a kid from a stalker. Director Padam Kumar surprises you with his command over the script and techinique. Despite being his first film, Padam has handled the complex of scenes with sensitivity. As a writer, he has not given too many lines to Rahul Dev, but worked hard on his look and expressions. Last of al i say that it is a so so movie.