Chaamp

Chaamp
Chaamp Movie Poster
Directed byRaj Chakraborty
Screenplay byPadmanabha Dasgupta
Raj Chakraborty
Story byDev
Produced byGurupada Adhikari
Dev
Raj Chakraborty
Dialogues byPadmanabha Dasgupta
Inspired fromShiba and Shibar Phire Asha by Moti Nandi
StarringDev
Rukmini Maitra
CinematographySoumik Haldar
Edited byMD. Kalam
Music bySongs:
Jeet Gannguli
Anupam Roy
Background score:
Indraadip Dasgupta
Production
companies
Dev Entertainment Ventures
Geetsangeet Productions
Raj Chakraborty Entertainment Productions
Distributed bySVF Entertainment
Release dates
  • 23 June 2017 (2017-06-23) (West Bengal)
  • 30 June 2017 (2017-06-30) (All India)
Running time
155:40 Minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
Budget₹3 crore
Box officeapprox. ₹9 crore

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.