Kailash Waghmare who has played lead roles in Marathi films for the past 9 years, has turned a Bollywood singer with new Hindi film ‘Chandu Champion’. This film which stars Kartik Aaryan in the lead role of Murlikant Petkar is a biopic on the life of Jawan in Indian army, who was disabled in 1965 war against Pakistan after sustaining several bullet wounds, later switched to Swimming and other sports.

Later, in 1972 Murlikant won the first Paralympic Gold medal for India in in Swimming at Germany. In the same event he was finalist in other two sports. For his performance, he was awarded with the Padma Shri. Kailash has rendered a song in this film in praise for this committed sportsperson, which is penned by Abhijit Bhattacharya on the music of Pritam. For Kailash, this new innings of a singer has been welcomed by his well wishers from Jalna, his native place.