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Director: Nikhil Advani
Sadsack Sidhu lives in Chandni Chowk, peels potatoes for a living, and prays to Ganapati Bappa to release him from his daily drudge. And then one day, everything changes : adventure beckons, and Sidhu takes off to China.
Smart basis for a film, because Akshay Kumar's humble Old Delhi roots and his travels to Oriental hot spots where he picked up his killer karate moves, is part of urban legend. But instead of mining his past experiences, the script is forced into being a vehicle for its star, not the story, so what you get is an overlong Akshayrama, which perks up only in fits and starts, and is never more than mildly entertaining in its best moments.
`Chandni Chowk To China' is more a patchily-executed combo of a desi `Kung Fu Panda', and `Karate Kid', than an exhilarating transcontinental journey. It's spiked with a Manmohan Desai-ish lost-and-found side plot. It also lifts from chop-suckey Hong Kong clunkers where the hero mows down a million bad guys, sending them flying through the air in familiar choreographed arcs. Where is this film, a lax mish-mash of genres and styles, coming from?
In his zeal to prove that he can do more than being a buffoon, Akshay gets to cry, as well as laugh, and fight and dance and sing, occasionally letting in his leading lady (Deepika, in a double role), who is only required to dress in Mandarin collars, and kick butt (as the bad girl), and whip out a photo of her missing father, and shed a few tears (as the good one). Ranvir Shorey, who's called Chopstick, roams around looking for something to do, and the Chinese characters, including chief villain Hojo (Gordon Liu) who gets his jollies by beheading people, are mere ciphers.
The result is a classic case of missed opportunities. For Akshay, who's been busting the box office with his gormless local yokel acts, this mega-budget, actually-shot-on-location-in-China, backed-by-a-Hollywood-giant film would have been the start of a glorious new year. For director Nikhil Advani, it would have been the chance to forget his last disastrous outing `Salaam-e-Ishq'. And for producers Warner Bros, a signal to amp up its India plans, as well open doors to other American studios.
Right in the beginning, a minor character asks Sidhu : are you stupid? He nods. That's prescience.
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Chandni Chowk to China.....a long boring journey .Best avoided.
Horrible Movie please dont watch the movie I came out from interval and Deepika plzz stip acting Akshay read the skript and watching movie is like making ourslef horrible. Akshay you have not done any priemere in India all you went for london Etc and just look at all english media wat they have written on us come on akshay you have to take all responsibility for the failure of the film its simple script has to be there and you should act as per script. Take a long leave akshy and come back with a bang,
CC2C IS THE WORST MOVIE OF 2009..TOTALLY BAKWAS MOVIE..AKSHAY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF COMPARING HIM WITH SRK..RAMU KI AAG WAS BETTER THAN CC2C..PATHETIC MOVIE...I HAVE SYMPATHY WITH AKSHAY AND DEEPIKA AND ALSO NIKHIK ADVANI,,I DONT UNDERSTAND Y THEY WENT ALL OVE THE WORLD FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE MOVIE..THEY WOULD BE HAMMERED BY PEOPLE IF THEY WOULD HAVE GONE AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE MOVIE..GOD BLESS YOU ALL WHO WORKED FOR THIS MOVIE....PLEASE REFUND MY MONEY FOR THE TICKETS I PAID..PLLZZZZZZ I BEG U
Its not as bad as its made out to be...its a good film to watch...sum scenes are gr8 like the training sequence...the songs r gd...just wish they hadnt cut out the tere naina song...wonderful song...
Total Bakwas Movie, No head or tale it looks like Akshy Kumar wants to make fool of himself
ITS VERY CARYZ SITE PICTURE OF MOVIE IS SO GOOD
dnt watch ths movie..1st half is horrable and 2nd half was ok..if want to see akshay crying..thn go n watch..in whole movie akki s crying...i ll gve 1 star out 5.
SRK has bought the press. SRK as the Raj in Rab ne... was just aweful. It reminded me of older Manoj Kumar playing a college guy in clerk. But the press gave it a thumbs up. By being biased that includes Gupta you are doing a disservice to Indian cinema. That is if you really are true movie fan. IE, what happened to your newspaper! You were the last bastion for being unbiased! Guess everything has a price these days. Goenka is turning in his grave!
Akshay should take a break and comeback with action movie.
i am a big fan of AKi have not seen the movie cc2c and am looking forward to.i read all ur comments and am deeply disappointed.i expected this film to be a gr8 hit.BUt AK is the best actor and he still rules.small failures are part and parcel of life.I will still go for the movie because of AK
This is a non sensical thriller/comedy...dont know what genre .... not expected from Akshay
Pls dont watch it. It is a goner....
Such a pathetic movie I ever seen in my whole life. Catastrophe I would like to call it. Akshay how can you be part of such useless movies and it denigrates your status in the industry.
This is a biased review from Subrah. Same or equally stupid storyline with SRK he would have been given more Stars. I would take a second opinion(Review) from an unbiased writer to decide if I need to see this movie.
Saw it. Truly most boring.