| Chandni Chowk To China (Hindi Movie) |
| | Producer | Rohan Sippy, Mukesh Talreja | | Director | Nikhil Advani | | Writer | Shridhar Raghavan | | Release Date | 16-Jan-2009 |
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Cast
Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Mithun Chakraborty, Ranvir Shorey, Gordon Liu
Movie Report
Chandni Chowk To China is a hardcore masala entertainer directed by Nikhil Advani. This is a comic action at its tragic best. Chandni Chowk To China is a homage to Ramesh Sippy's movies Sholay and Seeta Aur Geeta. Nikhil has payed tribute to Ramesh Sippy by merging these two films. But Chandni Chowk To China is not as good as Sholay and Seeta Aur Geeta.
Sidhu [Akshay Kumar] cuts vegetables at a roadside food stall in Chandni Chowk in Delhi. He longs to escape his dreary existence and looks for shortcuts -- with astrologers, tarot readers and fake fakirs -- believing anything except himself, despite his father figure Dada's [Mithun Chakraborty] best efforts.
The story takes a turn when two strangers from China claim he's a reincarnation of a war hero and take him to China. Thanks to the devious translator, a conman by the name Chopstick [Ranvir Shorey], little does he know that he is being taken to the Chinese village of vicious smuggler Hojo [Gordon Liu].
Therefore, Sidhu blissfully sets forth to China with Chopstick, who instigates dreams of a delicious future and forgets to reveal the perils, which await him. Along the way, he meets Sakhi [Deepika Padukone], who has embarked on a journey to pay homage to the land of her birth and her dead father and twin.
Hojo catches up with Sidhu and eliminates Dada right in front of everyone. Sidhu seeks revenge and finds the one man who will make him a Kungfu expert and set the village free from Hojo's tyranny.
Performance wise, Akshay Kumar is now getting repetitive but there is no denying his star presence. Deepika Padukone is not exactly fire and brimstone but as the Chinese 'twin' she stands apart. Mithun leaves his mark. Ranvir Shorey is functional. Roger Yuan, Deepika's father in the film, is fair. Gordon Liu is decent.
On the whole, Chandni Chowk To China, technically is a sound movie. The fights sequences measure up to international standards. The problem with Chandni Chowk To China is that it lacks a watertight screenplay to keep the viewers glued for 2.45 hrs. The movie is not as good as it was expected.
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| by Fullcheater (posted on : 21-Apr-09) Rating: (Poor) |
What the heck was this movie all about. Akshay+any movie is not equal to success. His acting wasn't even good. This movie should be put in a box labeled "harmful to human eye. Wash your eyes after watching. Pills for headache are not provided, watch at your own risk"
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| by Ashish Kumar Gupta (posted on : 01-Feb-09) Rating: (Poor) |
i saw this movie because rajiv bhatia(akki)ismy favourate actor but guruji i am not impressed this movie please doing best like as janwer. khiladi420& ek rishta
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| just average |
| by Daniyal (posted on : 27-Jan-09) Rating: (Average) |
i think akshay is doing same kind of movies for many years it was not better than his previous movies..deepika also not suits in this character
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