Chandni Chowk to China

Plot synopsis:
Sidhu (Akshay Kumar) is a lowly vegetable cutter at a roadside food stall in the Chandni Chowk section of Delhi, who consults astrologers, tarot card readers, and fake fakirs despite his foster father Dada's (Mithun Chakraborty) exhortations. When two strangers from China claim him as a reincarnation of war hero 'Liu Shen' and take him to China, Sidhu, encouraged by trickster Chopstick (Ranvir Shorey), believes he will be feted as a hero, unaware of his own recruitment to assassinate the smuggler Hojo (Gordon Liu).
Sidhu travels to China with Chopstick. Along the way he meets Sakhi (Deepika Padukone), the Indian-Chinese spokesmodel known as Ms. Tele Shoppers Media, or Ms. TSM, who also appears in China. Her twin sister Suzy, known as the femme fatale Meow Meow, works for Hojo, not knowing Hojo tried to kill her father, Inspector Chiang (Roger Yuan). Sidhu, through a series of accidents, initially eludes Hojo, but Hojo eventually exposes him as a fraud. Thereupon Hojo kills Dada, and Sidhu is beaten and urinated on by Hojo. Injured and disgraced Sidhu vows revenge. He thereafter encounters an amnesiac vagrant, whom he later identifies to Sakhi as Inspector Chiang. Chiang later recovers his memory and trains Sidhu in kung fu. When Hojo again meets with Sidhu, Suzy injures Chiang; but upon seeing Sakhi, betrays Hojo. Sidhu fights Hojo in single combat, eventually using a modified vegetable-cutting technique to overwhelm him. In the aftermath, Sidhu opens a vegetable stall in China, but is recruited to fight for some African pygmies. The film thereupon concludes with the announcement "To be Continued – Chandni Chowk to Africa".

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Review:
I think Chandi Chowk to China is a great film and it is fun to watch.
Akshay Kumar is just funny as hell in this film, playing his character Sidhu is just lol.
Director Nikhil Advani and Akshay Kumar are the real stars that have made it a pleasant and interesting movie.
It's really a great entertainer.Akshay Kumar who not only performs Martial arts, also emotes well throughout the entire movie.
now I'm not too great a fan of slapstick, but the manner in which it is preformed makes you laugh nonetheless.The whole movie seems just an excuse for sheer entertainment, which you get in the form of very colourful and stylish scenes and surroundings, a great soundtrack accompanying 'fantasy' scenes in true musical style, and over the top martial arts scenes, which for once are choreographed well.It is a lengthy movie, so if you chose to watch it makes sure to relax and take your time, use that break.
When I was going to watch this movie, I was just hoping that Akshay Kumar has not used the same formula again which he has been using in his recent movies - where he is a stupid, thick, ill fated guy who everyone hates, but still he makes the audience laugh due to the comical nature of the character.
Movie is worth watching, don't go for the story just enjoy the comedy, few scenes in the movie are crap but action of the movie has never been shown in Indian cinema before.
But, gradually you begin to start looking at your watch or at least start yawning!Although Akshay delivers his usual best, it feels he's wasting his talent in such mindless movies.
Its way past the box office time, so this review is for buying DVD and watching it on TV.Okay everyone, people say this film was bad but my friend said it wasn't.
They shoot in China, used REAL Chinese (not stupid fake characters like in some movies) and good actors.
But do blend together well and is fine as long you cut stupid things.Acting - Akshay is good and maintains his comedy like always.
Songs "From Chandi Chowk to China", "Tere Naina", "Sidhu theme" and "Fatte Chak Lende" are energetic and probably the only used songs and have good timings.Direction - I don't know this director, but I don't find him bad.
If you're a fan of Akshay, Deepika, Martial Arts or just want a time-pass film, this is good for Home Video or even watching on internet.
well i just came back from a good house full show of Chandni Chowk To China, well before watching this movie there was one thin clear in my mind that i'm going to watch Akshay Kumar's movie so i kept all the senses back home !
Movie : no story, no screen play, nothing to be looked forward to, in some scenes yeah Akshay Kumar and thats what 3 stars are for...
which sales have already shown Direction : well there are no minuses in here less i will give it -10, nikhil go back to Karan's camp and learn direction first before threatening him, you had all the biggies with you and you have wasted your chance awfullyFew comedy scenes enacted by Akshay Kumar as he is very good in it are worth watching other than that if you want to go and waste your money your welcome !!
I read some critics writing reviews and mentioning about FLAWS in this movie to be very clear, Roger Yuan falls from the Great Wall of China and survives because he was expert in Martial Arts and knew way to land on his feet from great height.
In this very country he comes across the twin sisters Sakhi and Suzy(Both played by Deepika Padukone) who have their own story recipe to be added into the already screwed up CC2C story dish.2009 for Bollywood has definitely started off on a real bad note with CC2C totally disappointing the audience and not even living up to half the level of its expectations.
Can't believe Shriram Raghavan has written the screenplay of CC2C after the movie like Jhonny Gaddar which was an absolute perfection in the screenplay section.I heard Akshaye Kumar saying in one of his interview's- "Leave your brains at home when you come watch CC2C".
it is a great movie with great comedy i know that it is a flop but it still has a great comedy, i guarantee u that akshay kumar will win the best actor award in 2010 it olso has awesome music cc2c is the best song i have ever heard in my whole life, i mean i don't get it that where the movie is wrong and it is bad.
i think this is the best movie i have ever seen because it has great music, action, locations and comedy and the story is olso not that bad.
this makes industry blind to good and experimental scripts and it keeps on churning out Hollywood's garbage with the thinking that our audience like this kind of movie.Now coming back to CC2C, it is one of many travel stories in which Akki baba goes to Alien land to spread the "great Indian culture".
So all I want to say is that all those who are looking for action, watch dubbed Chinese "kangfoo" (I don't know why Akshay pronounce kunfu as kangfoo?).Actors like Ranbir Shauri and Mithun are completely wasted as their roles were stereotyped and boring.
What he actually need is to take a rest and wait for a Script, a real script.So my verdict is: Do something else but don't go to theaters rather I have a better suggestion for you, Watch Sita aur Gita/ Chaalbaaz along with a Chinese martial art movie (Snake in Monkey's Shadow is my pick) at the comfort of your home.
It's an attractive bundle, but ultimately a punishing mess of a movie.Sidhu (Akshay Kumar) is a lowly vegetable chopper looking to change his miserable fortunes on the streets of Chandni Chowk, Delhi.
Caught in the middle of Hojo's grip, attempting to decipher the mystery between near-identical sisters named Sakhi and Meow Meow (Deepika Padukone), and roughed up under the tutelage of Chiang (Roger Yuan), Sidhu goes from boob to brawler as he begins to accept his destiny and learn the way of the fist.Touted as the first Bollywood film to shoot in China, "Chandni" takes full advantage of the phenomenal location, arranging finger-snap-tight fight sequences on the hallowed brick of the Great Wall, and taking an interest in classic martial art cinema revenge mechanics to lend this comedy an unusual edge.
It comes as a shock when the laughs in the film are smothered at the midway point, when "Chandni" suddenly asks the audience for acceptance as a genuine drama.Did I miss the point where I was supposed to care about these relentlessly cartoonish characters?As "Chandni" flails around for what feels like an eternity, indulging Bollywood and martial art staples with gale farce sincerity, the production's generous spirit is readily available, just not properly timed.
For someone to have tremendous actors like Akshay, Ranvir and Mithun and backing of a Hollywood production house, you must really be awful at making films to not be able to pull off even a decent fare.
Ranvir Shoerey too does a good job but when the film itself is bad, performances are overlooked unless they are excellent.Mithun looked funny when he tried his best in the worst of scenes.
As an Akshay Kumar fan you can go and watch the movie but don't expect much..
Chandni Chowk to China is said to be a semi-autobiographical film portraying Akshay Kumar's life before he was an actor.
The action comedy is heavily inspired by the Jackie Chan movies.Although I like Akshay Kumar & Deepika Padukone but I didn't really intend to see the film because I was put off by the dopey promos, dry music and I didn't like Akshay's previous two movies Tashan & Singh is Kinng.
The movie was really daft and insults your intelligence right from start to end and Akshay Kumar's reasonable performance and Deepika Padukone's Chinese look couldn't even save this turkey.Chandni Chowk to China is supposed to be an action comedy but didn't have any action or comedy.
The film's star, Akshay Kumar, has set his sights beyond Bollywood and given himself and his creative efforts to the rest of us and I'm all the happier for it.I have written about Hong Kong films for years on IMDb and have reviewed a few Bollywood films as well, so I was well prepared for this clever mix of action, parody, slapstick, drama, romance, music, song, and kung fu and enjoyed it immensely.
Warning: Excess of lame jokesI was pretty much filled excitement when the movie began, as I like Akshay's performance a lot, his facial expressions and marshal-art skills are pretty good and I usually enjoy his work.
The jokes, I agree with one of the review, are clichéd.Even though, I had nothing to do when I was watching the movie, but still I ended up fast-forwarding it because I couldn't take it anymore.Then I a bit excited when Akshay decided to learn kung-fu and go for revenge, but the climax was also ruined by bad and vulgar jokes..
Musically, only one song from Kailash Kher is the better one among all.Interestingly the film catches up towards its end with some interesting moments when Akshay starts learning the Martial Art. But till then all the major damage has already been done and those few moments are not capable of saving this big Titanic from sinking.
But what is worth mentioning is the cinematography and some of the action sequences.Akshaye Kumar's comic acting is not on to the par as it has been previously in films such as "Awara Paagal Deewana," "Hera Pheri" and "Mujse Shaadi Karogi." Deepika Padukone, who was introduced in "Om Shanti Om," still seems to sticking slightly to her debut film and needs now to re  think about the film projects that she would like to work in.
In certain scenes, in this one, she just looks like a doll and needs to move on with her career.I wonder what made Nikhil Advani, director of films such as "Kal Ho Na Ho," his directorial debut and which was a super hit, "Salaam  e  Ishq," which was not so good as his directorial debut.
The plot was silly and incoherent, the melodrama and comedy was over-the-top, and the movie was too long to top it off.However, I did find some of the comedy scenes quite hilarious and the action scenes were also quite good in an over-the-top kind of way (like "Kung-Fu Hustle").
This movie is to Bollywood what Scary movie is to Hollywood, when seen in that way, Chandni Chowk to China is a 21st century tongue in Cheek take at the popular Bollywood Masala movies of the 70's, 80's &90's (For those who don't know, Masala movies refer to the unique Indian cinematic style of blending Romance, action, comedy, thriller all into one movie).
I was expecting a great movie as it was the first movie produced by Warner Bros, directed by Nikhil Advani (Kal Ho Naa Ho director) and Akshay Kumar (top notch actor with his martial art skills).
Just watched the 1st day 1st show of Chandni Chowk to China, and seriously i think it was a waste if time & money.
The only thing to watch in the whole movie was Akshay Kumar.
Finally must say watch this movie if are a fan of Akshay Kumar and if u love his comedy..
Not only has Hollywood managed to finally get the essence so succinctly and successfully infused it into the animated film Kung Fu Panda, and taking on one of China's icon as its own, India too has shown that it's no pushover now in combining its Bollywood "masala" formula with the martial arts genre, and does so too by snagging the iconic Gordon Liu as lead villain.It's been some time since Gordon Liu fought on screen, and one cannot forget the memorable 36th Chamber movies, amongst others in his filmography.
Deepika carries her roles with aplomb, though between Sakhi and Meow Meow, I thought she would have more fun as the latter since she's given the chance to experiment with some wire-fu, and looks good in dishing out some martial arts moves, not to mention having a funkier wardrobe too.Small town cook to big time hero, that's Akshay Kumar's Sidhu, who's mistaken to be Liu Sheng, a fictional China folk hero and formidable warrior reincarnate.
Given the standard two-half format for a Bollywood film, he spots a bit of a paunch when his Sidhu's a little idiotic, before physically crafting his body into an Iron Man. Chandni Chowk to China has everything - romance, melodrama, kung fu, high tech and fantasy gadgets, even a potato that looks like a god.
Yes,there are some scenes that show Akshay Kumar defying the laws of physics and all but the movie was fun to watch.
I say that if you want to really enjoy this movie, then it is better if you watch it with some Akshay Kumar fans...
The action scenes we're pretty realistic, specially the ones Deepika Padukone performed were very good.The movie was stretched a bit too much but all in all it was a fun movie to watch with family or friends, with some decent comedy and Akshay was good as usual.
Kung-fu has been mercilessly killed, the storyline tries really hard to match to Hollywood fantasy themes, Deepika Padukone is hot as usual and her acting has reached no where since Om Shanti Om, the same holds good for Akshay Kumar.On my return from the movie theater I realized I was better off burning the equal amount of money I had spent.All the best Akshay fans and oh yes, Warner Bros.
good movie time pass akki has done a great jobChandni Chowk to China makes one realise why Akshay Kumar has a space in the industry that no one can tally.
The only good thing in the movie was probably Akshay Kumar.
brilliantly directed action scenes (first time an Indian movie gets Kung-Fu stuff ..
The film's biggest crime, if you ask me, is that it's an exercise in excess.Inspired liberally from Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, the comedy in Chandni Chowk To China, although largely slapstick, is enjoyable for the sheer good-natured goofiness Akshay brings to his character.The screenplay also spends too much time on secondary characters like Hojo and Chopstick, whose pointless sub-plots only add to the film's daunting length.
The star of the film and really the only reason it doesn't entirely fail, is Akshay Kumar who is in such good form you wish they wrote better material for him.
This movie can even make Akshay Kumar look bad!
The story of the movie is not that great, but off course the presence of Akshay Kumar will make people move towards the halls.
While watching this movie sometimes you feel that CC2C is a mindless comedy film and sometimes you realize that it is revenge drama.
don't waste your time in watching this movie or just watch it for Mithun Chakraborty and Akshay Kumar performances.
I'm not going to be lining up to watch another Akshay Kumar movie any time soon..
Akshay Kumar after the bad but hit SINGH IS KINNG returns with a worser CCTCThe movie is such a yawn feast that it puts you to sleep The story is a mix of SEETA AUR GEETA and SHOLAY and there is hardly any entertainment in the filmFlaws There are big holes in the script.
Miracles never cease to occur, must add.Also the comedy isn't appealing this time around and the film moves at a slow pace The stunts too are poor Direction by NIKHIL ADVANI is terrible, makign SEI look a classic Music is okayAkshay Kumar is as usual, nothing great this time Deepika is decent this time, better then her previous works Ranveer Shorey continues wasting himself in such crap films.
1.)The film's script is shoddy.The 1st hour is okay but it is the 2nd hour that plays as the villain.2.)Considering the fact that the movie is shot in China,the audience just gets to see the Great Wall Of China.3.)The film's promos promises some big laughter.Sadly,the viewer laughs for just 1 or 2 jokes.4.)The action sequences are bland.These are the few things which makes CC2C a disaster.The promos looked terrific and the movie turns out to be terrible.Performance wise-Aakshay is good.Deepika also acts well.Mithun Chakraborty,Ranvir Shorey,Gordon Liu are bland.Overall CC2C is a washout..
I went to watch this movie with my friends...all of us didn't know how or why we were enjoying....the story....was nothing.....the acting great!
All in all, A mindless comedy/action film including Jackie Chan spice except it's an Akshay Kumar movie!.
It becomes a strange occurrence indeed when these two Chinese actors have better performances in a Bollywood film than the two titles stars: Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone.
Dozens of huge problems in believability aren't explained, and the movie sags along to it's finale, hoping the audience won't notice.Overall, Chandni Chowk to China should be avoided by almost anyone looking for even a mindless entertainer, except for die hard Akshay Kumar fans.
No doubt they had the best martial acts action man and current comedy ace Akshay Kumar in the lead, but poor storyline and bad editing makes the journey from Chandni Chowk to China too arduous for comfort with its 154 minutes which felt like four hours.
Chandni Chowk to China is not as bad as Tees Maar Khan but it is probably the worst comedy of Akshay i've seen though it was funny at parts.
Akshay Kumar is a good actor but films like Tees Maar Khan and this brings him down, but now he will rise.