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[[Claudia Puig]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' said, "This Indian/Chinese cinematic hybrid is likable and entertaining but overlong and occasionally hokey", and that star Akshay Kumar's "physical humor brings to mind [[Jim Carrey]]".<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2009-01-15-chandni_N.htm Puig, Claudia, "'Chandni Chowk' takes meandering journey across Asia"], ''[[USA Today]]'', January 16, 2009</ref> John Anderson of ''[[Variety]]'' found that "everything is fast and furious, hilarious, hysterical and frantic. Some of the sequences ... are quite beautiful and, in the case of the dance numbers featuring Padukone, stunning. But it's the fight scenes ... that truly take off".<ref>[http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939339.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 Anderson, John. ''Chandni Chowk to China'' (review)], ''[[Variety]]'', January 15, 2009</ref> [[Frank Lovece]] of ''[[Newsday]]'' wrote, "Less a Bollywood bonbon than a pan-Asian fusion dish, this combination of Indian musical and Chinese chopsocky is, nonetheless, delicious fun".<ref>[http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etcc5998902jan16a,0,5220071.story Lovece, Frank. ''Chandni Chowk to China'' (review)], ''[[Newsday]]'', January 16, 2009</ref> |
[[Claudia Puig]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' said, "This Indian/Chinese cinematic hybrid is likable and entertaining but overlong and occasionally hokey", and that star Akshay Kumar's "physical humor brings to mind [[Jim Carrey]]".<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2009-01-15-chandni_N.htm Puig, Claudia, "'Chandni Chowk' takes meandering journey across Asia"], ''[[USA Today]]'', January 16, 2009</ref> John Anderson of ''[[Variety]]'' found that "everything is fast and furious, hilarious, hysterical and frantic. Some of the sequences ... are quite beautiful and, in the case of the dance numbers featuring Padukone, stunning. But it's the fight scenes ... that truly take off".<ref>[http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939339.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 Anderson, John. ''Chandni Chowk to China'' (review)], ''[[Variety]]'', January 15, 2009</ref> [[Frank Lovece]] of ''[[Newsday]]'' wrote, "Less a Bollywood bonbon than a pan-Asian fusion dish, this combination of Indian musical and Chinese chopsocky is, nonetheless, delicious fun".<ref>[http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etcc5998902jan16a,0,5220071.story Lovece, Frank. ''Chandni Chowk to China'' (review)], ''[[Newsday]]'', January 16, 2009</ref> |
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Among negative reviewers, [[David Chute]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' called the film "[s]hapeless, shameless, and slapdash",<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-01-14/film/bollywood-goes-east-mdash-far-east-mdash-for-chandni-chowk-to-china/ Chute, David, "Bollywood Goes East—Far East—For Chandni Chowk to China"], ''[[The Village Voice]]'', January 13, 2009</ref> while [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said, "This galumphing
elephant of a chopsocky revenge-of-the-[[nerd]] quasi-musical lacks the lyrical [[choreography|choreographic]] beauty that has marked such Stateside Bollywood releases as the gorgeous ''[[Lagaan]]''".<ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20252601,00.html Gleiberman, Owen. ''Chandni Chowk to China'' (review)], ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' January 14, 2009</ref> Indian critic [[Taran Adarsh]] gave the movie 1.5/5 stars, calling it "a big, big, big letdown"<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/136http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chandni_Chowk_to_China&action=edit50/index.html Adarsh, Taran, ''Chandni Chowk To China'' (review)], BollywoodHungama.com</ref>. [[Rajeev Masand]] of [[IBN]] termed it a tiring watch, while praising the performance of Akshay Kumar.<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-movie-reviewchandni-chowka-misadventure/82944-8.html Masand, Rajeev. "Masand's Movie Review: ''Chandni Chowk''...a misadventure] IBNLive.com</ref>. Noyon Jyoti Parasara of [[AOL.in]] thrashed the movie saying, "CC2C is waste bin material, something that isn't worth your money and time.".<ref>[http://www.aol.in/bollywood-story/Chandni-Chowk-To-China-Movie-Review/2009011600469019000001AOL.in</ref> |
Among negative reviewers, [[David Chute]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' called the film "[s]hapeless, shameless, and slapdash",<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-01-14/film/bollywood-goes-east-mdash-far-east-mdash-for-chandni-chowk-to-china/ Chute, David, "Bollywood Goes East—Far East—For Chandni Chowk to China"], ''[[The Village Voice]]'', January 13, 2009</ref> while [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said, "This galumphing
elephant of a chopsocky revenge-of-the-[[nerd]] quasi-musical lacks the lyrical [[choreography|choreographic]] beauty that has marked such Stateside Bollywood releases as the gorgeous ''[[Lagaan]]''".<ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20252601,00.html Gleiberman, Owen. ''Chandni Chowk to China'' (review)], ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' January 14, 2009</ref> Indian critic [[Taran Adarsh]] gave the movie 1.5/5 stars, calling it "a big, big, big letdown"<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/136http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chandni_Chowk_to_China&action=edit50/index.html Adarsh, Taran, ''Chandni Chowk To China'' (review)], BollywoodHungama.com</ref>. [[Rajeev Masand]] of [[IBN]] termed it a tiring watch, while praising the performance of Akshay Kumar.<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-movie-reviewchandni-chowka-misadventure/82944-8.html Masand, Rajeev. "Masand's Movie Review: ''Chandni Chowk''...a misadventure] IBNLive.com</ref>. Noyon Jyoti Parasara of [[AOL.in]] thrashed the movie saying, "CC2C is waste bin material, something that isn't worth your money and time.".<ref>[http://www.aol.in/bollywood-story/Chandni-Chowk-To-China-Movie-Review/2009011600469019000001AOL.in</ref>. The director of the movie has been criticized for using false or unproved content in promoting his movie. For instance the movie begins with the note that Buddha was born in India, which as it is known is false and Buddha was actually born in Lumbini of Nepal <ref>[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/666]</ref>. This shows just how undersighted the directors and the writers of the movie were. No wonder the movie is based on such fantasy contents. |
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| Chandni Chowk to China | |
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| File:Chandnichowktochina.jpg Promotional movie poster | |
| Directed by | Nikhil Advani |
| Written by | Sridhar Raghavan (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Rohan Sippy |
| Starring | Akshay Kumar Deepika Padukone Mithun Chakraborty Ranvir Shorey |
| Music by | Shankar Mahadevan Ehsaan Noorani Loy Mendonsa Kailash Kher Bappi Lahiri Bohemia (musician) |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures Ramesh Sippy Entertainment |
Release dates | 16 January, 2009 |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Hindi |
Chandni Chowk to China (Hindi: चाँदनी चौक टू चाईना, Urdu: چاندنی چوک ٹو چائنا) is a Hindi film which released on 16th January 2009. It is directed by Nikhil Advani and stars Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles, with Hindi cinema veteran Mithun Chakraborty and Hong Kong action cinema veteran Gordon Liu among the co-stars. The film is the first Hindi film shot in China.[citation needed] However, many parts of the film were shot in Bangkok, Thailand,[1][2][3] although some of the China scenes were shot in sets in the Shanghai Film Studio.[3] This is Warner Bros. Pictures' first Hindi film.[3]
Cast
- Akshay Kumar ... Sidhu
- Deepika Padukone ... Sakhi/Suzy (a.k.a. Meow Meow)
- Mithun Chakraborty ... Dada
- Gordon Liu ... Hojo
- Ranvir Shorey ... Chopstick
- Roger Yuan ... Chiang Kohung
Plot
Sidhu (Akshay Kumar) is a lowly vegetable cutter at a roadside food stall in the Chandni Chowk section of Delhi. He longs to escape his dreary existence and looks for shortcuts with astrologers, tarot card readers, and fake fakirs, refusing to believe in himself despite his foster father Dada's (Mithun Chakravorty) best efforts. His redeeming moment arrives when two strangers from China claim him as a reincarnation of a war hero in the past and take him to China. Sidhu now dreams of wine, women and a princely existence in foreign lands. Thanks to the devious translator, a conman by the name Chopstick (Ranvir Shorey), little does he know that he is being taken to the promised land to rid the Chinese village of the vicious smuggler Hojo (Gordon Liu).
Sidhu blissfully sets forth 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 has embarked on a journey to the land of her birth and her presumed-dead father and twin sister Suzy. Suzy, also known as the femme fatale Meow Meow (also played by Padukone) works for Hojo, not knowing Hojo tried to kill her father. Sidhu, through a series of lucky coincidences, initially manages to sidestep being beaten by Hojo's men, but Hojo eventually catches up with him and exposes him as the buffoon he really is. Hojo kills Dada, and a disgraced Sidhu, left for dead himself, vows revenge. He encounters an amnesiac vagrant who turns out to be former Police Chief Chiang, the father of Sakhi and Suzy. Chiang recovers his memory, with his Kung Fu skills still intact. He takes Sidhu on as his apprentice, and after months of training, Sidhu sets off to defeat Hojo, free the village, reunite the sisters, and win Sakhi's love.
Production
The film, earlier known as Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo and also Made in China,[4] is written by Sridhar Raghavan. Distributed in the U.S. and co-produced by Warner Bros., it is the third Bollywood movie made and distributed in partnership with a major Hollywood studio, following Sony's Saawariya (2007) and Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature Roadside Romeo (2008).[5]
Shooting began in January 2008 and included a schedule in China.[6]
Nikhil Advani later announced that Deepika Padukone is essaying a double role in the film. She plays a Chinese woman and an Indian woman.
The music is by Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy. The film also features music by Kailash Kher, Bappi Lahiri-Bappa Lahiri and a rap song sung by Akshay Kumar and composed by Punjabi rapper Bohemia. The music was released on December 2nd 2008. Also, the film has been rated by the MPAA- PG-13 for violence and martial arts action.
Reception
Claudia Puig of USA Today said, "This Indian/Chinese cinematic hybrid is likable and entertaining but overlong and occasionally hokey", and that star Akshay Kumar's "physical humor brings to mind Jim Carrey".[7] John Anderson of Variety found that "everything is fast and furious, hilarious, hysterical and frantic. Some of the sequences ... are quite beautiful and, in the case of the dance numbers featuring Padukone, stunning. But it's the fight scenes ... that truly take off".[8] Frank Lovece of Newsday wrote, "Less a Bollywood bonbon than a pan-Asian fusion dish, this combination of Indian musical and Chinese chopsocky is, nonetheless, delicious fun".[9]
Among negative reviewers, David Chute of The Village Voice called the film "[s]hapeless, shameless, and slapdash",[10] while Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly said, "This galumphing elephant of a chopsocky revenge-of-the-nerd quasi-musical lacks the lyrical choreographic beauty that has marked such Stateside Bollywood releases as the gorgeous Lagaan".[11] Indian critic Taran Adarsh gave the movie 1.5/5 stars, calling it "a big, big, big letdown"[12]. Rajeev Masand of IBN termed it a tiring watch, while praising the performance of Akshay Kumar.[13]. Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL.in thrashed the movie saying, "CC2C is waste bin material, something that isn't worth your money and time.".[14]. The director of the movie has been criticized for using false or unproved content in promoting his movie. For instance the movie begins with the note that Buddha was born in India, which as it is known is false and Buddha was actually born in Lumbini of Nepal [15]. This shows just how undersighted the directors and the writers of the movie were. No wonder the movie is based on such fantasy contents.
Music
The music of Chandni Chowk to China was released on 2nd December 2008. The album features composers as diverse as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Kailash-Paresh-Naresh, Bappi Lahiri-Bappa Lahiri and Bohemia (musician). Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama.com rated it 3.5/5, claiming, "Chandni Chowk to China is clearly the next musical hit in the making."[16]
The album consists of the following eight tracks:
| Untitled | |
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| Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Notes |
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| S.I.D.H.U | Kailash Kher | 5:04 | |
| Chandni Chowk to China | Neeraj Shridhar, Anushka Manchanda, Shankar Mahadevan | 4:26 | |
| India Se Aaya Tera Dost (Aap Ki Khatir) | Bappi Lahiri, Ravi K Tripathi | 6:29 | |
| Tere Naina | Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal | 6:18 | |
| Chak Lein De | Kailash Kher | 4:25 | |
| Chandni Chowk to China (CC2C) | Akshay Kumar, Bohemia | 3:44 | |
| Chandni Chowk to China | Remix by Dj Amyth | 4:41 | |
| Chak Lein De | Remix by Dj Amyth | 4:36 |
References
- ^ Filming locations
- ^ CC2C Shot In Bangkok
- ^ a b c Chandni Chowk to China shot mostly in Bangkok Cite error: The named reference "news" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "naachgaana.com".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|accessdaymonth=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|film=ignored (help) - ^ Chhabra, Aseem, "From Bollywood to Chinatown: Warner Bros. teams with India for 'Chandni Chowk' martial-arts musical", Film Journal International, January 14, 2009
- ^ "indiantelevision.com".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|accessdaymonth=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|film=ignored (help) - ^ Puig, Claudia, "'Chandni Chowk' takes meandering journey across Asia", USA Today, January 16, 2009
- ^ Anderson, John. Chandni Chowk to China (review), Variety, January 15, 2009
- ^ Lovece, Frank. Chandni Chowk to China (review), Newsday, January 16, 2009
- ^ Chute, David, "Bollywood Goes East—Far East—For Chandni Chowk to China", The Village Voice, January 13, 2009
- ^ Gleiberman, Owen. Chandni Chowk to China (review), Entertainment Weekly January 14, 2009
- ^ Adarsh, Taran, Chandni Chowk To China (review), BollywoodHungama.com
- ^ Masand, Rajeev. "Masand's Movie Review: Chandni Chowk...a misadventure IBNLive.com
- ^ [http://www.aol.in/bollywood-story/Chandni-Chowk-To-China-Movie-Review/2009011600469019000001AOL.in
- ^ [1]
- ^ "bollywoodhungama.com".
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External links
- Official website
- Chandni Chowk to China at IMDb
- HindiMoviesOnline.net
- Chandni Chowk To China Movie Trailer
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