Hi everyone,
Chandni Chowk to China (CC2C) is a film that is produced by Hollywood's Warner Bros. This must mean added quality! Better story, better direction, better acting and most of all better action. There is one thing Chandni Chowk and China do not mix together in this movie.
The story...is there a story? Right, let me try and explain! Akshay Kumar plays Sidhu, a vegetable cutter in Chandni Chowk, who is raised by Dada, played by Mithun Chakraborty. Sidhu is always unlucky and goes to many mystic saints (mainly frauds) and one day encounters Chopstick, acted by Ranvir Shorey. Two chinese guys come along from China to find their 'reincarnated village hero' in Sidhu (Akshay Kumar) so that he can save them from the villainous Hojo, played by Gordon Liu. Happily Sidhu goes off to China meets Sakhi and Meow, both played by Deepika on his journey and Sidhu is distraught after Hojo kills Dada. Sakhi and Meow are long lost twin sisters and they reunite with their Chinese father, who trains Sidhu to be the karate kid! Since the story goes nowhere you find yourself watching Sidhu fight Hojo and wins! Oh...and some African dwarfs come along and apparently the next one will be Chandni Chowk to Africa...God save us!
Visually, you are left with nothing. You go home thinking, did I actually watch a movie based in China? The action isn't visualised greatly, in fact this is terrible to the standard that we once expected from an action King...Akshay Kumar. The great wall of China's beauty is not captured and it looks normal! The technological aspect is poor and imagine the villain as a potato...honestly I felt like my skin was peeling by Warner Bros! The film has far too many flaws! A potato that portrays the Lord Ganesh survives everything that happens to him! The climax...God knows what happened there! How could Sidhu gather 5 minutes of memory without the villain hitting him? How did two poor Chinese men get to Chandni Chowk? Why didn't the police ever get involved with Hojo? With this film...you have to take a lot for cinematic liberties!
The songs are forgettable barring Naam Hai Sidhu. The rest of the songs are totally forgettable. Please tell me what they were thinking when they choreographed 'Tere Naina'? The song itself is so sweet, yet picturised badly! It was nowhere near a love song that I expected!
The director...was there a director? Nikhil Advani...it surely shows that Kal Ho Naa Ho was ghost-directed by Karan Johar! How can you make such a film like CC2C? The story has too many flaws, the comic sequences are repetitive and there is hardly anything that makes you laugh. There is no entertainment. The action is poor for a film that looks like it will have excellent stunts and martial arts! Did you expect that your audience are that dumb?
Lets go to the performances, the main star of the film is Mithun Chakraborty, this veteran actor is a legend and was the only one that made this film bearable for me! Well done and please choose scripts that are excellent, allow Amitabh Bachchan to do these type of mindless roles!
Akshay Kumar - How long is he going to repeat the same act? He didn't make me laugh! I cannot empathise with his character! He cannot cry! In fact when he does cry it is the only time I laugh! Akshay, you have repeated your 'stupid and mindless' act far too much. In my opinion, this is his worst ever performance! Akshay you cannot do commercial cinema as good as Aamir Khan or Shah Rukh Khan! They beat you by a mile. You can walk but they are running in terms of quality and commercial success!
Deepika Padukone - Thank God, she did some martial arts! She should have taught Mr Kumar a thing or two! Average acting, nothing great!
Ranvir Shorey - I cannot believe that this is the very guy that was superb in 'Bheja Fry'! In this, you have shown the exact opposite! This is his worst performance and I guess Mallika Sherewat's 99 slaps didn't teach him a lesson on choosing scripts!
Gordon Liu - He was fine...nothing great! He was not scary as the villain either!
Overall, poor film, poor direction, poor production, acting is poor and the story gets nowhere. Fine, Advani told us to leave our brains at home. I did that, but now please tell me...my brain was at home but my senses couldn't cope with this movie! When I thought Singh is Kinng was bad, NO...NO...Singh is Kinng is a masterpiece compared to Chandni Chowk To China! This is simply a no-brainer movie only to be liked by people with a low IQ! Business should be average to the max!
Rating: 1/5 - Thanks to Mithun!
Thanks for reading and lots of love,
Rahul N. Singh
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