Phillida
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
M .
first, it must be stated that this film was a joint venture with Hollywood, and used many Chinese actors and kung fu story lines. the jokes, especially in the first half, are very subversive, ironic and sarcastic, which are forms of humour that are hardly ever used in Indian film. mainstream Indian film is never used to question authority, only to enforce it. many of the jokes in this film poke fun at bollywood clichés and silly Indian beliefs. this usually ends up confusing and annoying indians, who can usually understand that a joke has just occurred, but their inability to understand the joke is on them, and the fact that it wasn't someone slipping on a banana peel, totally confuses them.the story uses more hong kong kung fu clichés than bollywood clichés, which is another thing that annoys indians, who are completely against trying to understand a genre of film that is not their own. most of the reviews you read here are written by people who have never seen a kung fu film and only seen Hollywood blockbusters. their entire frame of reference is mainstream Hindi films and mainstream American films... if you ask the average Indian what their favourite American film is, they'll most likely say something like 'snakes on a plane', so keep in mind whose opinion you're listening to.... the worst thing is when an Indian tells you a film like this one is 'unrealistic', considering that bollywood films are famous for people over 40 appearing as teenagers, hundreds of dancers suddenly appearing right after a boy tells a girl he wants to marry her, singing songs during which clothes and locations are somehow changed thirty times in the span of five minutes and live music suddenly appearing in an empty room to accompany the hero as his voice changes so that he can sing for seven minutes something that he could have said in half a second and, while playing the piano, sounds of dhol, sitar and harmonium somehow come from the piano.... yes, that sounds MUCH MORE realistic than anything in this film....??the film is very successful, doing exactly what it intended to: subverting traditional bollywood clichés, adding new aspects of storytelling to mainstream Indian film and attempting to crossover the bollywood style with other styles, in this case, the kung fu film. this is a genre experiment that mainstream Indian movie fans will simply never understand.it's pretty much guaranteed that you've never seen anything like this film and if you like kung fu films, bollywood films and subversive humour that doesn't rely on slipping on banana peels or some happy-go-lucky idiot dancing around and talking too fast (which is considered top level humour in India), watch this - you'll be surprised and delighted. if you're a bollywood fan and have never seen anything else, go crawling back to watching the latest Indian version of romeo & juliet, with some young girl and boy who want to get married, but their parents won't allow it - which is a tried-and-true, guaranteed hit in India. indians NEVER get sick of seeing this formula and will happily pay money to watch the exact same movie they've already seen THOUSANDS of times. most indians can only accept ideas that have been regurgitated a million times and they refuse to accept anything other than what they've been given for the last 70 years.... if this is you, don't bother with this film, it would be like trying to teach a fish how to walk....
Ganesh Salian
Chandni Chowk to China,fails big time and how? 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.
l_hardyk
Well this film is boring and below par. the comic timing is horrible and the comic punches are kind of childish. The film has some good songs but not all. The mythical nature of the film (where a particular villages' belief that akshya kumar was reborn) sounds interesting but is not well portrayed . Mithun chakrovorty was just OK in his role with no speciality. Double roles in case of deepika padukone was not so well performed either. Specially the name Mao Mao of deepika padukone sounded weird. The only good part of the film was its action. Akhshaya kumar was simply outstanding in that. I know he has a martial arts background and that really was what still kept the film alive. Otherwise the acting of Akshya Kumar was also very mediocre. On the whole the idea was to represent kung fu in a comic sense and i guess it went awfully wrong.
namashi_1
Nikhil Advani's Chandni Chowk To China is okay film... not much near its hype, yet watchable. People had gargantuan expectations from the film... but sadly it's not near it's hype. The first hr is enjoyable, but the second hr isn't. 'CC2C' could've been a entertainer of a lifetime...but sadly it's not.Performances: Mithun Chakraborty is excellent... The Legend continues his magic. Akshay Kumar is a scene-stealer. He's good. Deepika is alright. Gordan Liu is wasted. Ranvir Shorey is passable. Roger Yuan is bland.CC2C is a disappointment.
