
Chandni Chowk to China Movie Review
चांदनी चौक टू चाइना
16 Jan 2009
Chandni Chowk to China movie review: what critics say (7)
What critics say Critics are largely negative: none of the 7 rated critics gave it 3.5 or more, 7 gave it 2 or less.
But the film itself can’t quite decide whether to be a massively over-the-top bit of masala (like Kumar’s own vaguely enjoyable Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi) or an out-and-out spoof (like Shah Rukh Khan’s [Images] guilty pleasure silly…
Read the full reviewAs with many a Bollywood epic, you can bring the kids, your lunch, your cell phone, your unfiled taxes. There’s so much here, and in such heaping, lengthy portions, you could probably weave a sari before the end credits.
Apart from Akshays worthless attempt at comedy, other actors too have done their best to try the audiences patience.
Read the full reviewChandni Chowk To China is a big, bloated misadventure of a movie with a string of set pieces instead of a plot. There are too many gags, too many action scenes, too many item songs, and too much of everything, in fact.
Read the full reviewIf the director Nikhil Advani has called this an “illogical, mad film,” we know what to expect. However, even if one expects nothing more than a mad illogical film, Chandni Chowk To China is disappointing.
Read the full reviewThe trouble with Chandni Chowk to China (CC2C) is its toothless story that barely traces the transition of a low brow vegetable chopper from paranthe wali galli to the Great Wall of China, where he is mistaken as a lost messiah…
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What we know
A cook from Chandni Chowk gets mistaken for the reincarnation of an ancient peasant warrior by the residents of an oppressed Chinese village.
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Day-wise India net starts on 16 Jan 2009. Advance booking and every day's figure are on the box office page.
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Questions
Is Chandni Chowk to China worth watching?
Critics rate it poor: 1.7 out of 5, with 0 of 7 critics recommending it.
When did Chandni Chowk to China release?
16 Jan 2009.
Who is in the cast of Chandni Chowk to China?
Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Mithun Chakraborty, Ranvir Shorey, Gordon Liu Chia-hui, Roger Yuan, Kiran Juneja, Tiffany Lau Yuk-Ting.
Who directs Chandni Chowk to China?
Nikkhil Advani.
What do critics say about Chandni Chowk to China?
7 critic reviews are on this page, with a Critic Score of 1.7 out of 5. Each one shows the critic, a short excerpt and a link to the full review.
Akshay KumarSidhu Sharma / Liu Sheng
Deepika PadukoneSakhi / Suzy
Mithun ChakrabortyDada
Ranvir ShoreyChopstick
Gordon Liu Chia-huiHojo
Roger YuanChiang Kohung
Kiran JunejaMrs. Kohung
Tiffany Lau Yuk-Ting
Conan StevensJoey