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Chandni Chowk to China – Movie Review
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Starring:
Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Ranvir Shorey,Mithun
Chakraborty
Direction: Nikhil Advani
Music: Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy, Kailash Kher, Bappi Lahiri,
Bohemia
Production: Rohan Sippy |
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Chandni Chowk to China is Nikhil Advani’s third directorial
venture after the unforgettable Kal ho na ho and the forgettable
Salaam – e- ishq, it was a great surprise that the director
who didn’t add much of a action sequence in both the
movies is coming up with an action comedy with the reigning
superstar of Bollywood Akshay kumar. With silly but yet comical
trailers and over the top marketing, a decent start is a sure-shot
but will it sustain in the long run? Will this Kung fu fairy
tale impress the desi junta? With so many questions we enter
the theatre and after two and half hours we come out humming
“Chandni chowk to china” with a smile on our face.
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Put
your hands together for the duo Nikhil Advani and Akshay
kumar for bringing us the very first kung fu movie which
can very well be said to be a cocktail of Kung fu Hustle
and Kung fu Panda.
The story is about a stupid, no good, unlucky young
man from Chandni chowk - Sidhu (Akshay) who is mistaken
to be the rebirth of a famous Chinese warrior Liu Shang.
And is taken to China for freeing a village from the
clutches of a heartless mobster Hojo. Now Sidhu has
to beat all odds, learn Kung fu and with the help of
Inspector Chiang Kohung try to defeat Hojo. Will he
be successful? Now that’s not a tough question
to answer but how he does is where all the fun lies.
A number of melodramatic scenes leads us to one simple
question, are the writers Sridhar Raghavan & Rajat
Arora that genius or just that stupid. I am afraid the
way the background music is scored for those scenes
it is the latter one. The few emotional sequence at
first gives a spoof kind of a feel which works for the
movie but after that it gets too confusing. If only
most of those sequences are taken more like a spoof
it would have been just brilliant. But the fun part
does overshadow these scenes which makes the movie a
fun ride
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Nikhil Advani proves that he has what it takes to become
an action movie director. Many scenes are shot beautifully
and the director has been successful in bringing out very
good performance by almost all the stars. Cinematography
by Himanshu Malik is plain mediocre, It’s a big let
down for such a big production. The songs which were decent
in the music system sounded much better on the screen especially
“Chandni Chowk to China” and “Tere naina”.
The action sequence are the highlight of the movie and Dee
Dee ku who has choreographed for many Jet li movies does
not disappoint. Some of the actions are sure to be a treat
for the Indian audience who would have never seen such stunts
before. Yes it does go beyond logic but that is what is
expected from such a movie, don’t miss the Cosmic
kick scene.
Akshay kumar again proves why he is called the Superstar
of Bollywood. His comic flair is just getting better from
movie to movie and even his rendition of some simple dialogues
evoke laughter to many. Deepika Padukone was decent but
has excelled in the action sequence. Mithun Chakraborthy
as Akshay kumar’s Dada is passable in a small role.
Roger Yuan as Chaing is very good and his action sequences
are breathtaking. Gorden Liu is good as Hojo. But the pick
of the lot is Ranvir Shorey as Chopstick who was just brilliant
in the first half and the latter part of the second half.
Ranvir is unable to impress in emotional scenes but who
cares if he is so brilliant as a comic artist.
Overall the movie was a confused cocktail but still an enjoyable
confused cocktail at that. If only the spoofs were done
properly and the emotional sequences been curtailed this
would have impressed even more. Yet the movie would find
its audience and will surely rake in some decent figures
and will join in the successful film list in the enviable
repertoire of Akshay ‘Super’Kumar.
Verdict – An enjoyable ride with bumps
Review by : Harish V
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