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Chandni Chowk to China
Chandni Chowk to China
Soundtrack album by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Bappi Lahiri, Bappa Lahiri, Kailasa, Kailash Kher, Paresh, Naresh and Bohemia
Released	4 December 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	37:43
Label	T-Series
Producer	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy chronology
Bappi Lahiri chronology
Kailasa chronology
Bohemia chronology

Chandni Chowk to China
Chandni Chowk to China
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nikkhil Advani
Screenplay by	Rajat Arora; Shridhar Raghavan;
Story by	Rajat Arora; Shridhar Raghavan;
Produced by	Rohan Sippy; Ramesh Sippy; Mukesh Talreja;
Starring	Akshay Kumar; Deepika Padukone; Mithun Chakraborty; Ranvir Shorey; Roger Yuan; Gordon Liu;
Cinematography	Himman Dhamija
Edited by	Aarif Shaikh
Music by	Songs:; Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy; Kailasa; Kailash Kher; Naresh; Paresh; Bappi Lahiri; Bohemia; Background Score:; Daniel B. George;
Production; companies	Ramesh Sippy Entertainment; People Tree Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	16 January 2009;
Running time	154 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Hindi; Mandarin;
Budget	₹800 million
Box office	₹1.2 billion

Chandni Chowk to China (shortened to CC2C) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language martial arts action comedy film^[4] directed by Nikkhil Advani and stars Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone, with Mithun Chakraborty and Hong Kong action cinema actor Gordon Liu among the co-stars. In addition to being shot in China, many parts of the film were shot in Bangkok, Thailand,^[5]^[6] although some of the China scenes were shot in sets on the Shanghai Film Studio.^[6] The film revolves around a vegetable cutter from Chandni Chowk in Delhi who finds himself on an adventure in China after the residents of an oppressed village deem him to be the reincarnation of a slain Chinese revolutionary.

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).^[7] It is Warner Bros. Pictures' first Hindi film.^[8] Released on 16 January 2009.^[9] Indiagames had also released a mobile video game based on the film.^[10]

Plot

The film begins with the story of the Great Wall of China and the brave warrior Liu Sheng. It then shows the evil smuggler Hojo's tyranny in the village of Zhange in the present.

Sidhesh Sharma, aka Sidhu, is a simple vegetable cutter at a roadside food stall in the Chandni Chowk section of Delhi. He consults astrologers, tarot card readers, and fake fakirs to turn around his destiny despite his foster father, Dada, pushing him to believe in himself instead. When two Zhange villagers from China claim him as a reincarnation of 'Liu Sheng,' Sidhu, encouraged by trickster Chopstick, believes he will be feted as a hero and travels to China with them, unaware of his recruitment to assassinate Hojo and free the village.

On the way to China, Sidhu meets Sakhi, an Indian-Chinese spokesmodel. Her twin sister Suzy, known as the femme fatale Meow Meow, works for Hojo, not knowing the truth: that Hojo tried to kill her father, Inspector Chiang, and stole her from him as a baby. Chiang is now an amnesiac vagrant living around the Great Wall tourist area. Sidhu realizes the truth about why he was brought to the village. Scared, he apologizes to Hojo, exposing himself as a loser to the village. Dada arrives and starts beating Hojo's men, yelling at Sidhu to stand and fight. Hojo kills Dada and dumps Sidhu over the Great Wall. Injured and disgraced, Sidhu is saved by the amnesiac Chiang from falling to his death and spends three months healing. Upon waking up, he is devastated at losing Dada and vows revenge. Meanwhile, Chopstick, similarly devastated at being responsible for what happened to Sidhu, has infiltrated Hojo's gang to help reunite Sakhi with Suzy.

During Sidhu's first attempt at attacking Hojo, Sakhi, and Chopstick see him and realize with joy that he is alive. Chiang recovers his memory after seeing Sidhu and Sakhi together and is reunited with his daughter. He trains Sidhu in kung fu so he can go up against Hojo. Hojo lies to Suzy that Chiang killed her real father; she stabs Chiang in retaliation but realizes that Hojo lied to her when she sees her twin, Sakhi. She then betrays Hojo and returns to her family. Sidhu fights Hojo in single combat, eventually using his own vegetable-cutting technique to overpower him and finally kill him.

In the aftermath, Sidhu opens a vegetable stand in China and is recruited to help African Pygmies.

Cast

Akshay Kumar as Sidhesh "Sidhu" Sharma / Liu Sheng (dual role)
Deepika Padukone as Sakhi / Miss TSM and Suzy / Meow Meow (dual Role)
Ranvir Shorey as Chopstick
Mithun Chakraborty as Dada / Mr. Sharma (extended appearance)
Roger Yuan as Police Inspector Chiang Kohung
Gordon Liu as Hojo
Kiran Juneja as Chiang's wife
Kevin Wu as Frankie
Conan Stevens as Joey

Production

The film, earlier known as Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo and also Made in China,^[11] is written by Sridhar Raghavan.

Shooting began in January 2008 and included a schedule in China.^[12]

Release

Box office reception

Chandni Chowk to China earned ₹330 million (US$3.9 million) in its opening weekend.^[2] It went on to earn a total of ₹407 million (US$4.8 million) in India.^[13] The film's total North American box office in the four weeks of running was $921,738, and total worldwide gross was $13,439,480.^[14]^[13]

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 42% of 59 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "A thin plot is disguised by high octane dancing and action in this Bollywood crossover comedy."^[15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 44 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[16] Claudia Puig of USA Today said, "This Indian/Chinese cinematic hybrid is likable and entertaining but overlong and occasionally hokey", and that Kumar's "physical humor brings to mind Jim Carrey".^[17] John Anderson of Variety wrote, "If Chandni Chowk to China were a person, it would need Valium", and found that "everything is fast and furious, hilarious, hysterical and frantic. Some of the sequences as are quite beautiful and, in the case of the dance numbers featuring Padukone, stunning. But it's the fight scenes as that truly take off".^[18] 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".^[19]

Steven Rae of The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that, "Chandni Chowk is entertainingly goofy for about 30 minutes. And then, for the next two hours-plus, it's agony."^[20] Scott Tobias of The Onion described the film as "crass, schizophrenic, culturally insensitive, horribly paced, and shameless in its pandering to the lowest common denominator",^[21] 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".^[22] Michael Philips of the Chicago Tribune called the film "a massive and rather tiring showcase for Bollywood action hero Akshay Kumar".^[23] Indian critic Taran Adarsh gave the movie 1.5/5 stars, calling it "a big, big, big letdown".^[24] Rajeev Masand of IBN termed it a tiring watch, while praising Kumar's performance.^[25]

The film has received one award nomination, with Deepika Padukone being nominated for Best Actress at the 3rd Asian Film Awards held in March 2009.^[26]

Controversy

In Nepal, there were protests against the film due to a passing claim that Buddha was born in India; Lumbini, which is the birthplace of Buddha, is located in Nepal.

Several shows were cancelled in Nepal due to the protests.^[27] Protestors threatened to burn cinemas that screened the film, and racial slurs like "Dhoti" were hurled against Indians online.^[27]

The protests continued for several days, despite the Nepali distributor deleting the piece of narration that mentioned Buddha in the copies of the film shown in Nepal. On 22 January, Nepali cinemas stopped and banned screening Chandni Chowk to China.^[28]

In the aftermath of the Nepal controversy, actor Shekhar Suman criticised the film with some derogatory and rude comments. He also stated the movie is an amateurish attempt by Nikhil Advani, terming it as a "worst" film.^[29] Mostly, supporters of Kumar, especially Nikhil Advani stated that it was a publicity stunt to bring Suman's son Adhyayan in limelight for release of his film Raaz: The Mystery Continues. Suman replied to the claim that it was not a publicity act and the latter apologized to Kumar for it.^[30]^[31]^[32]

Music

The music of Chandni Chowk to China was released on 4 December 2008. The album features composers as diverse as Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Kailash-Paresh-Naresh, Bappi Lahiri-Bappa Lahiri and Bohemia.

Track-List
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"S.I.D.H.U"	Kailash Kher	Kailasa	Kailash Kher	5:04
2.	"Chandni Chowk To China"	Rajat Arora	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy	Neeraj Shridhar, Anushka Manchanda, Shankar Mahadevan	4:26
3.	"India Se Aaya Tera Dost (Aap Ki Khatir)"	Rajat Arora, Shaily Shailendra	Bappi Lahiri	Bappi Lahiri, Ravi K Tripathi	6:29
4.	"Tera Naina"	Rajat Arora	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy	Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal	4:18
5.	"Chak Lein De"	Kailash Kher	Kailash Kher, Naresh, Paresh	Kailash Kher	4:25
6.	"Chandni Chowk To China (CC2C)"	Bohemia	Bohemia	Bohemia, Akshay Kumar, Aastha Gill	3:44
7.	"Chandni Chowk To China" (Remix)	Rajat Arora	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy	Dj A-Myth	4:41
8.	"Chak Lein De" (Remix)	Kailash Kher	Kailash Kher, Naresh, Paresh	Dj A-Myth	4:36
Total length:					37:43

Reception

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."^[33]

Notes

References

^ "Chandni Chowk to China (2009)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b Chandni Chowk to China crosses Rs 33 cr at local box office Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, The Economic Times, 20 January 2009
^ "Box Office India.com: Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs)". boxofficeindia. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
^ "Ramesh Sippy's Chandni Chowk To China". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ BollywoodMovies.US: "Deepika Padukone in Bangkok" Archived 29 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, 24 March 2008.
^ ^a ^b NewsLine365.com: "Chandni Chowk to China shot mostly in Bangkok" Archived 6 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, no date.
^ Chhabra, Aseem, "From Bollywood to Chinatown: Warner Bros. teams with India for 'Chandni Chowk' martial-arts musical" Archived 22 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Film Journal International, 14 January 2009.
^ "CC2C's Bollywood splash in US". Washington/New York: Mid-day.com. Indo-Asian News Service. 10 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ India Yearly Box Office – 2009 Archived 12 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. boxofficemojo.com.
^ "Chandni Chowk To China". phoneky.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ Abid, Bollywood Trade News Network, "Mithun in Chandni Chowk to China?" Archived 13 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine via Naachgaana.com, 8 December 2007
^ Indiantelevision.com, "Warner Bros to distribute Nikhil Advani's 'Made in China'" Archived 23 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 21 August 2007
^ ^a ^b "Chandni Chowk To China". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.(subscription required)
^ "Chandni Chowk to China". BoxOfficeMojo.com. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ "Chandni Chowk to China". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ "Chandni Chowk to China". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc.
^ Puig, Claudia, "'Chandni Chowk' takes meandering journey across Asia" Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, USA Today, 16 January 2009
^ Anderson, John. Chandni Chowk to China (review) Archived 4 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Variety, 15 January 2009
^ Lovece, Frank. Chandni Chowk to China (review) Archived 23 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Newsday, 16 January 2009
^ Rae, Steven (16 January 2009). "A 'Slumdog' this one surely is not". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
^ Tobias, Scott (15 January 2009). "Chandni Chowk To China". The Onion. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
^ Gleiberman, Owen. Chandni Chowk to China (review) Archived 27 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Entertainment Weekly 14 January 2009
^ Philips, Michael. "'Chandni Chowk to China': Bollywood hybrid fails to fly" Archived 8 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Chicago Tribune, 21 January 2009
^ Adarsh, Taran, Chandni Chowk To China (review), BollywoodHungama.com
^ Masand, Rajeev. "Masand's Movie Review: Chandni Chowkasa misadventure IBNLive.com
^ The Associated Press, Hong Kong (22 March 2009). "Nominees for the third Asian Film Awards". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b India is Buddha’s birthplace in 'Chandni...', Nepal fumes Archived 19 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Daily News and Analysis, retrieved on 20 January 2009
^ Chandni Chowk to China 'banned' in Nepal Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, The Economic Times, retrieved on 23 January 2009
^ "Shekhar Suman blasts Akki and CC2C". MidDay. Upala KBR. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.
^ "Shekhar Suman apologises to Akshay for 'Chandni Chowk...' comments". Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee News. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^ "Big-mouth Shekhar apologises to Akshay". India Today. 30 January 2009. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.
^ K. Jha, Subhash (26 January 2009). "Shekhar Suman apologises to Akshay". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.
^ "Music Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

External links

Chandni Chowk to China at IMDb

[afi-1] "Chandni Chowk to China (2009)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

[ECON-2] Chandni Chowk to China crosses Rs 33 cr at local box office Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, The Economic Times, 20 January 2009

[3] "Box Office India.com: Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs)". boxofficeindia. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

[4] "Ramesh Sippy's Chandni Chowk To China". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

[5] BollywoodMovies.US: "Deepika Padukone in Bangkok" Archived 29 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, 24 March 2008.

[news-6] NewsLine365.com: "Chandni Chowk to China shot mostly in Bangkok" Archived 6 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, no date.

[7] Chhabra, Aseem, "From Bollywood to Chinatown: Warner Bros. teams with India for 'Chandni Chowk' martial-arts musical" Archived 22 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Film Journal International, 14 January 2009.

[8] "CC2C's Bollywood splash in US". Washington/New York: Mid-day.com. Indo-Asian News Service. 10 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[9] India Yearly Box Office – 2009 Archived 12 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. boxofficemojo.com.

[10] "Chandni Chowk To China". phoneky.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[namechange-11] Abid, Bollywood Trade News Network, "Mithun in Chandni Chowk to China?" Archived 13 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine via Naachgaana.com, 8 December 2007

[Film_info-12] Indiantelevision.com, "Warner Bros to distribute Nikhil Advani's 'Made in China'" Archived 23 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 21 August 2007

[BOI-13] "Chandni Chowk To China". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.(subscription required)

[14] "Chandni Chowk to China". BoxOfficeMojo.com. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[Rotten_Tomatoes-15] "Chandni Chowk to China". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

[Metacritic-16] "Chandni Chowk to China". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc.

[17] Puig, Claudia, "'Chandni Chowk' takes meandering journey across Asia" Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, USA Today, 16 January 2009

[18] Anderson, John. Chandni Chowk to China (review) Archived 4 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Variety, 15 January 2009

[19] Lovece, Frank. Chandni Chowk to China (review) Archived 23 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Newsday, 16 January 2009

[20] Rae, Steven (16 January 2009). "A 'Slumdog' this one surely is not". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2009.

[21] Tobias, Scott (15 January 2009). "Chandni Chowk To China". The Onion. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

[22] Gleiberman, Owen. Chandni Chowk to China (review) Archived 27 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Entertainment Weekly 14 January 2009

[23] Philips, Michael. "'Chandni Chowk to China': Bollywood hybrid fails to fly" Archived 8 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Chicago Tribune, 21 January 2009

[24] Adarsh, Taran, Chandni Chowk To China (review), BollywoodHungama.com

[25] Masand, Rajeev. "Masand's Movie Review: Chandni Chowkasa misadventure IBNLive.com

[26] The Associated Press, Hong Kong (22 March 2009). "Nominees for the third Asian Film Awards". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[DNAINDIA-27] India is Buddha’s birthplace in 'Chandni...', Nepal fumes Archived 19 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Daily News and Analysis, retrieved on 20 January 2009

[28] Chandni Chowk to China 'banned' in Nepal Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, The Economic Times, retrieved on 23 January 2009

[29] "Shekhar Suman blasts Akki and CC2C". MidDay. Upala KBR. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.

[30] "Shekhar Suman apologises to Akshay for 'Chandni Chowk...' comments". Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee News. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

[31] "Big-mouth Shekhar apologises to Akshay". India Today. 30 January 2009. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.

[32] K. Jha, Subhash (26 January 2009). "Shekhar Suman apologises to Akshay". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.

[music_review-33] "Music Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

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Chandni Chowk to China

Plot

Cast

Production

Release

Box office reception

Critical reception

Controversy

Music

Reception

Notes

References

External links

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