CC2C (2009)
1/10
Mad in China
15 January 2009
It is the first Hindi film to be shot in China and is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Chandni Chowk to China is said to be a semi-autobiographical film portraying Akshay Kumar's life before he was an actor. He himself agreed that about 50% of the film is based on his life. The story is about a chef who is mistaken to be a reincarnated martial arts expert. While Deepika Padukone is essaying a double role in the film, a Chinese woman and an Indian woman. The action comedy is heavily inspired by the Jackie Chan movies.

Although I like Akshay Kumar & Deepika Padukone but I didn't really intend to see the film because I was put off by the dopey promos, dry music and I didn't like Akshay's previous two movies Tashan & Singh is Kinng. But my friend intended to see it and he wanted me to accompany him so I went to see it and anyway you can't judge a book by its cover and it was worse than I thought.

The whole movie especially the first 15 minutes was sooooooo daft that tried to be funny but it was laughably bad. When Akshay's dad kept on kicking his bum and he flew right up to the sky was so bad that I looked around to see if there was any excuse that I can find to walk away from the screen. The movie was really daft and insults your intelligence right from start to end and Akshay Kumar's reasonable performance and Deepika Padukone's Chinese look couldn't even save this turkey.

Chandni Chowk to China is supposed to be an action comedy but didn't have any action or comedy. The other downside is that the songs were not good and the only catchy tune is the rap song CC2C sung by Akshay Kumar and composed by Punjabi rapper Bohemia. Overall me and my friend regretted watching it and the movie made our day (sarcasm). Overall Akshay Kumar has a really bad habit of choosing bad and really bad films. If this continues as it was indicated in the end then there is no other choice to throw eggs and tomatoes at the director before the shooting begins.
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