Chandi Chowk to China (CC2C) (Hindi, 2009)

Film - Chandi Chowk to China (CC2C) (Hindi, 2009)
Director - Nikhil Advani
Starring - Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone,Gordon Kui
Music - Kailash, Paresh, Naresh, Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy, Bappi Lahiri & Bohemia

Sidhu (Akshay Kumar) is working in a street side food stall in Chandi Chowk, helping his father figure Dada (Mithun Chakravorthy). He is a simple man who believed in a good future and hence a frequent visitor to astrologers, sadhus, tarot readers etc. One of his usual places is with a Chinese conman, Chopstick (Ranvir Shorey). Sidhu’s future changes when two Chinese arrived there looking for him, as he was believed to be the reincarnation of their war hero.

Sidhu is trapped by Chopstick ( Ranvir Shorey) and they go to China to meet the villagers. But Sidhu does’t know that he is being taken to help the villagers from a bad man called Hojo (Kung Fu expert-Gordon Kui).The second half portraits the happenings in China.

This is also about a typical Hindi film about separated twins getting united without much emotion or suspense.

Unrealistic settings and excessive tele-marketing scenes make you wriggle in your seats.

Akshay’s martial arts training under his teacher Chiang (Roger Yuan) give you some moments of fun and may improve your spirits. All fights are well directed which gives you the feel of a Hollywood film.

Deepika comes interesting and beautiful in a double role, as twin sisters Sakhi and Meow. Meow’s role and make-up is better compared to her Indian sister.

A list of music directors have worked for this film. Among the songs, CC2C (Remix) and Naam hi Sidhu are average. The soft romantic song Tere Naina( Shankar & Shreya Ghoshal) is the only one which lingers in your mind, though its settings are unrealistic and funny.

This film is being marketed as a Kungfu comedy .If you liked Akshay’s “Singh is Kinng” and expect to find a replicate of a similar comedy, you would be greatly disappointed. There is no comedy, but more of action. Fighting scenes are well treated. The finale of this film where the audience expects much action, turns out to be an anti climax.

Akshay Kumar has to find some alternative roles before getting stamped and typecast in such mediocre roles.