Chandni Chowk To China
January 27th 2009 06:18
Have you ever gone to see a movie that everyone said was the most boring picture made ever and actually enjoyed every bit of it? I experienced exactly that while watching Chandni Chowk to China or CC2C as it is being called. Ok, it may not be the best movie ever made but it is definitely not the worst. Akshay Kumar does act well and the story is not at all so bad that the picture is claimed as such a big disappointment.
The story is something like this. In a tiny little village of China there lives a legend that a certain war hero named Liou Shang is going to come again to save the villagers from their miseries and also kill their most dreaded enemy Moja. In search for their hero the villagers land in Delhi,Chandni Chowk area to be specific and take back Sidhu, the cook with them.
Now Sidhu is an orphan who finds everything wrong with his life and hopes everyday, every minute to change his destiny somehow. He has left his life in the mercy of all the lords he can think of and thus is constantly either visiting fortune tellers, or temples to find good luck.
The journey to China is what he thinks will change his destiny and make him a king. But what is in store for him in the distant, unkown land, can only be known when you see the movie.
There are many things that could have been done better, like the director had such a good chance to show the real China, capture their culture, people, art, nature in celluloid, but the attempt has been very novice. The story is nice but not very gripping, there are parts where you think, how a person landed at one place and then suddenly was in another place.
If you go to see CC2C thinking you are watching a fairy tale kind of story that has good people and bad people and goodness prevails, I am sure you will quite enjoy it. Children will love the funny parts and the fights I am sure.
All in all not bad at all.
Do let me know what you think of the movie. Because I can guarantee you, just like I disagreed with others reviews, you might disagree with some of my points too. So feel free to leave comments, praise and criticism.
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