Chandni Chowk to China by Ashim

Oxford dictionary should include a new synonym for torture – ‘Chandni Chowk to China’. Masalas are so important for Indian audience who look to rest their brain cells after hard day’s work. But CC2C is an excruciating Masala fare that has no mazaa or dum whatsoever! I can hardly bring myself to describe it. Here is my attempt!
Action - Like a jaded, Eastman colour Chinese kung-fu movie. Mediocre!!
Music - Non-impressive and out of place. Songs come unexpected!
Direction – SUCKS!!! Snore-inspiring!!!
Now, let’s talk about the most awful department of the movie:
Script -Well, you don't look for logic and reasoning in hardcore ‘potboilers’ or ‘popcorn movies’ like David Dhawan ‘s flicks, but he would commit suicide if at all he makes something like this himself. Forget David Dhawan, even in a C grade director’s film, if somebody is thrown off the Great Wall of China, he would not be seen in the movie again. For god’s sake the Great Wall of China is not 3 feet high! Miracles don’t stop happening in this movie. Firstly it was Deepika Padukone thrown off it, who SURVIVES! Then her father, who SURVIVES! Nobody knows how! And, if this wasn’t enough, Akshay is also thrown from the same freaking place and miracle happens yet again and he is caught by Deepika’s father halfway in the air!
The director wanted to make it an out n out comedy flick and falls flat on his face doing so. He tried to inject humour in these scenes that required seriousness. Akshay’s training is full of absurdity and that is when Akshay should have been boiling with vengeance. Even in the climax scene, the director shows the villain animated like a potato when Akshay (with goofy grin on his face) is going to kill him. The movie could have been a tad better if the director considered having the post-interval scenes more serious. Akshay is a far better actor than being considered only for cracking jokes about chaddis, walnuts and what not!
The villain has special trick to kill people - his boomerang hat. The hat thrower, Hojo, beheads his enemies and comes back full circle. Wonder why he didn’t kill Akshay with this special skill of his. It would have been even more astonishing if the hat could slit his throat and come back to sit perfectly on his head. Tch! Tch! Nikhil Advani ji... You missed it buddy!
More irritating scenes - You can’t wait for the movie to end when the movie has just begun when these scenes bug you to death. Some airline passenger keeps asking Akshay and Ranveer - “Are you STUPID?” I want to ask Nikhil Advani the same question for making this movie. Akshay says he is 27 year old. Huh?? Next scene – his prominent grey stubble is noticeable. Mithun keeps kicking Akshay’s butt so hard that he flies to thermosphere and sometimes even to exosphere! Finally he flies to China after two poor Chinese men land right into parathewali gali in Chandni Chowk to meet Ranveer Shohri. Huh?? Earlier it was Mithun to make him fly, and later, it is Deepika’s chance to fly with him and sing a song like Govinda and Kimi katkar in ‘Dariya Dil’. Watch this video and have a good laugh! Or eat some nice n spicy Chinese food instead! You don’t need to waste your 150 bucks.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgUJK0cwBco


_____ASHIM_____