chandni chowk to china

"can a film be tht bad n still do well at the box office?" i questioned myself after watching a film which had so much hype and very little substance. i am truly amazed at the indian audience...how can u endorse such a bad film? has our taste for cinema become so mediocre that we are satisfied with films that insult our intelligence?

to tell u the truth, 'cc2c' had everything going behind it; the storyline sounded good, the cast looked impressive, the hype was as usual, huge and the expectations were high. i went in expecting a decent entertainer with some funny lines and some good action. it turned out to be torture. dont get me wrong, 'cc2c' does not falter because the expectations are high, it would fail even if one had no expectations at all.

the action of the film is one of the best i have seen in hindi cinema so far, it is completely inspired from chinese action flicks and is mindblowing. akshay kumar overacts in a few scenes but doesnt do a bad job. his comic timing is perfect and he does the action scenes marvelously. there isnt much substance, depth or evolution in his character, hence i wouldnt praise him at all. deepika padukone on the other hand is placed in the film for publicity and looks. she doesnt have one good line in the film...if there was i dint notice. mithun da potrays his small role well and holds his own against akshay in every scene.

by now, you would be thinking, why i had criticised the film to such an extent? the reason for that is mr. nikhil advani's direction. the misadventure with 'salaam-e-ishq' wasnt enough for him to comprehend that he should stop directing films. he converts a very decent storyline with ok performances into a disaster. in trying to make it look like an old jackie chan film, he screws up in all departments...he should go back to karan johar and take lessons. i really feel bad for the cast because 'cc2c' could have been such a fantastic action-adventure-comedy film. alas! mr. advani does not let that happen and leaves us with cinema, you are completely annoyed with.

i really hope that akshay kumar does a different genre of films now, he is starting to get repetitive and it is showing in his acting. in a time when even srk is experimenting, i think he should look for better scripts and for better directors. 

please do not watch 'cc2c', it is an insult to your intelligence and a film where chaos tries to be the binding factor.

rating - 1/5