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  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 34 m
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 34 m

Summary From Chutney in India to Chow Mein in China, Chandni Chowk to China follows one man's passage from simple cook to kung fu fighter on a thrilling, madcap journey from the by-lanes of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, India, to the grandeur of the Great Wall of China and beyond. The first-ever Bollywood kung fu action comedy, the film brings togethe...

Directed By: Nikkhil Advani

Written By: Rajat Arora, Tarang Bhagwat, Bohemia, Kailash Kher, Shridhar Raghavan

  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 34 m
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 34 m

Chandni Chowk to China

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
44
User Score Overwhelming Dislike Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary From Chutney in India to Chow Mein in China, Chandni Chowk to China follows one man's passage from simple cook to kung fu fighter on a thrilling, madcap journey from the by-lanes of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, India, to the grandeur of the Great Wall of China and beyond. The first-ever Bollywood kung fu action comedy, the film brings togethe...

Directed By: Nikkhil Advani

Written By: Rajat Arora, Tarang Bhagwat, Bohemia, Kailash Kher, Shridhar Raghavan

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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23% Positive
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55% Mixed
12 Reviews
23% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
44
23% Positive
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55% Mixed
12 Reviews
23% Negative
5 Reviews

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75
More important is to be in a silly mood yourself. Without that - without a complete suspension of disbelief - Chandni Chowk to China is a drag to sit through.
By Jonathan Curiel FULL REVIEW
63
For those with an adventurous and offbeat cinematic appetite, Chandni Chowk to China offers its shares of enjoyments, although there are plenty of "downs" to go along with the "ups."
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
60
Starts too frantically but settles down to become an enjoyable if slight Saturday-matinee picture.
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50
Fitfully amusing.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
42
A more accurate way to describe it would be "conceptual nightmare"--crass, schizophrenic, culturally insensitive, horribly paced, and shameless in its pandering to the lowest common denominator.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
30
It's chop-socky vindaloo, pleasing on a platter but awfully difficult to swallow whole.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
20
Alas, Chandni Chowk to China, directed by Nikhil Advani, is asymmetrical in the extreme: shapeless, shameless, and slapdash.
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Production Company Warner Bros., R.S. Entertainment, People Tree Films
Release Date Jan 16, 2009
Duration 2 h 34 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline This Diwali, two great civilizations... will wish they had never met!
Website https://www.akshaykumarmovies.co.in/2021/09/chandni-chowk-to-china-full-movie.html
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Awards

Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, India
• 2 Nominations
Bollywood Hungama Surfers' Choice Movie Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Asian Film Awards
• 1 Nomination

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