Chandni Chowk to China (2009)
Director: Nikhil Advani
Duration: 02:31:07; Aspect Ratio: 2.397:1; Hue: 13.869; Saturation: 0.154; Lightness: 0.259; Volume: 0.084; Cuts per Minute: 29.850; Words per Minute: 0.457
Summary: Based in Delhi's Chandni Chowk, orphaned Sidhu is adopted by the owner of Bajrang Bali Parathas, known simply as Dada. Years later Sidhu has grown up and is an expert at slicing vegetables. When his Chinese friend and Philosopher, Chopstick, cons him into believing that he is the reincarnation of Liu Sheung, a slain Chinese revolutionary, Sidhu takes it upon himself to travel to the Zhange district where he will be forced to confront a deadly female assassin by the name of Suzy; be befriended by a semi-crazed beggar; and must face humiliation and possible death at the hands of the virtually indestructible Hojo.
Chandni Chown to China, a Ramesh Sippy production distributed by Warner brothers. In the film the folklore warrior Liu Sheng is reborn in India, but returns to China to liberate its people. Unusually, Gordon Liu, kown maoinly for the entire cycle of 'Shaolin' and numerous other Kung Fu films, is roped in, and actually speaks Cantonese. This was marketed as a direct effort to merge Bollywood with Stephen Chow. As a result, of course, there is no memory at all of any history of China and India, in the cinema or politically.
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