Warner Bros. Pictures has provided us the official poster and two photo stills for Chandni Chowk To China, a slapstick comedy film that can be best described as a Bollywood musical meets Shaw Brothers kung fu flicks. Heres the official synopsis:
The first-ever Bollywood kung fu comedy, "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. Akshay Kumar stars as Sidhu, a simple cook from Chandni Chowk who longs to escape his dreary existence. He sees his chance when two strangers from China claim him to be the reincarnation of a war hero from the past and entreat him to come back with them to their village in China. Dreaming of the princely existence that awaits him, Sidhu blissfully sets out for China, never suspecting that he is being set up to take on the vicious smuggler Hojo (Gordon Liu) and help his new friends reclaim their village.
The film will open in select theaters across major cities in North America on January 16th. For the full theater listing in United States and Canada, click here. You can check a larger version of the poster and a gallery of stills at the link below as well as some trailers after the break.
YES!! Only a month and two days to go!
Slapstick comedy? It does not look so. Do Indians produce anything different from musicals with dances?
I must admit, the only "recent" bollywood movie I've seen is Dhoom 2, which largely came across as a Bollywood version of John Woo's Mission Impossible 2. Flawed though it was, it did show that Indians are very capable of broad comedy. I'm really looking forward to seeing this, the trailers are excellent. I only hope that I get the opportunity to see this on the big screen.
*facepalms*
it's only missing boris karloff and peter lorre.
I think this looks terrific.