2009 · action · adventure · comedy
Chandni Chowk to China
Directed by Nikkhil Advani2h 34m2009
A cook from Chandni Chowk gets mistaken for the reincarnation of an ancient peasant warrior by the residents of an oppressed Chinese village.
Our read: Chandni Chowk to China (2009) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive action · adventure · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured action / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- redemptive
- funny
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