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This two hour 34 minute movie is a slapstick comedy, but the jokes are stale. Worse, many scenes seem to stretch on endlessly, the dialogues boring and repetitive, and one wishes the director would get on with it. After the interval Advani does get on with it...but doesn't have much to say. Take away the fight scenes and the movie is nothing. The fight choreography was the work of Dee Dee Ku, an experienced stunt choreographer.

The theme seems decent enough. It's about how one should try and make one's own way in the world, not depend on Fate or God. Sidhu, a fatalistic, cowardly, religious nincompoop is at the centre of it all. He is a small-time cook and helper in the bylanes of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, obsessed with making it big by winning a lottery or simply by the grace of God. He keeps looking for signs that his life is about to change. Getting his palm read, wearing various beads and totems and going to astrologers are what he does in his spare time. His Dada (Mithun Chakraborty), the man who has brought him up, keeps telling him that this isn't the way to success, but his advice falls on deaf ears. And when a Chinese-Indian holy man called Chopstick (Ranvir Shorey) urges him to go to China he sets off happily, sure that a great life awaits him.

The audience knows better as the film had begun with the impressive legend of Chinese warrior Liu Sheng who died defending his country against invading tribes. These are modern times and the villains are different, but there are Chinese villagers who want someone like Liu Sheng to come and save them. Surely it cannot be a fool like Sidhu?

This movie does not exclusively center around Akshay Kumar. Two well known Chinese actors play strong characters - Gordon Liu is the villain Hojo and Roger Yuan plays Chiang, a police officer. Both do a good job and Gordon Liu was particularly good. Deepika Padukone is the Chinese Suzie/Meow Meow as well as the Indian Sakhi (double role). She looks great and it was also interesting to see her character Meow Meow perform action scenes, which Deepika did herself. Akshay too does a good job with the Kung Fu scenes but he comes into his own pretty late in the film. Ranvir Shorey's role is that of the comical holy man Chopstick but somehow he does not impress in this film.

Tee hee there's a character called Meow Meow.

This post has been edited by Jeremiah: 06 February 2009 - 06:44 AM

I'd watch it.

I think I'm going to legally change my name to Meow Meow.

-Pufer

Rickton, on Feb 6 2009, 11:08 AM, said:

Ditto

Spam to diss something? That's.... huh?

Rickton, on Feb 6 2009, 11:08 AM, said:

Well, you might get the chance soon. Although apparently it really is as terrible as this guy says, so I'd wait for the DVD or something.

Guests can post topics?

Unless he made an account and had it deleted, when that happens any topic a deleted user had made shows up as being done by a guest...

I sure hope I get done by a guest sometime soon.

Well invite me over already! How many more hints do I need to drop????

Lektor, on Feb 9 2009, 04:44 PM, said:

Well, come on over man! Beer here is about £1 a pint

I wish I could dude, but doctor's orders prevent me from doing so.

Plus there is the court order of course...

Central European summer has hit mate, cafe culture has never been better

Tell me about it! My fiance has just gone to South Africa for 3 weeks, it's cold and miserable now, but here it's glorious sunshine and really hot! She isn't best pleased...