Chandni Chowk to China
Chandni Chowk to China (shortened to CC2C) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language martial arts action comedy film directed by Nikkhil Advani and stars Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone, with Mithun Chakraborty and Hong Kong action cinema actor Gordon Liu among the co-stars. In addition to being shot in China, many parts of the film were shot in Bangkok, Thailand, although some of the China scenes were shot in sets in the Shanghai Film Studio. The film revolves around a vegetable cutter from Chandni Chowk in Delhi who finds himself on an adventure in China after the residents of an oppressed village deem him to be the reincarnation of a slain Chinese revolutionary.
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| Directed by | Nikkhil Advani |
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| Cinematography | Himman Dhamija |
| Edited by | Aarif Shaikh |
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Production companies | Ramesh Sippy Entertainment People Tree Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
| Country | India |
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| Budget | ₹800 million (US$10 million) |
| Box office | ₹1.2 billion (US$15 million) |
Distributed in the U.S. and co-produced by Warner Bros., it is the third Bollywood movie made and distributed in partnership with a major Hollywood studio, following Sony's Saawariya (2007) and Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature Roadside Romeo (2008). It is Warner Bros. Pictures' first Hindi film. Released on 16 January 2009, it was a flop at the box office. Indiagames had also released a mobile video game based on the film.