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.
If Chandni Chowk to China were a person, it would need Valium.
– John Anderson,
Variety,
16 Jan 2009
rotten:
Chandni has martial- arts montages and Bollywood song-and-dance numbers. As tacky as the latter are, they're the sweet -- and only? -- draw of the movie. They also give this slight comedy-adventure its epic and unearned length.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
16 Jan 2009
fresh:
Chandni Chowk isn't going to appeal to those not already entertained by Bollywood and kung-fu movie cliches. But it could turn the charismatic Kumar into a global star, making the prescribed happy ending even sweeter for Warner Bros.
– Cary Darling,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan 2009
fresh:
Chandni Chowk to China is Bollywood's all-singing, all-dancing, all-Hindi bid to conquer America.
– Michael Hardy,
Boston Globe,
16 Jan 2009
fresh:
If Chandni Chowk to China is any indication, a combination of Bollywood and kung-fu movies is something the world needed without even realizing it.