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GET ready to be chow’d away by the spicy infusion of Bollywood and martial arts in Akshay Kumar's latest movie. Co-produced and released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Chandni Chowk to China is one man’s journey from simple cook to kung fu fighter. It is the first-ever Bollywood kung fu comedy that highlights the amalgamation of cultures of Asia’s biggest superpowers, China and India. The film takes you on an unforgettable journey through the historic alleys of Chandni Chowk to the grandeur of the Great Wall of China with bouts of laughter, breathtaking action, spectacular locations and heart-stirring emotions. Directed by Nikhil Advani (Kal Ho Na Ho) and starring the heartthrob of Indian cinema and current reigning king of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar , with Deepika Padukone playing his romantic interest in the film, Chandni Chowk To China also stars Bollywood veteran Mithun Chakraborty and Chinese martial arts expert and actor Gordon Liu (Kill Bill Volume One and Two). The film parallels Akshay Kumar’s own journey to Bollywood fame – Kumar worked in a restaurant as a cook before pursuing his passion for martial arts, in which he is an expert. Kung Fu lovers can also eat their heart out with stunts from veteran stunt director Huen Chiu Ku, whose credits include Oscar winner Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Matrix (2 and 3), The Forbidden Kingdom , Lethal Weapon 4 and The Mummy. Chandni Chowk to China is Warner Bros. Pictures’ first Bollywood production. Related StoriesBollywood-movie-to-shoot-in-China  Bollywood is coming to China. Hollywood studio Warner Bros. said Thursday it is backing the Hindi-language movie "Made in China," the first Indian film to be shot on location in China. "Made in China" features Akshay Kumar as Sidhu, a Mumbai cook who is mistaken as a kung fu hero, Warner Bros. said in a statement. The movie also stars Deepika Padukone. Nikhil Advani will direct, working with Ramesh Sippy Productions. Advani is known for his musicals "Salaam-E-Ishq" more Mrinalini-is-Emraans-Maahiya  While the To Phir Aao number from Awarapan is creating waves already, quite clearly the Annie-rendered Maahiya has emerged as the hot favourite among Bollywood buffs. The wait for the video of Maahiya is on with bated breath but we can exclusively reveal that it has reportedly been picturised not on Shriya Saran, but on the sizzling 27-year old model Mrinalini Sharma, who plays Emraan's contemporary love interest in Awarapan. While Awarapan marks Mrinalini's feature film debut, many more Jackie-Chan-says-he-likes-to-designs-props-for-his-movies  Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan said he has a keen interest in design, and has devised props for his films for years. Chan said yesterday art directors often accept props he's designed, according to his official Web site. The kung fu actor said at a graduation show for Hong Kong university's design programme that he planned to subsidise local design students, the Apple Daily newspaper reported. Chan also urged people to support smaller design labels that create unique products, the report said. more Hong-Kong-pickpockets-open-show-at-Osians Producer-director Johnny To, whose film about a gang of pickpocketers opened the 10th Osian's- Cinefan Film Festival here is optimistic that the recession faced by the movie industry worldwide will soon be over and filmmakers would create more films catering to the changing tastes of audiences. In the capital for the ongoing festival that began on July 10, To's 'Sparrow' departs from his usual style of gangster sagas to present a comic breezy film about a gang of four brothers all pickpockets. "After 10 years of gangster, police and action movies the 'Sparrow' is a leap for me in a way," To says. Explaining the choice of the film, he says, "Sparrow means a pickpocket in Hong Kong. I chose sparrow as the main more Kung-Fu-Panda-wins-B.O.-battle  Don’t mess with a panda that knows kung fu. DreamWorks Animation and Paramount’s “Kung Fu Panda” easily won the weekend box office, grossing an estimated $60 million from 4,114 theaters and delivering the best-ever opening for a non-sequel DWA toon. It is the third-highest opening for any DWA pic after “Shrek the Third” and “Shrek 2.” Sony’s Adam Sandler summer laffer “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” also enjoyed a successful debut. Irreverent comedy grossed an estimated $40 million from 3,462 runs, further more Super-sex-cracks-me-up’  Uma Thurman may be playing a supergirl in her new film, but the actor tells BT that it’s the sex scenes that she loves doing the most Uma Thurman earned recognition as one of Hollywood’s A-list actors after her performances as the eccentric Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction, the venomous Poison Ivy in Batman and Robin and as the star kung fu villain in Kill Bill. In her new film she plays a supergirl with emotional problems and dating issues. Excerpts of an interview... What made you play a scorned superhero who make more Bollywood-female-bombshells-fed-up-of-bad-breath-Bollywood-heroes  It started with Celina Jetley. Now most female bombshells are complaining that the Bollywood males are throwing bad breath at them when the directors are eager the females to perform lip-clocked smooches with these careless males of Bollywood. ‘How about brush the teeth before kissing a stranger on the stage?’ shouts one Bollywood bombshell. The ‘Khans’ are especially disgusting. They should use gums or something. Some one has to tell them they are just disgusting. Akshay Kumar, for example used gums, colognes and other me more Chinese-TV-to-air-Bruce-Lee-biography  Bruce Lee is getting a belated hero's welcome in China, with the country's state broadcaster set to air a 50-part prime-time series on the late kung fu star. Lee became a chest-thumping source of nationalistic pride to Chinese around the world with his characters who defended the Chinese against oppressors in a series of movies in the early 1970s. But his influence wasn't felt immediately in China, which was then a closed Communist country. Lee's films started surfacing in China on video in the 1 more Karan-is-Bollywood’s-academic-ambassador  Karan Johar is taking his newly discovered role as Bollywood’s academic ambassador very seriously. The director was last week invited to lecture 500 students at New York University and says the response was “overwhelming”. “The subject was Bollywood and its popular culture. It isn’t so much about what I said to them as what they asked me. I suddenly realised how far Bollywood was reaching out. They no longer ask questions about the song-and-dance aspect of Bollywood,” Karan said. “The western hemisphere is waking up t more Shilpa-Shetty-stars-in-Miss-Bollywood  The tag of Big Brother celebrity has definitely worked wonders for Shilpa Shetty. She is all set to make her debut on stage in the musical, Miss Bollywood. Miss Bollywood is the story of a young Indian woman named Maya, played by Shilpa, who lands in UK with the dream of setting up a dance academy. Shilpa has a troupe of 40 dancers from Bollywood with her for this musical. According to Shilpa, Miss Bollywood would not only cater to the lovers of Bollywood but also to the mainstream audience more |
