Chandni Chowk to China (2009)
2009 film by Nikhil Advani
- Released
- 2009
- Country
- India
- Language
- Hindi, Cantonese
- Genre
- Kung fu film
- Director
- Nikhil Advani
- Screenplay
- Rajat Arora, Kailash Kher, Bohemia
- Producer
- Rohan Sippy, Ramesh Sippy
- Music
- Bohemia, Bappi Lahiri, Ehsaan Noorani, Shankar Mahadevan
- Cinematography
- V. Manikandan
- Starring
- Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Mithun Chakraborty, Ranvir Shorey, Gordon Liu, Conan Stevens, Roger Yuan, Kiran Juneja
- Running time
- 154 minutes
- Distributor
- Netflix, Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Set in
- Shanghai
Chandni Chowk to China (shortened to CC2C) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language martial arts action comedy film directed by Nikkhil Advani and produced by Rohan Sippy, Ramesh Sippy and Mukesh Talreja under the banners of Ramesh Sippy Entertainment and People Tree Films respectively. The film stars Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone alongside Mithun Chakraborty, Ranvir Shorey, Roger Yuan and Gordon Liu. 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.
It is Warner Bros. Pictures' first Hindi film. The film was released on 16 January 2009, however it bombed at the box office. Indiagames had also released a mobile video game based on the film. Later, it gained significant popularity on television and has since become a cult film.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar
- Deepika Padukone
- Mithun Chakraborty
- Ranvir Shorey
- Gordon Liu
- Conan Stevens
- Roger Yuan
- Kiran Juneja
- KevJumba
Nominations
- Asian Film Award for Best Actress
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1061749 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.