Here
is
shocker
from
Nikhil
Advani,
"
Chandni
Chowk
to
China
is
a
children's
film.
I
don't
think
kids
will
try
to
attempt
to
climb
the
nearest
wall
to
fight
after
watching
the
film.
But
I
think
we'll
have
lots
of
kids
joining
karate
classes."
Before
making
his
mirthful
martial-arts
film,
Nikhil
Advani
sat
down
with
his
leading
man
Akshay
Kumar
and
watched
many
number
of
karate
flicks.
"Before
I
started
making
this
film
my
interest
in
the
martial
arts
was
restricted
to
Jackie
Chan,
Jet
Li,
Bruce
Lee,
and
the
'Crouching
Tigers'
of
the
world.
But
Akshay
Kumar
brought
out
the
hidden
dragon
in
me.
He
made
me
watch
a
lot
of
action
scenes.
Before
we
left
for
China
he'd
make
me
sit
down
every
morning
and
make
me
watch
one
Kung
Fu
film
and
explain
the
subtexts.
By
the
time
we
left
to
shoot
I
understood
the
martial
arts
much
better."
"All
the
shooting
is
done," sighs
a
fatigued
Advani.
"Finally,
we
Indians
have
invaded
China.
We
were
gone
for
95
days.
We
shot
for
89
days
in
Shanghai
and
in
the
interiors
of
China
and
lots
of
action
sequences
on
top
of
the
Great
Wall
Of
China."
Nikhil
was
being
pushed
into
a
Diwali
release.
"But
the
post-production
is
very
complicated.
The
action
sequences
are
like
nothing
we
generally
see.
The
story
doesn't
stop.
The
action
builds
the
plot
and
characters.
We've
shot
it
exactly
the
way
we
want.
I
don't
want
to
rush
the
release.
Akshay's
superstardom
isn't
going
away
anywhere."
The
film
has
been
inspired
by
Akshay
Kumar's
real-life
story.
"The
film's
flavor
comes
from
Akshay's
real
life.
He's
a
boy
from
Chandni
Chowk
who
went
to
Bangkok
as
a
cook.
My
writer
Sridhar
Raghavan
wrote
the
role
with
Akshay's
real-life
story
in
mind.
The
character's
personality
comes
alive
through
Akshay.
Thanks
to
him
we
finished
ahead
of
schedule."
Story first published: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 11:39 [IST]