''Buddies in India'' () is a 2017 Chinese

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directed by comedian and actor

Wang Baoqiang Wang Baoqiang (; born 29 May 1984) is a Chinese people, Chinese actor, martial artist and director. His debut role was that of Yuan Fengming in the movie ''Blind Shaft'', for which he shared the Best New Performer prize at the 2003 Golden Horse ...

, in his

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, and also starring Wang. It was released in China by Tianjin Maoyan Media,

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and Huaxia Film Distribution on January 28, 2017. This Film has Hindi songs in which lyrics have been written by the noted lyricist Alok Ranjan Jha and Music has been composed by Sunny Subramanian.

Chinni Prakash Chinni Prakash is an Indian film choreographer, art director, actor, script-writer, director. He is best known for his choreographic work in numerous Bollywood films. Chinni Prakash is the acclaimed choreographer of Kannada, Telugu and Hindi f ...

choreographed the song sequence.

Plot

An acrobatic monkey loving circus guy accompanies son of a recently deceased CEO to India to recover his will. His uncle sends many thugs to eliminate them but by sheer luck and dedication of the acrobatic circus man, the young heir of the corporation escapes with his life. Reaching their destination point they understand the acrobat was a long lost son of the CEO's friend and he send his son to India with the aim to fulfill his promise to his friend who is staying in India.

Cast

Sun Wukong The Monkey King, also known as Sun Wukong ( zh, t=孫悟空, s=孙悟空, first=t) in Mandarin Chinese, is a legendary mythical figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West'' ( zh, ...

* Bai Ke as

Tang Sanzang Tang Sanzang () is a central character in the 16th century novel ''Journey to the West'' by Wu Cheng'en. Tang Sanzang is based on the historical Buddhist monk Xuanzang. He is also widely known by his courtesy name, Tang Seng, () or Sanzang (). ...

* Yue Yunpeng as

Zhu Bajie Zhu Bajie (), also named Zhu Wuneng, is one of the three helpers of Tang Sanzang and a major character of the 16th century novel ''Journey to the West''. Zhu means "swine" and Bajie means "eight precepts". Buddhist scholars consider that both exp ...

Ada Liu Liu Yan (; born 8 November 1980), also known as Ada Liu, is a Chinese actress, hostess and singer. She won the "Best New Artist" at the 2nd Top Chinese Music Awards and the "Best Promising Host" at the 3rd Zongyi Award, in 2010 the Most Influencin ...

Sha Wujing Sha Wujing () is one of the three disciples of the Buddhist pilgrim Tang Sanzang in the 16th century novel ''Journey to the West'' written by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming dynasty, although versions of his character predate the Ming novel. In the sour ...

Vikramjeet Virk Vikramjeet Virk is an Indian actor who has worked in Telugu, Punjabi, Hindi and Malayalam language films. Early life Vikramjeet was born on 19 July 1984 to Sukhwant Singh Virk and Harjinder Kaur Virk in Tharwa Majra village, Karnal district, ...

Bull Demon King Bull Demon King (), also translated as the Ox King and known as his self-proclaimed title the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven (), is a fictional character from the 16th century novel '' Journey to the West''. He is the husband of the Princess I ...

Liu Haoran Liu Haoran (; born 10 October 1997), also known as Turbo Liu, is a Chinese actor. Liu ranked 18th on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2020, 19th in 2019, and 89th in 2017. In 2021, Liu became the youngest actor to gross over 15 billion RM ...

Erlang Shen Erlang Shen () or Erlang, also known as the Lord of Sichuan (), is a Chinese god with a third truth-seeing eye in the middle of his forehead. Erlang Shen may be a deified version of several semi-mythical folk heroes who helped regulate China' ...

Shruti Sodhi Shruti Sodhi is an Indian film actress who works primarily in Telugu and Punjabi films. She was born on September 22nd, 1988 in New Delhi. Career Shruti Sodhi studied in New Delhi, and has a degree in philosophy. Shruti worked as a news ancho ...

as Queen Iron Fan *

Liu Xiao Ling Tong Zhang Jinlai (; born 12 April 1959), better known by his stage name Liu Xiao Ling Tong (), is a Chinese actor, best known for his role as the Monkey King (Sun Wukong) in the 1986 television series ''Journey to the West'' () adapted from the cla ...

as Wu Shen *

Justin Roiland Mark Justin Roiland (born February 21, 1980) is an American voice actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known as the co-creator of Adult Swim's ''Rick and Morty'' and its subsequent franchise. He voices the show's titular ...

Bodhisattva In Buddhism, a bodhisattva ( ; sa, 𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀯 (Brahmī), translit=bodhisattva, label=Sanskrit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood. In the Early Buddhist schoo ...

Guanyin Guanyin () is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara ( sa, अवलोकितेश्वर) and has been adopted by other Eastern religions, including Chinese folk religion. Sh ...

Production

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was taking place in India in early May 2016. The movie is scheduled to be released on 28th Jan, 2017. Vikramjeet Virk is the first Indian actor to play the character of the much-revered character of Bull King. Indian studio

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was involved in

line production A line producer is a type of film or television producer who is the head of the production office management personnel during daily operations of a feature film, advertisement film, television film, or TV program. A line producer usually works on ...

, assisting with the film's shooting in India.

References

External links

* Chinese action adventure films Chinese action comedy films 2017 action comedy films Beijing Enlight Pictures films Films shot in India 2017 films 2010s Mandarin-language films Tianjin Maoyan Media films Huaxia Film Distribution films 2010s adventure comedy films 2017 directorial debut films Films set in India Films shot in Jaipur Films shot in Rajasthan Films set in Delhi {{China-film-stub