Jackie Chan urges fans to avoid rhino horn products

Jackie Chan urges fans to avoid rhino horn products

Jackie Chan recently stood up against the use of rhino horn products and has called for a boycott for the same.

The 'Rush Hour' actor, in a new public service announcement, asked his fans to boycott products made from rhino horns with an intention to stop their senseless slaughter, Contactmusic reported.

With an aim to oppose the homicide of rhinos for their horns, the 59-year-old martial artist filmed a video for organizers at the African Wildlife Foundation and WildAid.

Chan stated that everyone pays for guns, bullets, arrows, chainsaws, axes and machetes to hack off the face of the rhino, and shells out money for the life of a beautiful creature, asserting that one should avoid buying products made from rhino horn and when the buying stops, the killing can be stopped as well.

Jackie Chan's desi dance moves

Jackie Chan's desi dance moves

He announced his love for Bollywood on his very first day in India, and this was made even more clear when Jackie Chan did some desi dance moves along with kids in the city recently.

As photographers encircled the star at an event on Wednesday, an unfazed Jackie beamed at the children performing to Vande Mataram (he mouthed Maa tujhe salaam along with them), and bobbed his head to Jai Ho while also imitating their hand gestures. Later, Chan said to the kids, "You just have to try the hardest you can, and you'll see; you will achieve your dream."

Jackie Chan to visit India this month

Jackie Chan to visit India this month

Action superstar Jackie Chan, best known for 'Rush Hour' series, 'The Myth' and 'The Karate Kid', is all set to visit India this month as part of the China Film Festival to be held in the capital.

Indo China Economic and Cultural Council (ICEC), State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and People's Republic of China are jointly organizing the China Film Festival, which will be held from June 18-23.

"Jackie Chan is visiting Delhi in conjunction with the China Film Festival. 'Chinese Zodiac', his latest film, also directed by him will be the opening film of the six-day festival. He is here as a part of a 20 member delegation visiting India," said Irfan Alam, Member Secretary, ICEC.

Chan will be a leading member of the delegation visiting India along with actors and those involved in creating these moving images from the Chinese film fraternity.

The film festival will offer variety of films from alternative, contemporary, action, adventure, new age cinema and period dramas.

The 59-year-old had previously visited the country in 2008 to participate in Kamal Hassan starrer 'Dasavatharam's' music release function.

Chan worked with Indian actress Malika Sherawat in 'The Myth'.

Chinese Zodiac: Jackie Chan is back!

Jackie Chan's film Chinese Zodiac 12 (CZ12), also known as Armour of God III, is packed with amazing stunts, with Chan earning two Guinness World Records for Most Stunts By A Living Actor and Most Credits (15) in a single movie.

CZ12 took seven years to make, with a budget of $50 million. The movie revolves around a man who searches the world for a set of mystic artifacts - 12 bronze heads of the animals from the Chinese zodiac.

Chan reprises his role as adventurer and treasure hunter Asian Hawk, who is seeking to repatriate the bronze heads that were looted from the Old Summer Palace in the Second Opium War.

The movie completes the trilogy that he started back in 1986 with Armour Of God and continued in the sequel, Operation Condor five years later.

Mirchi Movies is releasing the film in India on January 4, 2013, for Edit II productions.