It’s a fresh new start for bollywood in 2009 with a refreshingly good cinema “Luck By Chance”. “Luck By Chance” is a classy film with well developed plot and beautifully crafted screenplay. It's an astonishing tale of the dreamy Bollywood inside out. A sensible effort from Zoya Akhtar keeping the lineage of her father Javed Akhtar and brother Farhan Akhtar.Sona Mishra (Konkona Sen Sharma), a girl with big dream in her eyes comes to Mumbai from Kanpur to conquer her dream. Vikram Jaisingh (Farhan Akhtar), a suave guy from Delhi leaves his father’s business and comes to Mumbai to make it big in bollywood. One day, Vikram happens to visit his friend Abhi, a theatre actor and by chance he bumps into Abhi’s neighbor Sona. Their shared dream brings them closer to each other. Sona starts doing small roles trusting her producer that someday she would get the lead role. Vikram’s friend Abhi is doing theatre to keep the actor in him alive. The Assistants are tired of assisting and looking for the elevation in their filmi career. Director is trying hard to convince producer. Producer is busy ensuring the film financer. Most of them are commendable but is everyone lucky? No! But for Vikram luck is just an excuse and he believes in taking chances. His funda, if you want more luck, take more chances.
How bollywood reacts to a new comer and has soft corner for star sons and daughters. Luck by chance plays a pivotal role for a new comer in getting a big break. Super models, miss world, miss universe are getting the big breaks and the talented girls like Sona ends up being a side heroin or a small time tv actress. On the other hand the self esteemed and ambitious, Vikram’s adulation for the yesteryears diva wins him a lead role in a big film. And he sets to become a star overnight. We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not.
The yesteryear diva, her daughter, the superstar, the star son, you will get to see every eye candy and there tantrum in zoom. Zoya has captured every frame of the real bollywood superbly. Those who are part of the film industry or close to the film industry can identify with some of the films character in real life too.
The tight script and carefully controlled story construction are perfect. Film’s cinematography is wonderful. Konkona Sen is outstanding as Sona Mishra. Farhan Akhatar has again proved his acting caliber with a brilliant performance. Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia are the surprise package to watch for. A well depicted performance by the yesteryear hot jodi. Isha Sarvani is unmatched. Some best performances come from the special appearances. Stupendous cameos by Hrithik, Shahrukh, Juhi and Karan Johar. Zoya manages absolutely well with the long list of special appearances. All the appearances are appropriate and according to the demand of the film. FIm’s music has some good melodies. “Sapno se bhare naina” is a marvelous song.
“Luck By Chance” is a story about the pursuit of happiness. Whether we are successful, unsuccessful or partially successful what matters is we are doing what we enjoy doing. So if you have a dream, give it a chance to happen. “Don't kill the dream - execute it”. Go for it.
Cast:
Farhan Akthar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor,Cheetah Yagnesh Shetty, Saif Ali Khan, Hrithik Roshan
Crew:
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Producer: Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Zoya Akhtar
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cinematography: Carlos Catalan
Editing: Anand Subaya
Art Direction: Anuradha Parikh, T P Abid
Screenplay: Javed Akhtar
Story Writer: Zoya Akhtar
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