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Luck By Chance
NOT A REVIEW - just wondering if it will use spoofing "Bollywood" as an excuse to repeat stereotypes all over again...
Khoya Khoya Chand gave us an insider's view of the Hindi film industry in the 50s-60s and Om Shanti Om did that for the 70s-80s. Now it is time for the audience to know what the scenario is like at present.
As I can see it things haven't changed much. There's the struggler and the star. The clueless director and the money-minded producer who cares two hoots about art in cinema. The jabs on
superstition in the industry and the status of starlets. Luck by chance has it all too. All the clichés are taken care of in the promos. Hopefully they wanted to be done with them at the very beginning and the movie will take it from there.
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I thoroughly enjoyed Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. and am very eager to see what Zoya Akhtar who was executive producer on that one does as a director with Luck by chance. Especially because she's trying her best to reassure us that they are not out to uncover the industry's belly - it's not an expose of the industry, it is a story about people and human behaviour.
Like all fans of Hindi cinema, I look forward to any film Farhan Akhtar touches, in whatever capacity. Same goes for my eagerness to watch whatever little role Konkona Sen Sharma plays. It is the Farhan-Konkona combination that is the most intriguing. Whether it works or not - we'll know soon enough.
I must admit, Farhan in a circus lion-master costume on a poster intrigued me instantly. Yeah-yeah, as if I need an excuse for a movie to get me interested but as my eye moved to other people on the poster the costumes and make-up became more and more interesting.
There are other small things that I read about the movie that make me eagerly wait for tomorrow. Eg. This quote by
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, Konkana Sen Sharma, Sanjay Kapoor, Isha Shervani, Hrithik Roshan, Saurabh Shukhla
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Comments (8)
Farhan is acting. Hope he isn't singing in this one too.
you dont know how to review movies meetu...u contradict yourself in each review..its not fair u kno..anyways hope u know how hard it is to make a film and easy as hell to criticize..have a great day...
:) ok james. You have a great one too :)
I lovved this one .. the songs are nice, the characters are awesome .. after a long time, there was not one character which I thought was not required ... I liked the choice of actors ... i thought for once everyone was sincere :) The songs are good too .. and then this one is not dark inspite of depicting the reality like Madhur Bhandarkar's ever-so-pessimistic documentries .. There were other things I liked too .. the Title of the movie was very very suited ... plus the monologue in the end by Konkana ... and the sharp comments every now and then ... like when Sanjay Kapoor says "Actor hum bhi reh chuke hain" ...
Absolutely flawless and an extremely honest movie. The cameos by all these stars are not there to attract the audience(no celeb scenes in the promotional material, unlike OSO). The small roles played by the A-listers of Bollywood..oops, Hindi Film Industry form a very important part of the movie. Loved the Anurag kashyap cameo. Farhan Akhtar truly shines in this movie. I am a straight guy and I could feel his charm, what more can I say. Dialogues by Javed Akhtar work great, there is never a dull moment thanks to them. For konkana Sen Sharma it was pretty standard stuff, she could do this role blindfolded. Needless to say, she is excellent as Sona. Rishi kapur, Sanjay kapoor, Ally khan, Isha sharwani(as a superhot PYT), dimple kapadia, Saurabh Shukla and others, are perfect for their roles. Brilliant Casting! BTW, nice review Meetu, though I would prefer a higher rating :)
Thanks Aseem. My points mainly went to the way the lead characters and were written and performed. A lot of it was a little 'regular'. :) But, I'm glad you liked it!
Where is that section where you show what did you scriblle on ur notepad while watching the movie?? .. That was interesting .. I hope u hv not moved it away in ur new website ..
coming soon, soham, coming back soon...
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