A few months ago Fashion gave us an insider's look at people and their motives involved in haute couture and now Luck By Chance gives us a take on Mumbai's tinseltown.
Although the story moves very unhurriedly but as it showcases all that we have heard about the industry, the characters, incidents and situations hold your interest. It is a very commercial world where everyone including the protagonists, have to sacrifice morals and principles to get ahead. We have a god-fearing astrology crazy producer, his vain wife, a former diva keeping a strict watch on her not so bright daughter’s debut film, a failed actor turned director and a writer forced to plagiarize from Hollywood.
Coming from a director who has spend time in the film fraternity first hand, the movie is a nice representation of the anxiety behind the appeal of these so called stars. There are two scenes which stand out. One when, Farhan and Konkona fall asleep on the terrace of their small building surrounded by skyscrapers which represent their big dreams and the other one is when Farhan walks in for an audition and sees the competition. The background music in the circumstances is the high point of that scene.
The negative points of the movie are its length, a stagnant second half and a slightly half-baked characterization for Konkona. The music could also have been better. On the whole the movie is a thoroughly enjoyable fare. The best part about the movie is that it is light-hearted. It never gets too dramatic or mushy when these normally ebullient characters face their deepest fears. It seems like it is all in a day’s work for all of them. The best among the lot is Rishi Kapoor who gives a simply amazing performance as producer Romy rolly. Farhan Akhtar is just the right guy with his controlled acting being the most appropriate for this role. Konkona is brilliant as always. Dimple Kapadia is ravishing as the pesky mom. Isha Shravani as the dumb starlet is first rate. Sanjay Kapoor is funny.
There are some lovely cameos (used aptly and exceedingly well by Zoya Akhtar) by well known faces and its quite amusing to see them playing themselves. It is after a long time for Hindi films(after Dharmendra in Guddi). Javed Akhtar pens some wonderful dialogues and some of them are just laugh out loud. Zoya Akhtar makes a noteworthy debut and handles the story like a pro, especially the opening title sequence which is very heartwarming. The movie is full of witty sequences having dark undertones. As one character says you need 90% luck to become an actor, well the audience doesn’t need it. Take a chance and view this captivating movie in a theatre near you.
Although the story moves very unhurriedly but as it showcases all that we have heard about the industry, the characters, incidents and situations hold your interest. It is a very commercial world where everyone including the protagonists, have to sacrifice morals and principles to get ahead. We have a god-fearing astrology crazy producer, his vain wife, a former diva keeping a strict watch on her not so bright daughter’s debut film, a failed actor turned director and a writer forced to plagiarize from Hollywood.
Coming from a director who has spend time in the film fraternity first hand, the movie is a nice representation of the anxiety behind the appeal of these so called stars. There are two scenes which stand out. One when, Farhan and Konkona fall asleep on the terrace of their small building surrounded by skyscrapers which represent their big dreams and the other one is when Farhan walks in for an audition and sees the competition. The background music in the circumstances is the high point of that scene.
The negative points of the movie are its length, a stagnant second half and a slightly half-baked characterization for Konkona. The music could also have been better. On the whole the movie is a thoroughly enjoyable fare. The best part about the movie is that it is light-hearted. It never gets too dramatic or mushy when these normally ebullient characters face their deepest fears. It seems like it is all in a day’s work for all of them. The best among the lot is Rishi Kapoor who gives a simply amazing performance as producer Romy rolly. Farhan Akhtar is just the right guy with his controlled acting being the most appropriate for this role. Konkona is brilliant as always. Dimple Kapadia is ravishing as the pesky mom. Isha Shravani as the dumb starlet is first rate. Sanjay Kapoor is funny.
There are some lovely cameos (used aptly and exceedingly well by Zoya Akhtar) by well known faces and its quite amusing to see them playing themselves. It is after a long time for Hindi films(after Dharmendra in Guddi). Javed Akhtar pens some wonderful dialogues and some of them are just laugh out loud. Zoya Akhtar makes a noteworthy debut and handles the story like a pro, especially the opening title sequence which is very heartwarming. The movie is full of witty sequences having dark undertones. As one character says you need 90% luck to become an actor, well the audience doesn’t need it. Take a chance and view this captivating movie in a theatre near you.
