Luck by Chance (2009)

Director:

Zoya Akhtar

Writers:

Zoya Akhtar (story)
Javed Akhtar (dialogue)

Release Date:

30 January 2009 (India)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A struggling actor comes from Delhi to Bombay and enters the Hindi film industry. |

Plot Keywords:

Film Industry | Directorial Debut | Behind The Scenes | Friendship | Antihero

Cast

Farhan Akhtar	...	Vikram Jaisingh
Konkona Sen Sharma	...	Sona Mishra
Rishi Kapoor	...	Romy Rolly
Dimple Kapadia	...	Neena Walia
Isha Sharvani	...	Nikki Walia
Sanjay Kapoor	...	Ranjit Rolly
Juhi Chawla	...	Minty Rolly
Hrithik Roshan	...	Zaffar Khan
Alyy Khan	...	Chaudhary
Sheeba Chaddha
Arjun Mathur	...	Abhimanyu
Sid Makkar
Pankaj Kalra	...	Raju - Sona's agent
Megha Narkar	...	Dance instructor - Laxmi
Ashish Sawhney	...	Tanvir

Also Known As:

Untitled Zoya Akhtar Project (India: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:156 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12A | Ireland:PG | New Zealand:M | Australia:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva)

Filming Locations:

Aksa Beach, Malad, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Big Pictures

Trivia:

In his cameo, the actor Aamir Khan makes a spoof about himself. In one of the first scenes of the film, he is shown to be giving this 'perfect shot' for a Rajkumar Hirani film. All so intense and into the character, he returns back to the monitor, only to sound a little unhappy over the way he gave his shot. He and Raju acknowledge though that the subtle touch that he gave to the scene while adjusting his hat was quite thoughtful! All this was meant to be an exaggerated take on things.

Movie Connections:

References Zanjeer (1973)

Soundtrack:

Baawre

brilliant movie..

a lovely movie, coherent script, brilliant creativity and direction. each and every frame (as they call in the movie) makes sense.

the story is optimistic and talks of how taking chances may get you what you desire. having a deep meaning and portraying it in a movie is difficult. however, Zoya does that perfectly. the moral of the story is "fortune favors the brave." something we've seen in lot of motivational, war and heroic movies. but the brilliance of this movie is that it targets the commonness and makes one relate to either of the protagonist characters. be it Farhan or Konkona, both have strong characters and a subtle difference. the supporting cast also shows idealism, hard work, fire and the unsettled mind wanting to achieve something.

In all, a brilliant movie with a strong message. and don't forget some eye candy, too. Isha looks flamboyantly amazing, portraying an important class of character. In all, i am sure every role defined in the movie fits either in one of us and our lives. bravo !! 10/10