Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)

A burglar reflects on his life and loves; while the media speculates how he managed to pull off so many heists.

Director:

Dibakar Banerjee

Writers:

Dibakar Banerjee (screenplay), Urmi Juvekar (screenplay),

Stars:

Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Neetu Chandra

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Abhay Deol	...	Lovinder 'Lucky' Singh
Paresh Rawal	...	Lucky's father / Gogi Bhai / Dr. Handa
Neetu Chandra	...	Sonal
Archana Puran Singh	...	Mrs. Handa
Manu Rishi Chadha	...	Bangali (as Manu Rishi)
Richa Chadda	...	Dolly
Manjot Singh	...	Young Lovinder 'Lucky' Singh
Anurag Arora	...	Devender Singh
Amandeep Singh Bakshi	...	Sippa
Chandan Anand	...	Young Bangali
Rajendra Sethi	...	Criminal Reporter
Rajeev Ailabadi	...	Babul Awasthi
Nutan Surya	...	Sonal's mother
Gurmeet Singh	...	Lucky's older brother
Ramandeep	...	Lucky's Bhabi

Storyline

Inspired by the incredible true story of Lucky Singh, an extremely charismatic and fearless confidence man and thief who socialized with the rich, famous and influential of Delhi society and then proceeded to rob them blind. He was the bête noire of the police and had stolen millions by the time he was caught. A modern day Robin Hood with a twist, he robbed both the rich and the poor without prejudice. Nothing was too big nor was anything too insignificant to escape his attention. The film opens with his trial and charts his rise from the projects of crime ridden suburban Delhi to the very heart of the corridors of power. Along the way he makes lifelong friends, falls in love an manages to outwit the entire law and order machinery.

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Plot Keywords:

media | love | thief | friend | dog | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

28 November 2008 (India)

Filming Locations:

Delhi, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$42,399 (USA) (28 November 2008)

Gross:

$80,037 (USA) (5 December 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

UTV Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Once in the film, Dolly boasts of her Canadian husband in front of Sonam. After a few weeks of the movie's music release, a popular radio station 'Radio Mantra' broadcasted a commercial in which two woman are chatting and one of them is boasting about the Canadian home accessories brought by her husband. The song which plays in the commercial's background is The film's title track "Oye Lucky Lucky Oye".

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Connections

References Lahu Ke Do Rang (1979)

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Soundtracks

"Tu Raja Ki Raj Dulari"
Performed by Rajbhir
Lyrics by Mange Ram
Music by Sneha Khanwalkar

User Reviews

Glad to see something New and So Interesting!

I must say, I thought this was just gonna be another flop movie, but it really caught my attention since beginning. Abhay Deol is a very decent actor and his chemistry with the Legendary Presh Rawal in 3 different looks and roles worked really good. Abhay needs to do more roles like this. And the casting was done superbly, even the young boy playing Abhay's role did a very good too. It's very much based on realistic events which turns a young boy into something he can feel good about doing by bothering the society. I must applaud the director for this movie, he did an excellent job portraying the message out. Overall if you are looking to have a good time with something new to see, then definitely grab this!