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Luck by Chance

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 36m
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7.1/10
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Luck by Chance (2009)
When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.
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When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.

  • Director
    • Zoya Akhtar
  • Writers
    • Zoya Akhtar
    • Javed Akhtar
  • Stars
    • Farhan Akhtar
    • Konkona Sen Sharma
    • Rishi Kapoor
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Zoya Akhtar
    • Writers
      • Zoya Akhtar
      • Javed Akhtar
    • Stars
      • Farhan Akhtar
      • Konkona Sen Sharma
      • Rishi Kapoor
    • 51User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 19 nominations

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    Luck by Chance (2009)
    Hrithik Roshan, Juhi Chawla, Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Isha Sharvani in Luck by Chance (2009)
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    Farhan Akhtar
    Farhan Akhtar
    • Vikram Jaisingh
    Konkona Sen Sharma
    Konkona Sen Sharma
    • Sona Mishra
    Rishi Kapoor
    Rishi Kapoor
    • Romy Rolly
    Dimple Kapadia
    Dimple Kapadia
    • Neena Walia
    Isha Sharvani
    Isha Sharvani
    • Nikki Walia
    Sanjay Kapoor
    Sanjay Kapoor
    • Ranjit Rolly
    Juhi Chawla
    Juhi Chawla
    • Minty Romy Rolly
    Hrithik Roshan
    Hrithik Roshan
    • Zaffar Khan
    Alyy Khan
    Alyy Khan
    • Satish Chaudhary
    Sheeba Chaddha
    Sheeba Chaddha
    Arjun Mathur
    Arjun Mathur
    • Abhimanyu Gupta
    Sid Makkar
    Sid Makkar
    Pankaj Kalra
    Pankaj Kalra
    • Raju - Sona's agent
    Megha Narkar
    • Laxmi - Dance Instructor
    Ashish Sawhny
    • Tanvir
    • (as Ashish Sawhney)
    Aamir Khan
    Aamir Khan
    • Self
    Rajkumar Hirani
    Rajkumar Hirani
    • Self
    Saurabh Shukla
    Saurabh Shukla
    • Nand Kishore
    • Director
      • Zoya Akhtar
    • Writers
      • Zoya Akhtar
      • Javed Akhtar
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The scene where Shah Rukh Khan walks into a lounge (as himself in the film) and meets Farhan Akhtar for the first time, he is shown to be accompanied by a man of his age. This guy is none other than Mushtaq Sheikh who is Shahrukh Khan's age old friend in real life and has written quite a few books on him apart from penning Om Shanti Om (2007) and also acting in it. In a way he is related to the plot. When Shah Rukh Khan tells Farhan Akhtar that he should not be forgetting his friends from the old times, a message is being conveyed because the superstar himself is shown to be in company of those (read Mushtaq) who have been with him through his good and bad times.
    • Quotes

      Satish Chaudhary: Nowadays a lot of theatre actors are heading to Bollywood.

      Neena Walia: Please, don't use the word Bollywood. I hate that word. We have a Hindi Film Industry.

    • Crazy credits
      The actual movie shows Konkona winning a new Godrej Fridge towards the end of the movie through a lucky draw. However in the credits, the name goes as Videocon Fridge Guy. While Videocon is another manufacturer of electrical appliances.
    • Connections
      Featured in 55th Idea Filmfare Awards (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Baawre
      Written by Javed Akhtar

      Composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa and Ehsaan Noorani

      Performed by Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa, Ila Arun, Mumay Khan,

      Babu Khan, Manzoor Khan and Rajab Khan

      Courtesy of Big Music

    User reviews51

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    6/10
    Beauty as talent
    A satire about Bollywood, and the struggle that young talent has in a nepotistic world, certainly sounds intriguing. But when the talent is mainly defined by beauty and ambition, it's hard to feel too sympathetic, particularly over the full course of what is a decidedly long film. In fact, satire is too strong a word here: although the inanity of Bollywood plots are gently ridiculed, the movie includes some song and dance sequences of its own (disguised as belonging to films within the film); and the eventual ending celebrates a character who fails to become a star, but nonetheless enjoys success as a leading television actress. Fundamentally, this not a story about real failure at any level, not one character is poor and not one young character is ugly, or indeed, even ordinary looking. A harsher, funnier tale might have been told.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 30, 2009 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Languages
      • Hindi
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Шанс на удачу
    • Filming locations
      • Aksa Beach, Malad, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
    • Production companies
      • Excel Entertainment
      • Reliance Big Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $356,019
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $217,439
      • Feb 1, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,504,365
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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