Luck By Chance - A must watch

“Maine death scene mein saara emotion nichod liya. Ab aur sad scenes kiya to movie dull ho jayegi.

We HAVE to move from highlight to highlight”

The words in bold are exactly the words the embody Zoya Akhtar’s second movie, ‘LuckByChance’. We all have seen great films. Some grow on you with every passing minute and then there are others that grip you from frame one. LuckByChance is of the second kind. I am going to concentrate on the writing aspect mostly because the script has set a standard for great screenwriting.

Right from the opening credit sequence, one can experience the rigour that has gone into the film. Beautifully shot and composed with an amazing song, the opening itself promises a great film. It seems as if its been created on a storyboard before it was shot and lived even before it was made into a storyboard.

One might argue that it is an easy subject to make a film on. But it is actually very tough to look within, to look at the strengths of this industry, its weaknesses and still come out on top without forgetting to hugely entertain.

The film is essentially an underdog story and how he makes it big with the help of many factors. The plots and the sub-plots seamlessly intertwine to bring about this story that is really engrossing.

The characters are beautifully written. I loved Farhan Akhtar’s character. Rarely do we see such an amazingly written grey character. He is hardworking, smart, optimist, gem of a friend, charming and at the same time he is street smart, a cheat and knows what buttons to push to get the results he wants. Awesome.

I think Rishi Kapoor has given the performance of a lifetime. Loud, colourful, deeply passionate about his work and a very emotional character. He has played the role of a film producer to the T. I can see Vashu Bhagnani written all over it.

Ending the movie with Konkona Sen was I think the finest endings to a movie. There are no happy endings in real life and the fact that she remained a strong woman throughout the movie, and not falling for Farhan even after he apologises was a refreshing break from the cliché.

Even the small character are written and played out extremely well. Be it Farhan’s school friend who is a better actor than him or Juhi Chawla’s sister who tries hard to fit into a world she doesn’t belong.

All throughout, we see the selfishness as a strong underlying theme. Be it Hrithik leaving Rishi Kapoor’s movie for a Karan Johar starrer or Konkona Sen letting Chaudhary exploit her for a big break or Farhan buttering up Dimple for his own gains. Maybe its human nature or maybe it’s the industry, but this theme brings out the best and the worst in the movie’s characters.

In one scene, we see an extra walking out of the frame with some very funny sticks and balls protruding out of her back before the bawre song. I think that one scene spoke so much. Our movies are so unreal in a very real world. In a real setting, that looked so stupid but when I saw the same thing in the bawre song, it fit perfectly.

All in all, it’s the kind of movie that makes you weekend. It made mine at least.