An enjoyable but ultimately toothless inside-Bollywood dramady.
Luck by Chance
2009 · 2h 35m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Zoya Akhtar
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Luck by Chance
Overview
Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the path she has chosen is not an easy one.
Director and cast
- Zoya Akhtar Director
- Konkona Sen Sharma as Sona Mishra
- Farhan Akhtar as Vikram Jaisingh
- Rishi Kapoor as Rommy Rolly
- Dimple Kapadia as Neena Walia
- Juhi Chawla Mehta as Minty Rolly
- Sanjay Kapoor as Ranjit Rolly
- Hrithik Roshan as Zaffar Khan
- Isha Sharvani as Nikki Walia
- Saurabh Shukla as Acting Teacher
- Arjun Mathur as Abhimanyu Gupta
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Bursting with the usual colorful pop music numbers and lighter-than-a-soap-bubble quandaries, the film is a typical Bollywood entry, not likely to win over many new converts.
Luck by Chance is an appealing tale of two would-be actors looking for movie stardom.
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