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Starring:
Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandra, Paresh Rawal, Manu Rishi,
Archana Puran Singh
Director: Dibakar Banerjee
Don't we all
love a good criminal? The film brings you the ultimate
media savvy thief - The one who stole at nights, and
wanted to be famous for it by day! You will see Lucky, a
gawky 15 year old lower middle class kid from the inner
city ghetto of West Delhi, rise to become one of the
most wanted master thieves of India with tens of
millions worth loot, a glamorous lifestyle, cars, women
and a fan following.
As a kid, there is little at home for the young Lucky
except an alienated family and a dysfunctional
relationship with his violent, bullying father. He is a
keen observer of the world around from his immediate
surroundings, his friends, dropouts, delinquents, petty
criminals to the world he aspires to - The Nouveau riche
- Private school kids, shining cars, with power windows,
and pretty girls from posh neighborhoods who seem
forever inaccessible - they all add to his store of
knowledge.
Over his adventures, we see Lucky form his worldview. And
that is - if you don't have it, steal it.
Lucky's
journey develops him into a flamboyant playboy who now
wants more than just the riches. Now he needs the
respectability, the social standing of a city gentleman,
without sacrificing that reckless freedom he cherishes -
the duality of having freedom to steal.
But this is, perhaps, half the tale.
The other half is about why a wealthy thief who stole
tens of millions worth of jewellery, cars, gadgets and
other valuables would also steal a greeting card, a
teddy bear and a framed photo of a family playing in the
snow.
The story
was inspired by various real events and characters
reported in mags, papers and TV. Lucky wants everything
that you and I want - name, fame, wealth, arm candy and
those ever lasting fifteen minutes under the spotlights.
But that's where the resemblance ends. Most of us to
work at day, suck up to our bosses, cheat our tax, fudge
our books, network with the right people, be seen at the
right people, be seen at the right parties and make a
respectful decent life of it.
Cast
Lucky - Abhay Deol
Young Lucky - Manjot Singh
Lucky's father / Gogi Bhai / Dr. Handa - Paresh Rawal
Sonal - Neetu Chandra
Bangali - Manu Rishi
Devender Singh / Cop - Anurag Arora
Dolly - Richa Chadda
Mrs. Handa - Archana Puran Singh
Criminal - Rajinder Sethi
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Together with his childhood friend Bangali (Manu Rishi),
he graduates to becoming a full-fledged thief and is
introduces to a man who will change the course of his
life! Gogi bhai (Paresh Rawal) - a flamboyant musical
bandleader who's also a fence for stolen goods. A man who
becomes a surrogate father.
Lucky (Abhay Deol) rapidly rises to become Gogi's star
operator. Through him Lucky meets a host of characters who
will define who he eill become. Including Dolly, Gogi's
agressive, hard bitten star dancer and her college going
quiet younger sister Sonal (Neetu Chandra) with whom he
begins a tentative romance. Lucky's independent nature,
insatiable ambition and hunger for the unreachable
accelerate his path in crime and matters are brought to a
head by a pivotal act of betrayal that scars Lucky for
life and sets him off into a new trajectory of life.
An interesting aspect is that the viewer is taken for a
ride with Lucky as he escapes his suffocating childhood
and a bullying father, to glide into crime - petty
thieving in this case. Fun filled days follow - of
stealing a car there, a TV showroom there.
Lucky steals from your or my home at night.
Also the
aspect where he befriends the thoroughly respectable Dr.
Handa, with the thoroughly respectable profession, wife,
son, house and club. Or you can say Dr. Handa befriends
a handsome, young entrepreneur - a prized social catch -
who could fund his business enterprise. Through Handa
Lucky enters the respectable, club going, picnic
packing, english speaking world of creamy layer, urban
India.
Abhay Deol
has carved a niche for himself as he as done it in Ek
Chaalis ki Last Local, Panorama 6 feet under, etc. He is
just awesome. Neetu Chandra is very natural. Manjot
Singh as Young Lucky and Manu Rishi as Lucky’s friend
Bangali make an impressive debut. And not only for all
this, the credit for impressive story and dialogues goes
to Dibakar Banerjee - captain of the ship. Paresh Rawal
in three different roles is a treat to watch.
A stylish, witty and interesting film for matured
audience.
- Amar Jeet
Credits & Crew:
Producer - Ronnie Screwvala
Director - Dibakar Banerjee
Story / Screenplay: Dibakar Banerjee, Urmi Juvekar
Executive Producer - Priya Sreedharan
Original Music by Sneha Khanwalkar
Cinematography - Kartik Vijay
Film Editing - Shyamal Karmakar, Namrata Rao
Dialogue - Manu Rishi
Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures
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