Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Hindi Movie Review

Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Movie Review from bharatstudent,Indiaglitz,Idlebrain

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Bharatstudent - 2/5
Indiaglitz - 3.5/5
Idlebrain - 3/5

Source:Bharatstudent

Movie Review:Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Rating :2/5 Banner :UTV Motion Pictures Cast :Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Neetu Chandra, Archana Puran Singh, Manu Rishi, Richa Chadda, Anurag Chadda, Manjot Singh, Rajinder Sethi and others Music: Sneha Khanwalkar Cinematography: Kartik Vijay Producer: Ronnie Screwvala Director: Dibakar Banerjee Released Date: November 28, 2008

Story: A real life tale, the story begins with Lucky (Abhay) who grows up in the small bylanes of Delhi and hails from a middle class family and basically, he is a highly intelligent and smart person. Soon, he gets on to the habit of stealing and sometimes it is for livelihood and sometimes it is for the sheer passion of it. Lucky tends to become a popular thief in no time and soon he becomes the darling of Delhi. Gradually, he targets the rich and famous and soon becomes one among them. With this, he begins to look more higher and wants not just money but satisfaction. All his stolen stuff is taken by Gogi Bhai (Paresh Rawal) and there is a history attached to Lucky as to how he gets ridiculed by his father (Paresh again). So now he wants his image and integrity along with the status in the society that he is enjoying but at the same time he does not want to let go of his activities. What happens from there forms the rest of the story. Presentation: The director has come out with a tale that was known to all so it was necessary for him to keep the script under good grip. However, that didn't happen as the screenplay takes off on a good note but ends up becoming repetitive over a period. The dialogues are quite witty, the presentation was nice but the narrative needed some fine tuning. Editing was good but then the plot was running on a flimsy line so it got predictable after a while. Music was good, camera did its job without a hitch. Abhay Deol came out with a decent and mature performance and he fitted the role of a conman well, Neetu had her bit but not with much presence, Archana Puran Singh was fabulous, the real show stealer was Paresh Rawal who came out with a triple bonanza and he was exceptional in his delivery. The others were just about okay. Conclusion: Films on these lines have come out often and though the first half of the film has been quite interesting building the plot of the protagonist, it is the second half where the momentum is lost and things become quite repetitive. The film could have been a lot better if there was a suspense element attached to it. Also, it has a special preference towards the Delhi and the surrounding areas which makes it quite region specific and the southern audience may find it real hard to associate with. Commercially, the film might run okay at the multiplexes and that too in the northern regions but success to the movie is quite difficult unless the word of mouth is positive. Bharatstudent Verdict : Region specific tale, a passable entertainer

Source:Indiaglitz

Banner: UTV Motion Pictures Cast: Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Neetu Chandra, Direction: Dibakar Banerjee Production: Ronnie Screwvala
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Movie Review

Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! - A Lovable Chor indeed

IndiaGlitz [Friday, November 28, 2008]

Most hunky-dory of his kind, Dibakar Banerjee shored up on grounds of Bollywood with enticing debut 'Khosla Ka Ghosla'. And now, we've the winner back with a flick with ostentatious theme partially inspired by real life incidents. Blending a rigid tale with exquisite quotients of entertainment turns entire spotlights on it course of show. Well, Khosla Ka Ghosla blatantly revolved around on the motif; sometimes the only way to stop a criminal is to become one. And over here, Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye is a scrumptious tale of a top-charting thief who is ill-famed yet a ducky lad for cops in town. Fine! It's gonna be sang-froid entertainer on the buttons while film buffs would be brimmed with pinch of annoyance for clichéd plotlines of a normal innocent lad transubstantiating into a Chor. It's acceptable since we have blobbed many of leading Bachchans, Khans and Kumars on similar roles and Deol needn't be an elision. What to say about Abhay Deol? On the hooks of a nerveless thief, he strides spelling a matured performance with ne plus ultra. Despites Paresh Rawal getting on with plushy performance on triple roles, Abhay exserts with his fantabulous show with an ease not letting Paresh to eclipse him. Well, Dibakar has been keen on naming his flicks with unique titles that pulls everyone's interest. 'Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye', not exactly a nickname but everyone in Delhi calls someone whose name is Lucky so. And again director had jocularly uttered his words, 'It's a film that'll be loved by thieves and wanna be thieves'. Precisely as mentioned earlier, the film is a cool drive of 130mins slackening your tensed moods. Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye is a story of Lucky Singh (Abhay Deol) who plays a loveable thief, someone who even the Delhi police are extremely fond of. His modus operandi is to outsmart the people, chowkidars and policemen with his sharp mind and wit. He is an aspiring individual who loves the good things in life and is generally enamored by the lifestyles of the rich and affluent Delhi families. Lucky's journey from a middle class boy to a popular thief turns him into a flamboyant playboy who now wants more than just the riches. Amidst of his jocund ambience, the story gets back to distressed Childhood days of Lucky Singh where he was constantly bruised by his dad (Paresh Rawal). Of course, what urged Lucky an innocent chap turning into a smart thief is unveiled. Later, a grown-up Lucky with luxurious props has a monger Gogi Bhai (Paresh Rawal again) who keeps buying them. With times advancing, now he needs the respect, the social standing of a city gentleman without sacrificing that reckless freedom he cherishes (the duality of having the freedom to steal). On narration, Dibakar Banerjee propels with good screenplay coalesced with lots of drolleries in the first hour while it's about experiencing a sluggish show in latter part. The auteur could've impinged with initial scenarios in the following hours too that wouldn't have scattered everyone's attention. From his debut flick to Oye Lucky, Abhay has lots of convincing factors in his performance. Paresh Rawal sways splendidly on his characterizations and you'll love him on all 3 Avatars. It's a complete show by Abhay and Paresh while rest of the star-casts fails to make it big. Especially, Neetu Chandra appears with her good efforts but doesn't have enough scope. A commendable performance by Archana Puransingh while others don't hit spotlights as there is no importance drawn on them. Manjot Singh as young Lucky deserves good appreciations for his decent efforts. Getting with technical aspects, Music Director Sneha Khanwalkar doesn't deliver a laudable score and Dibakar should've focused on these vistas of music as well background scores. Karthik Vijay's cinematography is over the top; be it pragmatic Delhi or cool-exotic locales of Manali canned, they're praiseworthy. On the whole, Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye is a cute flick offered by Dibakar Banerjee. With Abhay Deol and Paresh Rawal dangling with trenchant performances and an interesting theme should pull in more audiences in coming weeks. Perhaps, Dibakar can earnestly thank the real life Cool-Chor of Delhi who inspired him penning this script. With previous week releases getting down from charts and no biggies in forthcoming weeks, producers can chill-out singing 'Lucky, Lucky -We're Lucky'. Hope, Sneha would score better tunes for it. Verdict: Be a part in getting robbed Rating :*** ½

Source:Idlebrain

Jeevi rating: 3/5 Punchline: different and unappealing film Banner: UTV Motion Pictures Genre: Comedy Cast: Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandra & Paresh Rawal Music: Sneha Khanwalkar Cinematography: Kartik Vijay Story - Screenplay: Urmi Juvekar & Dibakar Banerjee Director: Dibakar Banerjee Producer: Ronnie Screwvala Release date: 28 November 2008

Review

Story Lucky (Abhay Deol) walks away from his home as a teenager after he was ill-treated by his father (Paresh Rawal). He becomes a thief and fancies himself in robbing. Gogi Bhai (Paresh Rawal) acts as a middle-man to sell the stolen goods of Lucky. Lucky later develops differences with Gogi and falls out with him. Then he meets a veterinary doctor (Paresh Rawal) who gives him an idea of starting a restaurant business together. The rest of the story is all about how lady luck smiles on Lucky. Actors: Abhay Deol is good as Lucky. This role requires difficult emotions to be played in a subtle way. And he does a fine job of it. He closely resembles Dharmendra. Neetu Chandra has given a balanced performance as a college going girl who falls in love with a guy knowing that he is a thief. Paresh Rawal did three roles in the film. He is very good. Technical departments: Story - screenplay - direction: The story of the film is inspired by a real-time thief named 'Bunty' who is passionate about stealing goods from affluent localities in New Delhi. Since the story is inspired by a real character, there is not much of a drama to be included to make the film cinematic. Hence the director has chosen to show the different escapades of the thief in various ways. Director has written the character of Lucky beautifully by mixing the flamboyant robbing style with longing desire to have father/brother relationships with the people he meets. The director might have chosen to cast Paresh Rawal to play 3 characters because Lucky character is closely connected to these three fatherly figure characters at various phases of his life. Screenplay of the film is alright. Direction is good. But the selection of story and the treatment will not appeal to an average moviegoer. Narration of the film is slow. The following scenes narrate the flamboyancy of Lucky. 1. Escapes from jail using the bike of the cop. 2. Takes the help of chowkidar to carry the TV set while escaping through the chowkidar's owner's car. 3. Says good morning to the lady who got up and saw him robbing her house. 4. He robs the house of a news reporter who anchors a TV program detailing the modus-operandi of Lucky. 5. A girl coming from jogging asks him if the music system he was taking was hers, he replies that yes and adds the he replaced it with a new one. The following issues are not convincing 1. The director has shown much interest in showing the flamboyance in the acts of Lucky. But it does not sound realistic as cops do not seem to have a serious/competent role to play. 2. The escapades of the thief sound repetitive after certain point of time because the runtime of the movie is very lengthy considering the wafer thin story line and plain narrating style. Other technical departments: Dialogues in the film are natural. Music is alright. The way slide show of photos is shown at various points of the film is good. Cinematography is nice. Editing of the film should have been crisp. Analysis: Dibakar Benerjee's first film 'Khosla Ka Ghosla' (KKG) was a commercial hit bagged the national award as the best film. It had sensible stuff as well as very good entertainment value for the general public. Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye (OLLO) does not even come anywhere close to KKG. OLLO is more like a personal film made on the life of a burglar. It looks at the lighter side of it robbery. If we look from that point view, the movie might look different. If you go to the movie with regular orientation, you will get disappointed because the film follows no popular style/screenplay to narrate the story. Though OLLO is a well directed film, it might become an unappealing fare for an average moviegoer.