Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Varun Aggarwal An excellent movie by all standards. Everything from cinematography, dialogues, performances and characterizations reek of high quality, earlier seen only in art house cinema or a few rare movies like Dil Chahta Hai.I would not talk about the story but rather the finer nuances of the direction i observed. The name of the movie is totally justified by the script, you can literally see luck working in favor of Farhan's character (Vikram) through a series of events and each of these events have been cleverly marked by the director with the use of same background piano tune. A lot is said in the movie about outsiders who have to struggle and star kids who get things on a platter. However, the three characters shown to be belonging to outsider category (Hrithik as Zafar, Konkona as Sona and Farhan as Vikram) are in real life all star kids while the sole star kid in story (Nikki) is actually an outsider. Don't know if this was intentional but another of the interesting tit-bits we noticed about the movie.Zoya Akhtar has shown immense maturity by not being judgmental about her characters. For example Sona's probable physical relations with Satish Chowdhary (Aly khan) are not given much importance in the story.The movie has a lot of interesting cameos with Anurag Kashyap as writer being an interesting one. Sanjay Kapoor's role as a successful producer's failed-as-an-actor brother was a casting master-stroke, as he fits the bill in real life as well, as Anil Kapoor's brother. It was very brave for Sanjay to take up such a role and he has done brilliantly at it. Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor and Juhi all gave commendable performances.This movie is not just about Hindi film industry, its more about people in general and how they can change to gain from situations. It has one of the most matured endings for a Hindi movie and needs to be appreciated for showing that real life endings are somewhere in-between the perfectly happy or pathetically sad endings that we get in movies.Please do watch this movie with a relaxed mindset and I can assure you it will be one of the numerous re-runs you are going to have as it tastes better and better every time you watch it.

Karthik Ananth Well ever since Farhan Akhtar(FA) gave us Dil Chahta Hai, he has definitely established himself a supremely talented director.....With the inspiring Lakhsya (where FA successfully got Hrithik Roshan to act decently for the first time)....and the Modern and cogent remake of the Big B's super-hit DON starring SRK.....FA started becoming the most acclaimed youth director....But he pulled a rabbit out of the hat in ROCK ON!!! His measured performance, the boy next door looks and a well toned body transformed Farhan overnight into a new acting sensation.Whatever formula Javed Akthar and Shabana Azmi used , their kids have turned out just fine....Zoya Akhtar (ZA) has entered the Bollywood scenario with her first movie 'Luck By Chance' en cashing on the sudden craze everyone has on her brother. Well Hats off to ZA and FA....they have managed to present a wonderful movie that so beautifully depicts the entire spectrum of Hindi Cinema....Every angle, whether it is the Struggling unsuccessful actress (Konkona Sen), the sudden sensation in acting ( Farhan Akhtar), the current Superstar (hrithik), yesteryear's Great producer (rishi Kapoor), the Diva from the 70's (Dimple Kapadia), the cynosure of everyone's eyes, junior Diva (Isha Shravani), the over ambitious, supposedly modern director (Sanjay Kapoor) and even the proud showy producer's wife (Juhi Chawla)...i could just go on....but the underlying fact is that all these angles have been depicted with perfection....highly realistic but not as depressing as a Madhur Bhandarkar reality take like Fashion!!!The story is something like this.....Sona ( Konkona Sen) is given promises of big movie projects by Chaudry (ally Khan) and she decides to do small roles till then...however Chaudry doesn't keep up his end of the deal.....Sona feels utterly dejected as she has given everything yet has struggled to get a breakthrough.Vikram Jai Singh (Farhan Akhtar) is another aspiring actor who lives in the same building as Sona with his other actor friends....One in the movie industry and one in theatre...the 3 friends have lots of issues amongst themselves that have not been addressed!!! Vikram and Sona start to like each other and Sona manages to reach his photos to Chaudry.....While all this happening on one end, parallely Romy Rolly (Rishi Kapoor) the legendary Bollywood producer is making his comeback with a big movie project directed by Ranjit Rolly (Sanjay Kapoor) ....a director heavily inspired by Blatant Commercial and mindless cinema....The movie's hero is Zafar Khan (hrithik Roshan) who is actually a Romy rolly find!!! The Heroine is the 70's diva Nenna Wallia's (Dimple Kapadia) daughter Nikki Wallia (Isha Shravani).....While Minty Rolly (Juhi Chawla) and Romy Rolly are busy with movie....Zafar decides to opt out for his own reasons......things look bad for Romy, thats when Vikram's photos reach him and suddenly a hero is cast in this big movie.The remaining story of the movie is the rift between Sona and Vikram, the relationship between Vikram and Nikki,the press and photo shoots and the fact that Vikram has to manage his stardom and stay level headed!!!.....The movie moves at a decent pace throughout and is boosted by some great screen play and performances.....Farhan has proved himself to be one of the best actors bollywood has seen in the recent times....Konkona is gr8 as always.....Sanjay Kapoor impresses everybody....Its nice to see Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia on screen together once again...They have played their roles to perfection!!...Isha Shravani is cute and adorable as Nikki Wallia and has done justice to her role.All the cameos and special appearances have been perfectly sketched out and casted....Aamir Khan,Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Khanna, Vivek Oberoi and even SRK 'king khan' have added a lot of spice and substance to Zoya Akhtar's Recipe for Luck by chance..The Background Score is pretty decent.....Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have given a decent mix of songs as well....most of them are good to hear but don't have a gr8 recall value.....Sapnon se Bhare Nainaan and Pyaar ki dastaan are the 2 best tracks in this album...The intro song 'Yeh Zindagi' is brilliant in pieces but has some ordinary percussion arrangements.....the picturization however is wonderful....Its like a Bollywood version of Kuselan's "Cinema Cinema"....Overall Zoya Akhtar has proved that she is as talented as Farhan if not better when it comes to film making and has given us a refreshing and realistic foray into the Glamorous world of Bollywood. The Ending is different but extremely practical and realistic.....On the whole,Luck By Chance is a polished and well made movie....Definitely worth a watch!!!!

Avinash Patalay If not for anything Zoya Akhtar should be given due credit for managing an ensemble of the entire Bollywood by dragging them under one roof. And also presenting a sneak-peak behind the fame/shame/defame iron-wall industry. Research analyst of the industry would instantly identify the characters and the situations. "Luck By Chance" is an honest opinion about the industry ensuring it doesn't hurt or jibes anyone in particular. It marginally escapes being categorised as a documentary in my opinion. And the writing on the wall is clear - talent alone is not sufficient to gain foothold and climb the ladder in Bollywood. One requires the go-getter attitude coupled with being street-smart - "spark" as it was conveyed.Ф Farhan Akhtar:: Quite consistent in his delivery. Very matured and deserves applause to stand up to Konkana, if you know what I mean.Ф Konkana:: Had a couple of layers to her character and she effectively manages to bring them out at ease.Ф Isha:: I had my brain scratching wondering who this bimbo was. Yes Isha Sharvani is indeed talented and going un-noticed by the industry. Sad!Everyone else even if they are cameo's, were spot-on.Not the usual pot-boiler Bollywood "masala" movie - but hatke it its own right.

Electric_Sheep Intro : A look into the inner fabric of what we today know as Bollywood.The Scenario : The movie follows the trials and tribulations of two main characters (Farhan and Konkona) who are after the same goals - Bollywood Stardom. Along the way they come across a series of characters and personalities who form the crux of the industry. How much will one sacrifice of his/her principles and "person" to get ahead? What effect does rising stardom have on friends and family?Another well crafted parallel story line is the point of view of a troubled Producer (Rishi Kapoor) and obstacles he needs to go through to get a bunch of ego's and personalities together. (Like a Coalition Government!)The movie also gives us an insight into what goes behind the finished item - namely the unsung heroes in the industry. The music is pretty good and well placed in the film. Pros : The casting director should get credit here - actors, special appearances have been rock solid without being overdone. The levels of black humour are abundant. Konkona and Farhan have been in top form but Rishi Kapoor (the arch-typical Punjabi Bollywood producer) probably gets away with the top prize here. Watch out for the little cameo by Saurab Shukla (Slumdog M, Dasvidaniya) who sets the movie rolling in many ways.Cons : Perhaps the movie could have been a tad shorter but that may not be a problem if you're enjoying it. I know most people will not agree but despite being an improving and likable actor - Farhan's voice takes some getting used to. Well we got used to Rani M so it may not be that bad :)