Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

7.7
2008 2 hr 6 min Action , Comedy

Lovinder Singh, a thief now in custody and facing trial, reflects on his life of crime while the press reflect on how he managed to get away with so much before being arrested.

  • Cast:
    Abhay Deol , Paresh Rawal , Neetu Chandra , Archana Puran Singh , Richa Chadha , Manu Rishi Chadha , Rajeev Khandelwal

Reviews

Lovesusti
2008/11/28

The Worst Film Ever

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InformationRap
2008/11/29

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Arianna Moses
2008/11/30

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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Zandra
2008/12/01

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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yatendrasingh
2008/12/02

Abhay Deol has emerged as an intelligent actor in Bollywood. He absorb himself into the role, and it looks like natural scene. People misunderstand that he does not know acing, but actually he is born natural actor.Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! is pure Dark Comedy, and requires patience to watch. Dibakar Banerjee has shown the real culture of Delhi, he has succeed in getting right tone of delhi people and culture. Beside Abhay Deol there are two other actor's you will appreciate: Paresh Rawal and Neetu Chandra. All characters are uniquely designed.People looking for stupid Comedy must not see this movie. Because this is not any other headless-comedy-riot movie. Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! received positive critical acclaim. Raja Sen of Rediff gave the movie 4.5/5 stars, saying that "All I can say is – after very gratefully handing it four and a half stars, in case you asked – that this is a movie to love. And one that makes the audience feel just like the hero: really, really lucky."

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Peter Young
2008/12/03

Dibakar Banerjee's 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!' is one of my favourite Hindi films of recent years. A dark satirical comedy revolving around a young thief, it is amazingly enjoyable and fresh and can provide a spectacular watch for the entire family. For all the smart-alecks, Banerjee does not try to glorify theft or anything of this sort but instead makes sure the viewer does not take it seriously and just enjoys this energetic and engaging, though a somewhat slow paced film. This is the comic, albeit a bit sad, story of a thief named Lucky which follows his experiences while looking for different people to rob and his subsequent attempts to quit the 'profession'.'Lucky' is extremely Indian in its depiction, humour and heart. Banerjee skillfully captures the unique atmosphere of Delhi and its simple yet colourful lifestyle. The film is reminiscent of those classic comedies made by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and his style. It is totally realistic, and is aided by an excellent script, brilliant and witty dialogues, hilarious situations and many uplifting moments. One must note that the first portions of the film, revolving around Lucky's adolescence, are superbly portrayed. The romantic story between Lucky and Sonal, the lovely girl he falls in love with, is also extremely alluring.The film is not your run-of-the-mill masala comedy. The comedy lies in the writing and the script. It does not even have song numbers for the actors to lip-sync, and you can only hear one song playing over certain montage sequences from time to time. And which song? A famous Kishore Kumar number which was taken right from an old Hindi picture of the late 1970s (Mahesh Bhatt's Lahu Ke Do Rang, to be specific). This, along with other such aspects as the great cinematography, the editing and the settings, perfectly contributes to the film's nostalgic and simple feel which will certainly be identified with Banerjee's style of film-making in coming days.With Lucky, Abhay Deol ultimately became my favourite actor of the current generation. He is outstanding from start to finish and injects charm and energy into his character, which make it interesting and memorable. Manjot Singh is also fantastic as the young Lucky. Neetu Chandra is also likable as his love interest. Paresh Rawal plays three different characters in the movie. As funny as it sounds, the three characters have absolutely no connection in the story, and Rawal plays every role excellently, though I liked the character of the doctor the most. Richa Chadda, Archana Puran Singh and Kalpana stand out in smaller comic parts.What else can I say? Lucky is an intelligent and humorous movie. It is stylish in its own way, it is feel-good, romantic and effervescent, and for me, it is also addictive! I can watch it again and again and still be totally entertained. This is a film that really can make you feel good. Way to go, Mr. Banerjee and Mr. Deol.

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Avinash Patalay
2008/12/04

Don't get me wrong here but something is missing in the movie. OK - the con games seems to be a reality check on Bunty and Babli. The narrative of the movie via the "Crime Watch" show was innovative. The teenage romance was realistically done. The into the daily life of New Delhi is commendable. Music is different indeed. The characters are true-to-life. But at the end of it, why does one feel let-down?In all honesty, one expects Dipankar to go one-notch from where he left off in his previous outing.Abhay Deol is getting finer with each passing movie. And his conviction to stick to the "new-age" cinema is indeed commendable.Neetu Chandra was as good, though a very short role.And what was the purpose behind the three roles donned by Paresh Rawal?Archana Puran Singh was expected to be loud and she was indeed.

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parvatik
2008/12/05

I went to watch this movie with lot of expectations, after all this actor did "Ek chalis ke last local". However this movie disappoints,its a plain movie with nothing special about it except that PareshRawal plays 3 characters. Everyone has acted very well, just the storyline is not powerful enough to capture the audience's attention. No big budget actors and no masala in the film. Its just smooth flowing with no twists or turns. Its a story of a boy who grows to be a robber and has a charismatic persona and robs people in broad daylight. He gets caught and gives the police a slip 3 times before being caught(In the end a narrator tells us this). Don't know why they made this movie?? I would recommend to give it a miss.

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