REVIEW: Oye Lucky...is howlarious!
Dibakar Banerjee is no Karan Johar. His films are neither glossy nor are his characters rich, living in Miami condos or upper class Delhi/Mumbai mansions. In fact his films are the exact opposite. Set in the heart of familiar Delhi, they tell stories of human aspirations that sometimes bloom but often rot in these bylanes. And even though Dibakar's characters are not born with the silver spoon, somewhere deep down they dream of the Delhi mansions and lavish lifestyles of Johar's films.
It is this desire that drives them to do the impossible. Papa Khosla in Khosla Ka Ghosla goes ahead and very innocently hands over his hard-earned money to the fraudulent agent just to become a 'South Dilliwale', Lucky in Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! goes about stealing this lifestyle for himself.
Oye Lucky and its little plot
The film, starring Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandra and Paresh Rawal in the lead roles, narrates incidents in the life of a guy who makes a killing out of stealing. It traces his journey from being the gawky 15-year-old lower middle class Old Delhi boy to a master thief capable of stealing almost anything –including a cop's bike from the police station's parking lot.
While most films – however 'realistic' – try to absolve themselves of all responsibility by claiming "any resemblance as purely coincidental" the one starts off suggesting that what we see may just be true. How cool is that!
So we are taken into Lucky's house, where his father (Paresh Rawal) mistreats his mom and the rest of his family, even as he has a keep under the very same roof. Lucky, with his aspirations and dreams, leaves his father's house to make his own destiny. He sees big cars with power windows and rich pretty girls from rich neighborhoods falling for fancy greeting cards. And it is here perhaps that Lucky forms his worldview – if you don't have it, you steal it.
Neetu has no problems doing steamy scenes
Indeed, we see most of the film through Lucky's eyes. We are shown the tension in his parents' house, Lucky's desire to run away from all of it, fall in love, take to crime, but never once give up stealing.
Having moved out on his own, Lucky's partner-in-crime and childhood friend Bangali (Manu Rishi) introduces him to Goga bhai (Paresh Rawal's second of the three roles in this film) a bandmaster and broker of sorts for stolen goods. Impressed with Lucky, Goga becomes his surrogate father. But the moment Lucky starts selling his loot to others, Goga gets him arrested.
After a long time i have seen a good, firstly i was not
going to watch this muv because of abhey deol, one of my
frnd did suggest me to watch this muv..... And i find this
one better then rab ne bana di jodi, because there is
nothing new in this one can find it nice bcoz of srk, same
action, drama, storyline like many muvies of srk thts y i m
sick of srk's muvies..... Abhey proved himself as a good
actor in this muv... I have good expectations from him now
onwards.....
Awesome movie. Nice work by paresh and abhay deol
One of the borrring movies i saw..!!
This one is a gr8 movie. One of the few good movies coming
in a long time.. Must watch in a theater rather than a
pirated copy.. Lets support such cinema.. Its better worth
than just being for a photo exhibition(read yuvvraaaaajjjj
and dostana).. My deepest condolences (slightly more than
for those who died at the wake of the release of this movie)
to the producers of this movie for having lost out on some
money by missing the initial opening.. And thanks to reviews
like these.. Losing out on some final closings.. Hehe..
thanks dibaker bannerjee!!..
Wonder full movie. Good comedy,you would be able to see more
then once
Interesting...I will see this
Oye lucky got me high expectations entry inside theatre
given its lineage of such stupendous satire like khosla ka
ghosla. I got settled with my partner watching the initial
frames go by with that cusp like pattern wherein it was
feeling quiet a harsh satire on some gulli boy next door
with its fundamental ethos blunted by life's complexities.
Okay, there were some fine moments especially for northern
indians with those typical delhiite dialect and jokes, was
realy funny sometimes especially that new sardar kid playing
lucky at 15 years was treat to watch. Further, by the time
this 15 years's guys life was unravelling on the unwanted
path, the cinematography, the camera work was breezing
through with some excellent sequences totally gripping with
that mixed feeling of satire as well lively experience of
character's. Then emerges abhay deol on scene with his too
real a character portrayal partner who was real good fit for
the role and takes it right through the end.
the performances by all characters were appealing but
nevertheless as the cusp character set in the beginning
making the audience believing that something better will
come up in terms of fundamental ethos of the movie, it
actually was turning out to be too much a stretch on
glamorizing through satire the art of stealing and theft and
deceipt and greed and awry relationships and what not. Of
course you got have your core of the movie pretty intact
otherwise the mindful audiences cant just keep laughing at
the same kinda satirical jokes on life's gripping realities
and glamorizing its false aspects. As the movie reaching its
ending i could actually see peple getting up their seats
becoming restless of the over all feeling of the movie
actually shifting from gags to boring stretced and
dysfunctional satire.
Ddd
Too good
reminds me of my chidhood times seeing the sardar. And his
date.
though i am not sardar. Bt the plot remains the same. N m
also not lucky
good movie i can rate it 3 n a half out of five
First, the minuses:
paresh rawal was a bit three-much to take. He's a good
actor but can't lose his gujarati accent. Is there a dearth
of good actors who speak fab punjabi?
most of lucky's stealing tricks weren't very novel or
interesting. He keeps zooming off in assorted cars. You
keep waiting for something more, but it doesn't come. You
feel extra let down because the director heightened your
expectations with a brilliant khosla ka ghosla.
the biggest flaw, i felt, was the ending. Couldn't digest
why and how lucky completely forgave and forgot despite
having been cheated of 40 lakh by a vet and his wife. Quite
abruptly, the end credits began to roll.
on the plus side, the film had entertaining dialogue;
realistic and often rib-tickling. The characters and
situations echoed real life. And abhay deol is a very
likeable guy, with that dimpled smile and friendly eyes.
all in all, it's a cute, watchable movie. Just don't go
expecting another khosla...