Luck-lustre

It8217;s not that Oye Lucky8230; doesn8217;t have the earthy feel that made Khosla Ka Ghosla connect with us. But when things are all heart and no mind, it can8217;t be called a movie proper. So, it starts of well 8212; a glycerine-free look at an ambitious adolescent8217;s far from pristine life. An cocky, foul-mouthed father, his sexed-up mistress, a precocious girlfriend, and a group of bungling, simpletons for friends 8212; Bannerji8217;s protagonist Lucky8217;s life mirrors that of several teenagers born to the teeming noisy bylanes of Delhi. Typical to the director, each little character, is etched out with care in the movie. However, after Lucky grows up into a thief, his life goes helter skelter. And so does the movie. Lucky Abhay Deol could clean off your entire home, right under your nose. He8217;s smart, cheeky, quirky and absolutely adorable. It8217;s not difficult to believe this bit, because Abhay Deol wouldn8217;t let a whiff of doubt enter your head. But then, he falls in love, sweeps away homes almost, falls out with his godfather, is betrayed 8212; it becomes very difficult to make out where the film is headed to. In fact, the end too is foggy.

Bannerji, probably presupposes the intellect quotient of his viewer and introduces some heavy rhetoric in the film. Like three characters are simultaneously played by the same man Paresh Rawal in different get-ups. The comment on human character across class and pedigree is interesting but a little out of place in the general flippant mood of the film.

Abhay Deol is an actor who grows on you with each frame. The mix of vulnerability and audaciousness makes Deol look perfectly cast as Lucky. Paresh Rawal is in his elements like always. One wishes Neetu Chandra had practiced at least two more expression than the two she clings to in the film.

One wishes there was as much thought, as feel and style that have gone into the film. It could just get lucky!