Tags:
Journalism of Courage
Film: Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye
Director: Dibakar Banerjee
Cast: Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Neetu Chandra, Archana Puran Singh
Rating:
Running at:Inox Forum, City Centre, Swabhumi
For a generation of faceless, ordinary mortals, who live out their lives biting dust and then wallowing in it, Dibaker Bannerji8217;s Khosla Ka Ghosla, probably felt like a frothing warm cup of espresso you rub your palms against on a muggy monsoon evening. And when you sit back reliving the feel in your head, waiting for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! to unfold, you can8217;t be blamed for building castles in the air. Because it was Bannerji who had showed you the way. And this is the biggest hurdle that Oye Lucky8230; had to ride over. But the director8217;s second born, it turns out, lacks the flourish to do so.
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!
