Luck by Chance 2009-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

Luck by Chance Movie Details :

Luck by Chance Movie is an 2009 Bollywood drama film,it’s film writter and directer is Zoya Akhtar. Producer are Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, it starring Farhan Akhtar and Konkana Sen Sharma in the Main roles. Rishi Kapoor, Alyy Khan, Juhi Chawla, Dimple Kapadia, Hrithik Roshan, Isha Sharvani, and Sanjay Kapoor feature in the supporting roles. Guest stars and industry folk starring as themselves included Abhishek Bachchan, Akshaye Khanna, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor, Karan Johar, Manish Malhotra, Ranbir Kapoor, John Abraham, Vivek Oberoi, Rajkumar Hirani, Boman Irani and Anurag Kashyap in cameos.

The film is about the journey of an actor who arrives in Mumbai to become a movie star. How he finds himself riding his fortune to becoming one, while struggling to sustain his relationships, forms the story. The film, which was released on 30 January 2009, did not perform well at the box office.

• Directer : Zoya Akhtar
• Producer : Farhan Akhtar,Ritesh Sidhwani
• Story : Zoya Akhtar
• Starring : Farhan Akhtar,Konkona Sen Sharma,Alyy Khan,Rishi Kapoor,Dimple Kapadia,Juhi Chawla,IshaSharvani,Hrithik Roshan,Sanjay Kapoor
• Music : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
• Cinematography : Carlos Catalan
• Editer : Anand Subaya
• Casting : Nandini Shrikent
• Production Design : Anuradha Parikh
• Art Direction : Abid T.P.
• Set Decoration : Sonal Choudhary,Anisha Gulati,Harsha Rajani
• Costume Design : Arjun Bhasin,Aparna Chandra
• Makeup Department : Avan Contractor,Walter Dorairaj,Natasha Nischol,Kamlesh U. Shinde
• Production Management : Manoj Chouhan,Atishay Dayal,Sunil Khedekar,Niraj Pamwani,R.P. Singh
• Assistant Director : Abhijeet Chhabra,Setu Desai,Lakshmipriya Devi,Karan Kapadia,Puneet Khanna,Devrath Sagar
• Art Department : Mukund Gupta,Nimita Sheth
• Special Effects : Pixion
• Visual Effects : Debasish Borah,Luck by Chance,Devrishi Chatterjee,Jayesh Chavan
• Production Company : Excel Entertainment,Reliance Big Pictures
• Distributors : Reliance Big Pictures
• Genres : Drama
• Release date : 30 January 2009
• Running time : 156 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Luck by Chance Movie Trailer :

Star Cast of The Film :

• Farhan Akhtar as a Vikram Jaisingh
• Rishi Kapoor as a Rommy Rolly
• Dimple Kapadia as a Neena Walia
• Konkona Sen Sharma as a Sona Mishra
• Juhi Chawla as a Minty Rolly
• Sanjay Kapoor as a Ranjit Rolly
• Hrithik Roshan as a Ali Zaffar Khan
• Isha Sharvani as a Nikki Walia
• Saurabh Shukla as a Acting teacher
• Alyy Khan as a Chaudhary
• Abdul Quadir Amin as a Tanvir’s Friend
• Arjun Mathur as a Abhimanyu
• Sid Makkar as a Sameer
• Pankaj Kalra as a Raju (Sona’s agent)

Guest Appearances :

• Aamir Khan
• Abhishek Bachchan
• Rani Mukherjee
• Shah Rukh Khan
• Kareena Kapoor
• Akshaye Khanna
• John Abraham
• Karan Johar
• Vivek Oberoi
• Dia Mirza
• Anurag Kashyap
• Mushtaq Sheikh
• Javed Akhtar
• Shabana Azmi
• Boman Irani
• Manish Malhotra
• Mac Mohan
• Rajkumar Hirani
• Ronit Roy
• Manish Acharya
• Sheeba Chaddha
• Ranbir Kapoor

Story of The Film :

Refusing the accept the same fate as her sisters, Tara and Meghna, and get married to a boy from the same Caste, Kanpur-based Sona Mishra alienates herself from her accountant father, and re-locates to Mumbai in order to act in movies. She meets with Satish Chaudhary who offers to assist her in getting a lead role. Years later, all he could manage was bit parts, leaving her frustrated but hopeful. She meets with another struggling actor, Vikram Jaisingh, and both become fairly intimate. When a lead role with Satish does not materialize, and his wife, Pinky, becomes suspicious, she decides to depart. Disappointment and shock also await Vikram when he is candidly told by his friend, Abhimanyu Gupta, that he has no talent and must consider returning back in Delhi to assist his businessman father. It does look like the end of the road for both Sona and Vikram – leaving the question open whether they will continue with their relationship &/or return to their respective homes.

Production :
Development :

Zoya Akhtar said in an interview that she wrote the first draft seven years ago while relaxing on Palolem beach in Goa. In an interview she said:

I hand wrote it and it was some ridiculous, epic-length when I came back and transcribed it on my laptop. The first film is the easiest to write because it’s usually what the person knows their personal graphs, milieu and feelings. Luck By Chance is not about established actors, but those who are waiting for things to happen. Farhan’s character is fresh off the boat, while Konkana’s does bit roles, looking for a big break.

The production team went through a host of names, like Rani Mukerji, Madhuri Dixit, Saif Ali Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Kajol Devgn, and Tabu. Having seen a lot of struggling actors come to Mumbai to make a living out of Bollywood, Zoya found it was easy to write the script for the film without any research. She was inspired to write this movie by a lot of Bollywood-inspired movies like Guddi, Rangeela, and Om Shanti Om.

Javed Akhtar wrote the dialogues for the film, incorporating, as Zoya puts it, his bizarre sense of humour. Farhan had to reportedly train to get six pack abs for the film. He was trained by Cheetah Yagnesh, who appeared on the film as Farhan’s character’s trainer.

Filming faced a lot of problems, including the unpredictable Mumbai rains, which halted a song shoot with Hrithik Roshan. The rains washed out the entire set, and eventually the entire tent began to leak. Zoya was afraid that this would lead to short-circuit, and so all the lights had to be switched off.

According to Farhan, principal photography for the film was completed in October.

Film Casting :

Zoya Akhtar cast her brother Farhan to play the lead role after it was suggested to her by director Reema Kagti. She became convinced after seeing Farhan’s performance in The Fakir of Venice. She said in an interview, “Farhan was the perfect choice for the role in Luck By Chance because he knows the industry in and out. He is smart and bright and both of us have been working together for years”. Problems arose with the huge casting of the film. Zoya said, “I had to really think it out when I was deciding on these multiple actors that I wanted in the film. It was tough to decide especially because I wanted the right actors who could play themselves and still look believable as part of the film. Then there are other good actors like Boman Irani and Saurabh Shukla, who are playing characters in the film”. Next to be cast were her parents, Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi, along with such veteran stars as Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia. Zoya said, “We could have had Shabana (Azmi) as the diva, but I needed a mainstream heroine. Only a leading lady would do. Dimple has played it edgy. She’s all warm, soft sunshine and then there’s a flip and she’s hard, cold, steely”. Isha Sharvani teams up again with Hrithik Roshan after appearing together in an ad. Juhi Chawla joined the cast playing Minty, the wife of producer Rommy Rolly.

Promotion :

The producers decided to go with subtle promotion, letting audiences explore the film by themselves. The main trailer for the movie was released in the last week of December. It introduced the main characters and set the pace for what the plot was about. BigFlix, a part of Reliance BIG Entertainment Ltd., was given the task of promoting the movie. The first bit of promotion came from the music wherein winners were given signed albums by Farhan Akhtar and Konkona Sen Sharma. They promoted the whole movie across the nation in all 112 stores in 10 cities as well to the international audiences through its video-on-demand (VOD) site. The pre-release promotional activities included online marketing and publicity of the film’s music videos, trailers, downloads, previews, preview shows, contests and continued with other promotional activities post-release like meet-and-greet events with the star cast at select cities.

A unique promotional campaign was launched by producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani called “Auto By Chance”. They introduced 10 “Auto by Chance” three-wheelers in suburban Mumbai suburbs that would transport people for free to the destination of their choice in the suburbs. The promotion was run in conjunction with Big FM radio station and Godrej. One passenger would be interviewed live by an RJ and go on air with his experience of getting lucky and enjoying the free ride. The Indian gaming portal Zapak.com created a microsite for the movie with a game, “Luck by Chance – Lucky Break”.

Release :

The movie was initially scheduled to be released 23 January 2009, alongside Raaz – The Mystery Continues, but was pushed to 30 January. Luck by Chance was released on 900 screens worldwide in 27 countries. Of this, over 700 screens were in India and the rest were in overseas markets such as the United States, Canada, UK, UAE, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand.

Luck by Chance Movie Songs / Music :

The music of Luck By Chance was released on 30 December 2008. It had an early release through iTunes on 23 December 2008. The promotion of the music was done keeping the digital platform in mind. The music of Luck By Chance was made available directly and through partner sponsors on mobile, Internet and physical markets.

• ”Yeh Zindagi Bhi” – Loy Mendonsa, Shekhar Ravjiani
• ”Baawre” – Shankar Mahadevan, Rajasthani ensemble
• ”Pyaar Ki Dastaan” – Amit Paul, Mahalakshmi Iyer
• ”Yeh Aaj Kya Ho Gaya” – Sunidhi Chauhan
• ”Sapnon Se Bhare Naina” – Shankar Mahadevan
• ”O Rahi Re” – Shankar Mahadevan
• ”Baawre (Remix)” – Loy Mendonsa, Shankar Mahadevan

”Baawre” Full Video Song :

• Singer – Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa
• Lyricist – Javed Akhtar
• Music Director – Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
• Music On – T-Series

”Pyaar Ki Dastaan” Full Video Song :

• Singer – Mahalakshmi Iyer, Amit Paul
• Lyricist – Javed Akhtar
• Music Director – Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
• Music On – T-Series

Luck by Chance Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.0 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 9474.

There is a fleeting scene in Zoya Akhtar’s remarkable new film Luck By Chance where an aspiring, struggling young actor Vikram (Farhan Akhtar) nervously enters a big budget movie premiere party. His friend who is an assistant director in Mahesh Bhatt studio has taken him along as return of a favor. Place is bustling with actors, directors, writers, big shots, and crackerjacks of film industry we reckon.

He starts walking the noisy venue. Camera starts following him in commotion and calms down somehow, now fluidly capturing Vikram’s point of view which is nothing less than surreal. He seems gliding though the glamorous starry room checking artists, celebrities in flesh chatting, giving interviews, drinking, cracking up from touching distance. There is something deliberately dreamy about this shot. Director has given the protagonist his moment. This is what he is aiming at.

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh, from Bollywood Hungama give 4 star out of 5 Star.

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