No expectations, No excitement, No Hopes, no drooling over Shruti, even not much listening of its songs. And I went into the hall. I knew, this was bad bad movie [thanx to tons of reviews out there]. But yes, i was prepared and my friend was too, supporting me :P After six headache filled days of training/exam, I felt need in my nerves to feel the smell of celluloid, and there I was-watching yet another 'so called' disaster of the year. 'Luck' a Soham Shah directed adventure [!!]. A launchpad for Shruti Hassan, who barely can speak. [or was she nervous, amongst all seniors :P] Here, I would like to borrow a sentence from Filmigirl's Review : She showed more talent in this role than Deepika Padukone has in her three films put together. :D haha...Well said !!But actually, really, honestly speaking- I liked the movie. Yes, Yes, i liked it. Okay, I am not being 'different' from all, or I am not being 'attention-seeker' but seriously, I liked it as a clean fun time pass. Remember Aa Dekhen Zara? People rejected it at once, but I loved it :) So, that's just me. Okay, movie has its own flaws. A part [20 min approx] after intermission, was boring when game after a game was coming, so it became like Fear Factor episode, but soon it got back on track. But again in climax, Ravi Kissen lost the track. Otherwise, everything is smooth.
Chitrashi Rawat - the Chak De girl, caught all the attention. She was really fabulous, that I wasn't looking at Shruti at all, whenever both are on screen. Shruti was looking confused, nervous, depressed, whatever. But still, i want to see her in a full fledged role, that would be fine. Imran Khan, well, he hardly has his 'own' part in this movie. Either he is driven by Danny Denzongpa [Mind Blowing !!] or he looked lost somewhere. But still, there were sparks. And after watching this, I would definitely go for Kidnap.
Danny was a treat to watch. He over shines everyone. I wished if he was used more after intermission too, when story focuses mainly on Sanjay Dutt who is just keep coming and going in frames. I didn't find anything special in his role. Just as usual. And talking about 'usual' how about 'koi shaq'?!! The usual phrase of Mithun da. Which is overused. But again, Mithun's role was also quite good.
Technically, the movie is good, but yet editing could be better. I saw some clear loopholes in editing. Cinematography was great, S.A. was looking gorgeous. All desert and mountains !! Background socre is really good. And inclusion of songs is also done very well. Script loses its way after intermission, but after a little time, it comes back on track. What most notable was the witty one liners. [Sujoy Tweeted : Heard that everyone is talking in phrases in this movie :) Yeah, right Sujoy] But fun it is.
There, no expectations worked for me. I went in to have fun, and returned with it. Unlike Kambakkht Ishq, where everything was perfectly insane. And I felt robbed ;-)
My Twitter Review : "Sitting in lucky numbered seat, I actually enjoyed #Luck Its a harmless 'clean' timepass, a rarity these days. Had no expectations.Tht Workd"
And this time, I posted live updates on Twitter while watching the movie. So here, are all of my tweets.
- At #Luck finally, wish me luck. :-D good luck actully started, ticket vendor gave 20Rs. Discount !
- Friend cried, 'this is Musafir!!'
- Nice one. 'U.S. jaake ek ka chalis kare'
- Nice soundtrack
- Danny's good.
- Good luck usko bola jata hai jiska time kharab ho.
- CeeTee ceetee...here's Ravi Kissen
- Chand par pahochna ho to taaro pe ruka nahi karte, woh to khud girte rehte hai
- Laxmi tujhe tika lagane aayi hai, aur tu idd ka chand bana hua hai
- Chitrashi rawat + Ravi kissen = wah!
- Raghav to maut ki talaash mein zinda hai
- Very bad dialogue delivery : Shruti Hassan
- Intermission... Friend: "its not 'that' bad" Me: "yup, really"
- Whaaa !! I just realized..i m sitting in seat no.8 . My lucky number !!
- Shruti is speaking like Soniyaa Gandhi :-D transliterated hindi.
- My my ! What eyes shruti
- Ha ha. Friend : why is she speaking like she's drunk?
- Empilified entry scenes each time Sanju is on screen. *irritating*
- Me loves this song : khuda ya vey
- Well, this is getting Fear Factor 'ish'
- #wtf Ravi kissen cant aim even with a machine gun !
- With blood over his face, Imran still looks like a puppy
Also See :
Filmi Girl's Review [with which I almost agree]
And Bhargav's Brutal [:-)] strict review.
Rajesh Roshan-the melody man. Unlike his as-usual projects with brother Rakesh Roshan, here Rajesh did scored fabulous tracks for Moksha : Salvation [2001] directed by ace cinematographer Ashok Mehta. In addition to Breathtaking visuals, the music did wonders while watching to the movie. Moksha was on shelves for so long, and when it got released, only thing people remember-was the item song 'Jaan Leva'. Where 'newcomer' Arjun Rampal was stretching his biceps with [umm..] Kalpana Pandit. And somewhere in background there was Manisha Koirala [overweight, so hiding]. A fantastic dance number sung by Sukhwinder Singh and Kavita Krishnamurty. Both singer sung this really really well. Though the track is reminiscent of 'Kambakht Ishq' [pyar tune kya kiya] released at same time, but still it stands out. Where are you Kavita ji? You are my most favorite. :(
