REVIEW : OYE LUCKY LUCKY OYE

Rating : Above Average (3.2/5)
Genre : Drama
Year : 2008
Running time : 2 hour fifteen minutes
Director : Dibakar Banerjee
Cast : Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandra, Paresh Rawal, Archana Puransingh, Manu Rishi, Anurag Arora
Kid rating : PG

OYE LUCKY LUCKY OYE : GREAT DETAIL, LITTLE STORY !

After celebration of the mass Navdeep Singh’s early examination of “OLLO” during PFC, we longed for to see this movie the impulse it was expelled here. After all, executive Dibakar Banerjee destined the artistic drama/comedy “Khosla ka Ghosla”, as good as Navdeep Singh destined which beautiful incursion in to desi noir “Manorama 6 feet under”. They both couldn’t be wrong, could they ?

After examination the 2 hour prolonged OLLO, during the beginning probable time, we have to contend which they aren’t wrong, though they aren’t unequivocally right either. Of march we went in to the film, buoyed by thoughts of “Khosla ka Ghosla”. Of march we went in to the movie relishing the suspicion of an additional well-made movie, from the executive who knew what he was doing. And whilst it did spin out to be the well-made film, with artistic courtesy to details, as good as smashing impression development, it unequivocally did not give me my money’s worth.

Why, oh why, does this movie not succeed, we competence good ask ? Here’s the reduced answer – there is no plot. At heart, I’m an out-of-date girl. we similar to my drive-in theatre intelligent as good as smart-alecky as good as with the “hook”. The movie contingency have the story, as good as the story contingency have the “problem”, i.e.; the hook. The movie contingency reason your attention, as good as progress(which it does) as good as RAMP UP (it does not).

OLLO as the pretension suggests is the story of Lucky, or Lovinder Singh Lucky, the Sardar innate in dear aged Delhi. And not the swanky side either, this is the Delhi of rooftops studded with TV antennas, open courtyards, as good as slight galis. For the single informed with the city, or of the city born, this digest of much-loved Delhi, warms the cockles of one’s heart. Young Lucky (played marvellously by Manjot Singh) is the the son of the philandering father who’s brought his chick upon the side (whom everybody euphemistically refers to as Auntyji) home to live to the single side his wife. Beaten by his father, Lucky is the child with the fake strut in his step, as good as the wily word upon his lips.

Lucky develops the gusto for trickery, since he wants the finer things in his life, fast. His small-time cons stay with him throught his flourishing years, usually removing honed with time. As the immature man, Lucky is an brazen thief, hidden since he can, as good as since it’s his one-way sheet to any element thing he competence covet. His hold up goes from the single small-time heist to another, offered as good as pawning stolen goods, until there’s usually the single probable approach this could all finish . . .

Abhay Deol unequivocally does collect different films; from his “Socha na tha” to the unequivocally new “Manorama 6 feet under”, the purposes he plays have been not the customary Hindi movie favourite purposes during all. As Lucky, Abhay does an glorious job, portraying the “good-natured thief” to the hilt. He binds his own opposite singer Paresh Rawal. Rawal plays 3 un-connected roles, as good as was fault-less in any of them; the usually complaint we saw lay with his accent, which did not crop up to be Punjabi during all (dubbing competence have since him some-more authenticity).

Manu Rishi plays Lucky’s most appropriate crony Bangali, as good as Anurag Arora, with his unequivocally loyal Punjabi/Haryanvi lilt is the Special Branch Officer, in office of Lucky. Neetu Chandra, as Lucky’s woman love, is an additional glorious actress. Archana Puransingh, played the shrewish Punjabi house-wife, with all the typically Delhi-ite oily, sincere posturing. Overall, the movie featured an glorious cast.

It is viewable which Banerjee has taken heedfulness with his characters. From the middle-class Dolly (Richa Chaddha), who realises which she is not English-speaking “gentry”, to the assumingly gentrified Mrs. Handa (PuranSingh), any purpose is delicately delineated. The screen-play is plain as good as dialogues apt. Banerjee creates wily digs during Delhi as good as it’s class-consciousness as usually the single informed with the city as good as it’s enlightenment can.

This movie savors nostalgia. It facilities aged melodies, goes utterly retro in the begining with the titles, as good as creates utterly the couple of references to which charismatic 80s icon, Vinod Khanna. With it’s well-drawn characters we can’t assistance feeling for, as good as it’s unequivocally desirable Delhi, Punjabi (you can call it what we want) feel, this movie feels similar to the well-worn as good as much-loved garment; we adhere to it since it reminds we of the city as good as the people we competence have once known. The usually complaint here is which this mantle is thread-bare.

If we favourite this film, we competence additionally similar to :
- Bunty aur Babli
- Ek chaalis ki final local
- Dil pe pad le yaar