Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
The first thing that came to my mind while I watched this movie is that Abhay Deol is the best of all Deols, even if he is not from the original family. Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! is in simple words is Dibakar Banerjee’s style, i.e. it is based in Delhi, is extremely funny and realistic. And I say this even though it is Banerjee’s second film after Khosla Ka Ghosla.
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! is a movie about Lucky Singh, the ‘matric pass’ genius born in the lower-middle class streets of Dilli whose charisma and cunning helped him to simply walk into people’s homes, pick stuff up and take it out, with not so much as a bead of sweat. He was a cat burglar, a car booster and a con man. His fascination with the living style of the rich and association with ‘bigde hue’ friends who would call him from the window shouting “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!” soon transformed him into a handsome, soft spoken, risk taking thief.
The film follows his life as he moves from his home to escape the chaos in his family, as his father (Paresh Rawal) started living with an Auntyji. He moves to the streets so the police cant track him, and starts working for Gogi Bhai (again, Paresh Rawal). Soon his fame spreads across the Delhi underworld and he starts working for himself, once even targeting a journalist just to see his name in a newsaper. Soon, he meets Dr Handa (and again, Paresh Rawal), an honest doctor who soon recognises what Lucky really is and uses him to raise capital for a restaurant. In between all this he pursues Sonal (Neetu Chandra), sister of colleague and dancer Dolly. Sonal is a normal Delhi chick doing BCom from DU. She resists him at first but his charm comes in handy again.
Abhay Deol carries his character satisfactorily, but the person who really has outdone himself is Paresh Rawal. Three different characters and three different personalities. You would not recognise one role from the other, from Lucky’s father (honest, loud, ashamed of his son), Gogi Bhai (Underworld gangster who later becomes a politician) to Dr Handa (educated, dignified and family man). Archana Puran Singh also is perfect as Mrs Handa.
This movie is worth watching by all, as it contains a funny moment in every nook and cranny of the film, albeit that sometimes you have to look for it. But when you do find it, it sure is rewarding. Another reason I liked it was that I could connect to it having lived in Delhi for quite some time. The way a Delhi policeman talks, the way a goonda boy acts, all minute details about Delhi have been accurately reproduced here. Some people do have problems with the morality it portarys, but what the heck, I dont care. This film entertains, and is worth keeping in a DVD.
Posted by akashgupta88 
