Yesterday I watched the Sanjay Dutt and Imran Khan starrer Luck on DVD. Today I feel like writing to the makers of the movie to demand my Rs 50 back.
The basic premise of the movie is that some of us – the lucky ones – are born with more luck than the rest. Some of us are just more darn lucky (like the protagonists of the movie who come from filmy families). Imran Khan is one of those lucky characters in the movie, along with Shruti Hassan, Mithunda, Rakhi Sawant’s big bro Ravi Kishen and the dwarf from Chak De India. Sanjay Dutt and Danny Danzeogpa play characters who bet on luck. They get all of these people together in South Africa and make them do tasks that are watched live by people all around the world who are betting on the luck of the chosen few.
Innovative concept, yes. Executed well, no. Pre-interval, the movie is an overburden of clichés with everything from money to revenge as the motivation for people to get into this deadly game. And post-interval, the movie starts becoming a rip-off of MTV Roadies. Sanju baba becomes Raghu Ram, Danny becomes Ranvijay and the rest becomes roadies. In Roadies, the contestants performed tasks to earn immunity; in Luck they carry out death-defying tasks to literally stay alive.
As we are subjected to a couple of seemingly daredevil (but actually stupid) tasks and a hilariously ludicrous climax, we keep hearing philosophical dialogues from the actors. Every actor gets his fair share of philosophy to blurt out. Of course the best ones come from Dutt and the worst from Brother Sawant. The best thing about the movie is that after numerous clichés, convenient twists and turns (like the leading lady’s double role and the leading lad’s right-sided heart) it does chug to an end.
Performance-wise, nothing wise to report. Dutt is in his usual bhai avatar, Imran tries – and fails – once again to be non-chocolaty, but my heart goes out to Shruti Hassan. She should have probably opted for a better debut. Neither the role, nor the bikini does her any justice.
Finally, I doubt if the movie would prove to be lucky for anyone involved with it, thus throwing its premise out of the window. Moral: Not even the best of good luck is useful without talent and sensibilities.
However, I do recommend the movie. Watch Luck for one reason: Such harrowing experiences make us appreciate the better things in life. On the same lines, a few other recommendations are ‘contemporary classics’ like Kambakht Ishq, Tashan and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.
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