Luck By Chance

Zoya Akhtar's directorial debut is a refreshing take on behind the curtains look at Bollywood. Luck, By Chance is a crisp tale of wanna be celebrities hitting the road to the tinsel town - small town kids aspiring to be leading men and women and the struggles they face to make it big and survive. A Delhi boy with starry eyes attends acting classes and theatre in the hopes of landing into the film industry. A Bangalore girl is slogging for the perfect break for years. The boy gets lucky and through a series of fortunate events lands up with a big movie break that the girl only dreams of. And with his charming personality he entertains the leading lady and her yesteryear's diva mom, with great panache. The story underpins different layers of film making exploring various characters weaving a movie. Hyperanimated director, megalomaniac superstar, couching cast producers, crossover intelligent kinds - its all there in the great Indian movie tamasha. The feature boils down to making compromises and living with the choices that one makes. Vikram finds whatever he aims for, loosing everything en route.