ashish sood A story of a talented, hardworking yet smart guy named Vikram(Farhan Akhtar) who comes to Mumbai and dreams of making big in B-town, where Vikram has to struggle a lot as he comes to terms among harsh realities where people treat strugglers & newcomers as minnows and somehow Vikram fits himself and adjusts well with his sweet and charming ways that might not be pleasing but still you feel sympathetic for him. I will like to praise FARHAN AKHTAR for carrying this role with such ease bcoz its not easy to get audiences on your side while you are playing a negative character. The story reveals plots that goes in the making of a Hindi flick like Hollywood inspiring stuff, hard work and abuses that assistants generally go through, starry tantrums, how people of film industry try to get their friends and relatives involved in B-town ignoring new talent to maximum limit and how shitty stuff comes along the way while a commercial project is down the line. Hrithik is fantastic in supporting cast as he plays a big-star who somehow betrays a filmmaker(Rishi Kapoor), who is responsible for Hrithik's starry status and Rishi Kapoor gives one of the revolutionary performance of his career that never got the kind of attention that it deserved as he carries various emotional, formal and professional moments with greats expressions and confidence. By the way, don't miss the guest appearances of many big stars in the movie and Shahrukh Khan giving a memorable Quote that I believe is the one of the best scene that Srk has ever shot. Other Great moments of the movie include the love debutant Director Zoya Akhtar has for bollywood, what kind of insensitive moral values the stars generally have, more importantly how the Luck factor that comes from nowhere in between…MY RATING: 8/10

paul2001sw-1 A satire about Bollywood, and the struggle that young talent has in a nepotistic world, certainly sounds intriguing. But when the talent is mainly defined by beauty and ambition, it's hard to feel too sympathetic, particularly over the full course of what is a decidedly long film. In fact, satire is too strong a word here: although the inanity of Bollywood plots are gently ridiculed, the movie includes some song and dance sequences of its own (disguised as belonging to films within the film); and the eventual ending celebrates a character who fails to become a star, but nonetheless enjoys success as a leading television actress. Fundamentally, this not a story about real failure at any level, not one character is poor and not one young character is ugly, or indeed, even ordinary looking. A harsher, funnier tale might have been told.

tarunminj sometimes bollywood movies are lost in the complicated story plots or the same generic themes or the stereotypes .... no over drama in terms of presentation ..each and every character were well portrayed in a simple and honest fashion .. talking about fashion ...since "fashion" this is another award deserving performance (for konkana) ...well for fashion priyanaka and kangana both deserved awards ... i can see the potential here ...all depends on the movies to come this year ... but the simplicity of the characters are really creditable i hope juries recognizes that ... the point being is it does not have to be a strong character that actor can ply but the sincerity in which role the actor plays ... so kudos to farhan and konkana ... u rock babe!!!

namashi_1 Zoya Akhtar's 2009 flick 'Luck By Chance' is a fantastic watch. A film that shows Bollywood like no other film has done yet. A film that entertains you from start to end. Zoya makes a film of a lifetime. I still wonder how did this film bomb at the box office!Performances: Rishi Kapoor is a veteran actor, his performance here is outstanding as the Punjabi Producer who does everything what his Astrologer says. Dimple Kapadia is superb, as ever. Juhi Chawla's cameo is good. Sanjay Kapoor is fantastic as the failed actor-turned-director. Farhan Akhtar doesn't look like a hero, I wonder how he gets films which he doesn't deserve at all. Konkona Sen Sharma is natural. Hritihik looks disinterested in a extended cameo. Ali Khan is good. Many actors make cameos in the film, but only Shahrukh and surprisingly Anurag Kashyap's leave an impact.Luck By Chance deserves a watch.