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  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Reliance Big Pictures
  • 2 h 36 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Reliance Big Pictures
  • 2 h 36 m
Luck by Chance

Summary A starlet and a struggler meet while trying to navigate through the Hindi Film Industry and end up changing each other’s lives forever. Lucky by Chance is a slice of film industry life, in which self advancement is the sole motivator. Here, notions of superstition, fate and destiny may underline every decision but it’s the gigantic egos,...

Directed By: Zoya Akhtar

Written By: Javed Akhtar, Athar Nawaaz, Zoya Akhtar

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Reliance Big Pictures
  • 2 h 36 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Reliance Big Pictures
  • 2 h 36 m

Luck by Chance

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary A starlet and a struggler meet while trying to navigate through the Hindi Film Industry and end up changing each other’s lives forever. Lucky by Chance is a slice of film industry life, in which self advancement is the sole motivator. Here, notions of superstition, fate and destiny may underline every decision but it’s the gigantic egos,...

Directed By: Zoya Akhtar

Written By: Javed Akhtar, Athar Nawaaz, Zoya Akhtar

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Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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70
Where "Slumdog," with its signature "It is written" take on fate, implies that things happen because they must, Luck by Chance concludes that we each have a hand in determining our own destiny.
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It is Mr. Akhtar whose understated performance holds together this far-ranging, cameo-filled film.
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50
Remains a fluffy fantasy as trivial as an episode of Entourage.
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Bursting with the usual colorful pop music numbers and lighter-than-a-soap-bubble quandaries, the film is a typical Bollywood entry, not likely to win over many new converts
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Excel Entertainment, Reliance Big Pictures
Release Date Jan 30, 2009
Duration 2 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, India
• 5 Wins & 13 Nominations
Stardust Awards, India
• 5 Nominations
Filmfare Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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