Oye Lucky Lucky Oye Review / Oye lucky Movie Review

Oye Lucky Lucky Oye Review / Oye lucky Movie Review

Review 1 :

Great dialogues and Abhay's performance make this one a cinematic treat

Dibakar Banerjee is no Karan Johar. His films are neither glossy nor are his characters rich, living in Miami condos or upper class Delhi/Mumbai mansions. In fact his films are the exact opposite. Set in the heart of familiar Delhi, they tell stories of human aspirations that sometimes bloom but often rot in these bylanes. And even though Dibakar's characters are not born with the silver spoon, somewhere deep down they dream of the Delhi mansions and lavish lifestyles of Johar's films.

It is this desire that drives them to do the impossible. Papa Khosla in Khosla Ka Ghosla goes ahead and very innocently hands over his hard-earned money to the fraudulent agent just to become a 'South Dilliwale', Lucky in Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! goes about stealing this lifestyle for himself.

Oye Lucky and its little plot

The film, starring Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandraand Paresh Rawal in the lead roles, narrates incidents in the life of a guy who makes a killing out of stealing. It traces his journey from being the gawky 15-year-old lower middle class Old Delhi boy to a master thief capable of stealing almost anything –including a cop's bike from the police station's parking lot.
While most films – however 'realistic' – try to absolve themselves of all responsibility by claiming "any resemblance as purely coincidental" the one starts off suggesting that what we see may just be true. How cool is that!
So we are taken into Lucky's house, where his father Paresh Rawal mistreats his mom and the rest of his family, even as he has a keep under the very same roof. Lucky, with his aspirations and dreams, leaves his father's house to make his own destiny. He sees big cars with power windows and rich pretty girls from rich neighborhoods falling for fancy greeting cards. And it is here perhaps that Lucky forms his worldview – if you don't have it, you steal it.

Review 2:

Oye Lucky Lucky Oye is the story of a Delhi thief - Lucky (Abhay Deol) who is like any ordinary middle-class boy with aspirations to fame and money. He chooses the not-so-legal route of attaining these - stealing. He is however, no ordinary thief; for him, stealing is an art and he enjoys perfecting his art with every 'assignment'. His motto is 'Kamaao to zero, churaao to hero.' The film is about him and his rise from a middle-class boy to one of the most-wanted thieves in Delhi.

Lucky comes from a dysfunctional family where he suffers the rage of his abusive father (Paresh Rawal). He chooses to focus on the lives of the rich kids around him who are blessed with all the material goods you can imagine - money, cars, gadgets etc. In comparison with the depression around him and his friends (who are mostly dropouts, thieves, small-time criminals), the rich life looks far more appealing and Lucky decides to work towards it.

His strong point is his intelligence which he uses to its full impact. He hoodwinks security guards, victims and even the police to reach his goal. He however has the edge as he is a loveable person, so much so, that even the police are fond of him.

As his fame increases, he is approached by Gogi bhai (Paresh Rawal) - a local gang leader who is a bandwallah by day. Thanks to his talent, Lucky becomes his star thief and Gogi becomes a father figure. The people in Gogi's troupe become an important part of Lucky's life, be it the hardened dancer Dolly (Richa Chadda) or her quiet sister - the object of Lucky's affection (Neetu Chandra).

As the film progresses, we see Lucky's heightening aspirations. He wants to lead a dual life, where he has the freedom to steal, but also the ability to live a decent, respectable life that someone of his wealth ordinarily enjoys.

As the makers say themselves, this is only half the story, with the other half trying to figure out why a wealthy thief who has a long list of stolen riches on his name, wants to steal a teddy bear, a greeting card and a family portrait.

The film is directed by Dibakar Banerjee of Khosla ka Ghosla fame, and music is by Sneha Khanwalkar