Product Details

• Actors: Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sensharma, Hrithik Roshan, Isha Sharvani, Rishi Kapoor
• Directors: Zoya Akhtar
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Import, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: Hindi
• Subtitles: English, Arabic, Dutch
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Adlabs
• DVD Release Date: March 30, 2009
• Run Time: 160 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001UEYGU0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,860 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Luck By Chance" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Original Reliance Big Pictures DVD.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrible English Subtitles, April 6, 2009

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Betian (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Luck By Chance (DVD)

I have the 2 disc set from Big Pictures/AdLabs and the DVD is unwatchable with nearly unreadable English subtitles in white. Very disappointing because the movie is wonderful.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must See, June 23, 2010

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Jennifer Hopfinger "bollywoodticket" (Chicago, IL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luck By Chance (DVD)

Everything clicks in Zoya Akhtar's smart directorial debut--setting a standard in a film industry it comes close to lampooning. The ridicule is good-natured, though, even accepting of the way things work in Bollywood, and while the characters represent showbiz clichés, they are subtly rendered--for the most part. And the ones that aren't are ridiculously fun.

Talent runs in Akhtar's family--she's the daughter and granddaughter of poets and screenwriters. She's also the twin sister of filmmaker Farhan Aktar, who had an equally impressive directorial debut with the acclaimed 'Dil Chahta Hai' (2001), which he helmed at the tender age of 27. She cast her brother as the lead in 'Luck By Chance' (on the heels of his promising acting debut in 2008 in the award-winning 'Rock On!!')--and he serves her well here as Vikram, an aspiring actor in Mumbai.

Vikram hardly struggles while pursuing his dream--he lives with his wealthy aunt who lends him money when the allowance he gets from his father isn't enough. His new friend Sona (Konkona Sen Sharma), on the other hand, is on her own. She ran away to become an actress, and she's established a toehold in the business with bit parts. Her big break is imminent, she's convinced, because her married-with-kids director-boyfriend keeps promising her so. Vikram and Sona are surrounded by others at the bottom of the entertainment food chain--a bitter stage actor, a flamboyant gossip columnist, and ambitious production assistants--all green with jealousy over their friends' tiny successes.

Akhtar casts her sharp, critical eye on the top of the hierarchy as well. Even though she and her brother are the beneficiaries of nepotism, that doesn't stop her from poking at fun at how rampant it is in Bollywood. Pretty, vacuous Nikki (Isha Sharvani), the spoiled daughter of famous actress Neena (played by famous actress Dimple Kapadia, whose real-life daughter is actress Twinkle Khanna) is making her debut opposite superstar Zaffar Khan (played by superstar Hrithik Roshan). But Zaffar backs out of the film, to the consternation of the director Rommy Rolly and his wife Minty (played with campy relish by Rishi Kapoor and Juhi Chawla). The film is also full of cameo appearances by actors playing themselves, including Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, John Abraham, Abhishek Bachchan, Akshaye Khanna, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukerji, Dia Mirza, Ranbir Kapoor, and Kareena Kapoor.

Through a sheer accident of fate, Vikram replaces Zaffar in the film--while Sona's hopes of a movie career are dashed.

It's ironic that Sharma, one of the best young actresses in Indian cinema today--and a somewhat unlikely rising star--plays someone who can't break into the business because she has neither connections nor luck. The casting itself makes the strongest comment of all.

- The Bollywood Ticket: The American guide to Indian movies (Subscribe: The Bollywood Ticket)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A movie about Bollywood and its inner shenanigans, December 5, 2009

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Amit Talpade (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luck By Chance (DVD)

I think this movie was Kismet Talkies but was later renamed to Luck By Chance. The film shows us the inner workings of the movie industry from the scripting to the final product. There have been movies about movies and actors but this one I feel is the best. It tells you the story of Vikram Jaisingh ( Farhan Akhtar) who has moved from Delhi to Mumbai to try his luck at movies and his many experiences on the way. It is also the story of a struggling actress Sona played by Konkona Sen Sharma who is waiting for her first big role. Both Vikram and Sona are strugglers and neighbors end up in a romantic relationship. Vikram receives his big break because he is smart and manipulated people accordingly. Sona on the other had is used by people. This movie is not a documentary but a movie that can easily be about real people. The believability factor is high. The writing is simply superb, after a long time I enjoyed a Hindi movie for the script. Some sequences stand out, notably Dimple Kapadia's frustration at her daughter when she refuses to call the now successful Farhan Akhtar,Hrithik and Karan Johar's conversation at a film premiere and the sequence when Shahrukh offers advice to Farhan at a restaurant. The music was pleasing to the years and was puzzled that it has not received any acclaim. In the end what stands out is the direction of Zoya Akhtar with such a promising debut; she has become in my view a highly anticipated director. I want to see what she is going to do in her next movie featuring Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar and Hrithik Roshan. I gave this movie 5 stars120409.