Cast : Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Neetu Chandra, Manu RishiDirector: Dibakar Banerjee
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala
Music : Sneha Khanwalkar
Writer : Urmi Juvekar , Dibakar Banerjee
The Movie : Oye Lucky ... works perfectly as a simple story of a young boy (Abhay Deol) who is driven to crime not because he is hungry, poor, starving.... Instead, he drives off with a Merc, steals a music system, walks off with a laptop, unplugs a TV from an upmarket house, all with impunity, only because he wants the good life and believes everyone has a right to fine living. Dig deeper and you'll find there's a disturbed childhood behind his moral ambivalence. Lucky's dad (Paresh Rawal) had a passion for beating him up and denying him any and everything, even as he brought a shrewish `auntyji' in the house to replace his mummyji.
Nothing wrong with that, since almost all of Bollywood's memorable heroes have been anti-heroes. But sadda Lucky is truly Lucky; he doesn't have to get into the reformation babble at the end nor pay for his crimes. But then, cinema isn't into the business of morality, is it?
The film traces Lucky's trapeze into the life of crime from his teenage days, when he viewed the high life of the quintessential South Delhiite, from behind frosty glass panes. He asked his dad for a scooter and when he was refused, he simply drove off with a motorbike from a garage to take his girl friend pillion riding! And before you can say chor chor , an adult Lucky is well-entrenched in the business of stealing, with wheeler dealer Gogi bhai (Paresh Rawal, again). Soon, he's buying toasters for his girlfriend's mom, refurnishing her house and starting a restaurant with a vet-turned-conman (Rawal, in his third act) and his scheming wife (Archana Puran Singh). Where are the cops, did you say?
The highlight of the film are its performances, its elegant humour and its authentic backdrop. Obviously, Dibakar knows Delhi, complete with its underbelly and recreates the class divide with great artistry. While Paresh Rawal is always a treat to watch, Abhay Deol proves once again he's the Deol with a Difference. Watch him conduct his heists with a gentlemanly grace and you'll understand why he's becoming a permanent fixture in the current new wave cinema.
Well, around, ambling, rambling in this chuckle-a-minute comedy that has ostensibly been `inspired' by the exploits of Superchor Bunty, recently arrested by the Delhi Police with his strange loot which included 200 shirts.
