Y(L)uck!

The only reason why I ended up watching "Luck" was because I was taking a road trip in a bus, and I was not sleepy enough! I "had to" watch the movie that was being screened to keep myself from getting bored to death in the 8 hr journey.

Well, the film didn't quite last the entire time but it might as well have since it was so entertaining! Before you jump to wrong conclusions, I mean that it's entertainment value lies in the fact that it was completely brainless, absolutely silly, and just enough to keep you engaged to see what stupid thing comes next. If I were to review it professionally, I wouldn't dare give it more than 2 out of 10!

The basic plot involves a Mafia boss Karim Moosa (Sanjay Dutt) recruiting "lucky" people from all over the world with the help of his 'right-hand-man' Tamaang (Danny Denzongpa). The idea is to engage these poor, needy folks in a series of life-threatening tasks and make money from bets placed by rich idiots globally. The chosen lucky ones include heavily-in-debt Ram Mehra (Imran Khan), "badla"-seeking Ayesha/Natasha (Shruti Hassan), terminal-wife-to-save Major Jawar Pratap Singh (Mithun Chakraborty), escaped-from-death-row serial killer Raghav (Ravi Kishen), sold-by-parents Shortcut (Chitrashi Rawat), and other firang dudes and dudettes.

From day one it is a game with the basic principle of "survival of the luckiest". Everyday is a matter of life and death...only the luckiest can survive until the end! Each game is more stupid than the previous. There are guns held to each other's head while everyone stands in a circle, there are parachutes, sharks and burning trains. Jaise purane filmo mein bolte they.."aap ko dava ki nahi dua ki jaroorat hain"...waise isme sabko "luck ki jaroorat hain". In addition, there is also a "the script definitely didn't demand it" bikini scene with Shruti Hassan...it is a pathetic attempt to add some oomph value!

However, the last scene takes the cake for me...here's how it goes (sorry for the spoiler but I couldn't resist the temptation! :D)

Imran Khan is the last man standing ("koi shaque" ;) ). He challenges Sanjay Dutt to a shooting game. Each one has a gun with a single bullet. Both fire simultaneously...the luckiest one will survive. As luck would have it, both hit the mark and for a moment one begins to think that both of their "lucks" gave out. However, Moosa survives with the bullet hitting his arm and as far as Ram is concerned.......

wait for it.....

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he survives because his heart is not where it was supposed to be! It is on the right side instead of the left! It was hillarious to hear the doctor say it, and more hillarious to see the bewilderment on Imran Khan's face! Damn...he found this out after more than 20-25 yrs of his life...kya maa-baap kabhi usko doctor ke paas nahi leke gaye?

To add to this silliness, the "Aazma luck" track plays in the background all through the movie. Listening between the lines, it might actually mean "aazma patience aur sahanshakti" to the audience.

"Luck" is supposed to be an action flick but the action scenes lack "dum". The action sequences seem like poor rip-offs from Hollywood movies! The dialogues are cheesy and don't make much of an impact. I would have personally appreciated if they didn't bother to include any songs...just a good background score would have sufficed!

As far as the performances are concerned, Sanjay Dutt and Danny "puck"au you with their endless banter about luck and how Sanju baba is the luckiest dude ever! In my honest opinion, Imran Khan should stick to romantic, chocolate-boy roles...action doesn't quite suit him. Else his luck might give up on him and he might end up as a "one film wonder". Shruti Hassan didn't get a good launchpad as one would have thought about for Kamal Hassan's daughter. She has a lot of work to do as far as her acting and dialogue delivery is concerned. Mithunda is "than"da with cheesy lines like "koi shaque". Ravi Kishen and Chitrashi Rawat have done pretty well in their characters.

All in all, you better duck, because "Luck" sucks, is not worth the buck, and is full of muck...LOL!