After raising expectations with his debut directorial venture ‘Khosla ka Ghosla’, Dibakar Banerjee’s latest release “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!” is definitely not the best of his work. “Oye Lucky!...” begins by showing a teenage Lucky Singh (Manjot Singh) 
who hails from a lower middle class family living in the by lanes of Old Delhi. His father (Paresh Rawal) has a mistress and is not keen in supporting his family financially, so Lucky looks for alternative routes to the luxuries of life. He becomes a small time thief and starts pinching anything and everything he can lay his hands on. Soon, the grown-up Lucky (Abhay Deol) starts robbing for Gogi Bhai (Paresh Rawal again), falls in love with Sonal (Neetu Chandra), then suddenly wants to give up crime and settle down with his girlfriend. Then he comes in contact with Dr Handa (Paresh Rawal once more!) who cajoles him into his dream project.
The subject of a thief’s life drags and the director leaves many questions unanswered. In the beginning, his modus operandi is intriguing as he steals with style but soon it becomes too repetitive to be believable. Post interval, the movie loses its pace leaving only the beginning and end worth watching.
Abhay Deol, being the underrated Deol that he is, steals the show yet again and his performance is commendable. Paresh Rawal, is good and does justice to all three characters but the need for that triple role is incomprehensible! Manjot Singh as the young Lucky deserves a special mention. Dibakar yet again manages to depict the real Delhi, which most of the Delhiites can identify with and thankfully the humour is mostly situational and not forced, unlike what one gets to see in comedies these days. Watch the movie only for Abhay Deol.....Continue
who hails from a lower middle class family living in the by lanes of Old Delhi. His father (Paresh Rawal) has a mistress and is not keen in supporting his family financially, so Lucky looks for alternative routes to the luxuries of life. He becomes a small time thief and starts pinching anything and everything he can lay his hands on. Soon, the grown-up Lucky (Abhay Deol) starts robbing for Gogi Bhai (Paresh Rawal again), falls in love with Sonal (Neetu Chandra), then suddenly wants to give up crime and settle down with his girlfriend. Then he comes in contact with Dr Handa (Paresh Rawal once more!) who cajoles him into his dream project.The subject of a thief’s life drags and the director leaves many questions unanswered. In the beginning, his modus operandi is intriguing as he steals with style but soon it becomes too repetitive to be believable. Post interval, the movie loses its pace leaving only the beginning and end worth watching.
Abhay Deol, being the underrated Deol that he is, steals the show yet again and his performance is commendable. Paresh Rawal, is good and does justice to all three characters but the need for that triple role is incomprehensible! Manjot Singh as the young Lucky deserves a special mention. Dibakar yet again manages to depict the real Delhi, which most of the Delhiites can identify with and thankfully the humour is mostly situational and not forced, unlike what one gets to see in comedies these days. Watch the movie only for Abhay Deol.....Continue
