Dibakar Banerjee’s debut movie, the impressive social satire Khosla Ke Ghosla was a harbinger of a lot of positive thoughts in the minds of cine-goers; with his second feature Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! he certainly hasn’t disappointed those looking forward to it. Starring Abhay Deol, the leading protagonist of a number of good non-mainstream Hindi movies of recent times, Oye Lucky… is another refreshing satire and a comedy of human manners and hypocrisies. The movie, apparently based on real events, is on about a thief whose daredevil acts of thievery relied on tremendous self-confidence, ice-cool nerves and human engineering, rather than on elaborate planning and heists. The most interesting aspect about the movie, in fact was in Paresh Rawal’s enacting of three separate characters with absolutely distinct personalities with effortless panache. The director surely knows his movies, as was evident from his subtle allusions to the world of cinema – the ode to the unforgettable ‘Joe Pesci moment’ in Goodfellas was quite well achieved. In the last third the movie seemed to be loosing its way a bit, especially from the humour standpoint, thus slightly undoing the hilarious opening acts. However, that said, it still managed to be quite an enjoyable and fun watch.
Director: Dibakar Banerjee
Genre: Comedy/Social Satire
Language: Hindi
Country: India
