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
4 comments:
i luved this film...da first 20 mins with the young sardar n his first love is a classic short film by itself...no wonder dat young surd won critics choice best actor of da yr...
I agree, he was really good in that role...
Dibaker Banerjee is a brilliant director. I feel his first feature, Khosla Ka Ghosla, was very under-appreciated in India. Not surprising, eh? ;-)
Well, Khosla Ke Ghosla wasn't really made for the masses, so BO results wouldn't be the correct thing to gauge the movie's success by. It was intended to be viewed by the educated middle class - people who would be able to grasp the underlying satires, and I believe it was well appreciated by them. And yes, Dibakar Banerjee is indeed a very promising director.
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