Luck By Chance completes 10 years: Zoya Akhtar's directorial debut proves why she is not an incidental filmmaker
5 years, 11 months ago

Luck By Chance completes 10 years: Zoya Akhtar's directorial debut proves why she is not an incidental filmmaker

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Zoya Akhtar is no filmmaker by chance. Luck By Chance, that completes 10 years on 30 January, reflects the dichotomy that dictates Zoya’s career. Zoya could have easily fallen prey to the trappings of making a championing Bollywood film like her cousin Farah Khan. Zoya’s Luck By Chance is strictly an insider’s take on the industry and does not spare any character from its analytical lens. This dichotomy is what makes the frame ‘glamorous’, strictly by Zoya Akhtar standards.

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Luck By Chance, frantic buzz of film sets, and Mumbai film industry in all its grimy glamour
3 years, 6 months ago

Luck By Chance, frantic buzz of film sets, and Mumbai film industry in all its grimy glamour

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Last year, when the country and the world shut down, my connection to all things Bollywood — movie dates, gossip sessions with friends, and interviews with actors — became virtual. * My first experience of being on a film shoot involved Govinda and Sanjay Dutt dressed in matching pastel dungarees, a tape of Sudesh Bhosle and Sonu Nigam singing ‘I …

Zoya Akhtar's Luck by Chance has the most nuanced take on Bollywood's outsider vs insider debate
4 years, 5 months ago

Zoya Akhtar's Luck by Chance has the most nuanced take on Bollywood's outsider vs insider debate

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One of the biggest achievements of Luck by Chance is the way it depicts nepotism in the film industry, probably the only mainstream Hindi movie to do so. In another scene from the film, during the of launch Niki Walia, daughter of yesteryear superstar Nina Walia, Niki tells the media, “I never thought I’d become an actress. Niki Walia gets …

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