Articles for Luck By Chance

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

Firstpost  

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 …

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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

Firstpost  

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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From Once Upon A Time In Hollywood to Luck By Chance, why we love watching films about the movies
5 years, 4 months ago

From Once Upon A Time In Hollywood to Luck By Chance, why we love watching films about the movies

Firstpost  

There are movies, and then there are movies about the movies. Paresh Mokashi’s Marathi biopic on Dadasaheb Phalke, Harishchandrachi Factory tells the tale of how India’s first film got made way back in 1913. It is almost like an indulgent parent saying, “Hey, this one is a mess but she is my mess, and I love her all the same.” …

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Gully Boy steers clear of 'posh people angst' but also sacrifices Zoya Akhtar's signature satirical humour
5 years, 10 months ago

Gully Boy steers clear of 'posh people angst' but also sacrifices Zoya Akhtar's signature satirical humour

Firstpost  

A black cloud that has always followed filmmaker Zoya Akhtar is the allegation that she makes films about rich people and their struggles. The 20-minute short set the tone for Gully Boy, her recent full-length feature on the underground rap scene in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum. All these creative decisions have presumably turned Gully Boy from an exploitative exhibition of ‘poverty …

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Nailing a song like Zoya Akhtar
5 years, 11 months ago

Nailing a song like Zoya Akhtar

Live Mint  

Two out of the four feature films Zoya Akhtar has directed are joyful, lyrical dissections of the emotional dysfunction of affluent, urban under-40s. In a phone interview while she was “snowed under the post-production” of Gully Boy, Akhtar makes a compelling case for the current status of the Bollywood song: “It is a part of us, film-makers and audiences; what …

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