Well I didn’t expect to eat my words so soon…After ranting about the inexplicable ability of Bollywood to churn out crappy movies and still make money, I wasn’t expecting to see a movie that would re- assert my faith in Indian movie makers.

Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Luck by Chance’ really took me by surprise. Funny, entertaining and insightful, the movie had me laughing and wondering about life at the same time. Zoya of course has had an insiders view on the machinations of the movie world for some time and she uses the movie to poke fun, albeit politely, at the A to Zs of Bollywood… Stars of yesteryears and their gullibility to flattery from yore, Star daughters and mamma hens who watch protectively over every little detail of their launch, poor ole’ producers running after stars the age of their sons to beg for dates, Stars and their excuses for dodging movies, struggling actors and their lives, people paying their dues and still not seeing stardom and others getting lucky through the weirdest twists of fate.

Farhan Akhtar and Konkana Sen have done a brilliant job of their acting and the script is well written (Even I couldn’t find a loop hole!). I especially loved the realistic ending. Not a stereo type bollywood ending of happily ever after. J