Luck by Chance

Time for a new post. This had been long overdue, and I planned to post a review of DevD on the Blog. But, I have not been able to watch the movie till now. So I decided to post my views on "Luck by Chance", for the time being.

The still image in the blog shows Farhan Akhtar facing someone headon. His face looks a bit nervous, but his eyes are confident and hardened jaws speak of his determination. Who is he facing? He is facing himself in a mirror!

As the story goes, Farhan playing the character of Vikram Jaisingh arrives at Mumbai to fullfill his ambition of becoming a Superstar, soon after passing out from an Acting Institute. Vikram started staying at his aunt's place. Knowing none in Mumbai apart from a couple of friends, Vikram seeks their help to get a break in movies. One of them, is an assistant director in the Bhatt productions while the other a theatre actor.

After some initial share of frustation, Vikram soon discovers that the way to achieving one's goal is not solely effort and luck, but one needs a X-factor, called intelligent manipulation. More importantly he realises that if one has to succeed, he has to depend on himself and not others. And so Vikram, through a series of clever manipulation, uses people around him as ladder and keeps rising. He arrives at his first ever audition, where he finds hundreds of aspirants like him waiting for their chance. A visibly nervous Farhan, goes to the bathroom, splashes some water on this face and gazes straight into the mirror ... his eyes reassuring and determined.

Vikram goes on to play the lead role in his first movie. He takes all right and wrong means to achieve stardom and achieves it fast. He uses his manupulative skills and gift of gab to make new friends, whom he would use as his stepping stone, and fast discarded the used ones - friends and girlfriends.

Vikram never cared for what he loses or gains, till one day he meets a legend in the industry. The Megastar told him a truth of life ... that it's not "Luck" to become "somebody"; but its surely more than luck to have somebody by yourside when you are a "Nobody". And no matter where one goes, or what one achieves, one should never lose those who were around, when not many were there!

I won't spoil the climax, but the movie throws before us the realities of todays rat race life, when everyone is racing to become somebody through talent, luck, effort and manipulations. Some achieves, most do not. But in this race we cannot miss out those who were there for us, selflessly.

Adieu!