Dibakar Banerjee’s superchor from Oye Lucky Lucky Oye nonetheless packs a punch

Lucky is a straightforward man who, like many others, had a tough childhood so he desires to make up for all the pieces within the shortest potential time. He desires to earn sufficient respect and cash, however the path he chooses to get there may be an unorthodox one. Dibakar Banerjee’s Lucky is a ‘superchor’ who steals like a clean prison however deep inside, he’s an everyday Delhi boy who will greet his victims with a ‘namaste’ earlier than he loots their belongings.
The 2008 movie Oye Lucky Lucky Oye was a darkish comedy that handled the basic theme of ‘haves vs have-nots’ and the clear divide between their worlds that can’t be bridged, even with monumental quantities of cash. The new India had a darkish aspect that the director explored via a person who understands that the wealthy and well-known haven’t reached there by strolling the straight and the slim.
It was Dibakar’s second movie after Khosla Ka Ghosla and the director, who had displayed his astute understanding of the workings of a middle-class Delhi family in his first movie, polished that understanding even additional and utilized it to particular person characters on this one.

For the uninitiated, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye follows Lucky, a captivating conman who’s unafraid of virtually all the pieces on this world. He comes from a decrease middle-class household however that hasn’t actually stopped him from getting all of the luxuries that he ever wished. So what if he has to steal them? He desires of getting a loving girlfriend, a household that stands by him and dances at his marriage ceremony, even when he has to pay them to take action. But Lucky isn’t all the time fortunate as he’s always on the run from the police. The bane of his existence are the three father-figures (all three performed by a superb Paresh Rawal) who’re the core villains of his life.
At the time when this movie got here out, India was nearly opening as much as multiplex cinema. These had been the movies that labored within the newly-minted multiplex that had been a world other than the single-screen theatres the place solely masala and marquee names labored. Abhay Deol was having a dream run in films which may not have made a lot cash on the field workplace however definitely made a spot in Indian cinema’s historical past. Here, Dibakar utilised Abhay’s endearing persona and made his character impossibly charming. Abhay’s Lucky disarms his victims along with his wit as he steals away their televisions, fridges, jewellery and even pet canine.
Dibakar tried to indicate how the younger boy turns into a hardened prison, ranging from his teenage (the place he’s performed by a convincing Manjot Singh). Usage of gradual movement when Lucky sees one thing that he needs he may have and the theme music that seems when Lucky is experiencing euphoria grow to be the basic markers in Lucky’s character arc.
Abhay Deol performs the infamous Lucky within the movie.
Using the identical actor for 3 totally different characters in a movie was an unconventional transfer for these days however Dibakar pulled it off fairly efficiently. Lucky’s first villain is his father who brings residence an ‘aunty’ that disrupts his residence life. The second one comes within the type of Gogi Bhai, who thinks he can play Lucky like a fiddle however doesn’t realise that Lucky may by no means be a sycophant. And the third, who most likely does probably the most injury to his ego – Mr Handa. Handa is Lucky’s entry into the ‘gentry vale log’ so when he cons Lucky, it cuts deep.
Dibakar Banerjee made the unconventional selection of utilizing the identical actor for 3 distinct roles.
Oye Lucky Lucky Oye is the form of comedy that makes you snort at a funeral scene in probably the most surprising means but when Dibakar digs deep into his protagonist’s psyche as he meets his brother within the mountains, you’re feeling the damage that he’s experiencing.
Ever since its launch, the movie has been broadly celebrated for its music, darkish comedy and performances, and deservedly so. Richa Chadha’s debut as Dolly is sort of outstanding right here. The movie’s dialogues by Manu Rishi (who additionally performed Bangali) within the movie are nonetheless crackling and current a sure form of Delhi that has since been explored in lots of different movies. But at the moment, this was a novelty.
In the years since, Dibakar has directed movies like Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Shanghai, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar and parts of Bombay Talkies, Lust Stories and Ghost Stories however the spunk he confirmed in Oye Lucky Lucky Oye nonetheless packs a punch.