Why Luck By Chance is Zoya Akhtar's Finest Film | Video Essay

Zoya Akhtar has as of today notched up 10 directorial credits to her name, which include Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Lust Stories, Gully Boy and Made in Heaven. This video essay looks at her debut feature Luck by Chance and suggests why this bittersweet take on the film industry based primarily out of Mumbai is her best work yet.
Note: I do not own the original footage and it belongs to Excel Entertainment. This video essay is purely for film analysis, informational, and educational purposes. It falls under the transformative bracket where the original source material has been built upon to create a narrative on the merits and worthiness of the film.
This video is not monetised. It classifies under fair use under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976 - which allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as for commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship.
Written by Rehaan Díaz
Edited by Santoshi Pillai
Produced by Electric Cats Films
Executive Producer Jeet Singh Bhatia
Music by Loy-Ehsaan-Shankar | Midival Punditz
Singers - Amit Paul, Mahalakshmi Iyer (Pyaar Ki Dastaan)
Sound Design | Santoshi Pillai
Graphics and Animation | Rehaan Díaz
Luck by Chance
Date of Release: 30 January 2009
Sources: IMDb.com, rottentomatoes.com
Subtitles:
English, Spanish: Rehaan Díaz
German, French, Dutch: Jeet Singh Bhatia
Cast (in order of appearance)
Farhan Akhtar, Isha Sharvani, Sanjay Kapoor, Aly Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Sheeba Chaddha, Konkana Sen Sharma, Aamir Khan, Raju Hirani, Reema Kagti, Saurabh Shukla, Mac Mohan, Hrithik Roshan, Arvind Vaidya, Anurag Kashyap, Ashish Sawhney, Manish Acharya, Ratnesh Kumar Punwani, Nilu Kohli, Vijay Palande, Arjun Mathur, Sid Makkar, Dia Mirza, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Rani Mukerji, John Abraham, Akshaye Khanna, Ranbir Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Boman Irani, Kareena Kapoor, Ronit Roy, Megha Narkar, Ankur Tewari, Rajshree Gupta, Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan.
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[@ishetabhatt4636]

Amazing analysis! Thank you so much :)

[@rehaandiaz]

Glad you liked it Isheta!😇🥰

[@ishetabhatt4636]

@@rehaandiaz I really did! Honestly would love to see more similar stuff :D

[@rehaandiaz]

@@ishetabhatt4636 we have a film video coming up in July but it is not an analysis, it is just like an MTV cross connection

[@ishetabhatt4636]

@@rehaandiaz sounds awesome. looking forward to it 🙌🏼

[@abs40655]

Indeed...this is the only film where Zoya Akhtar cherished. Rest of the films Of her has more impact of other cast and crew.

[@paxss3537]

Recently across this film analysis. Enjoyed the same thoroughly! Good work there Rehaan!

[@rehaandiaz]

Thank you! Glad that you enjoyed it.

[@vishnumohannair8506]

It is also a master class in casting. Isha sharvani who is the star daughter is a genuinely bad actor. Casting her in that role where she needs to be a bad actor was genuinely great casting. Isha by the way is an amazing dancer which is her chosen profession.

[@rinza4833]

great video. dil dhadakne do is my favorite of zoya's but luck by chance is in my opinion her best.

[@firstkaransingh]

Aly Khan is so under appreciated

[@Dhananjuly]

Absolutely

[@pravingatla2500]

The review is as subtle as the film..thank you for bringing back the memories..got to rewatch the film now😄

[@rehaandiaz]

Glad you enjoyed the subtle approach!

[@erenandlelouch9173]

Great and underrated video

[@rehaandiaz]

So happy that you found value in it 🤩

[@erenandlelouch9173]

@@rehaandiaz keep it up

[@harminderbhatti9752]

Am I the only one who found the film’s ending abrupt?

[@JourneyWithin_Tiwo]

Very Well done Rehaan! I Love this movie too.

[@rehaandiaz]

Thank you so much. Yes it is under-rated.

[@SweetSourPickle]

I love this movie, One of my favorites. It's always great to see about the inner workings on Bollywood.

[@rehaandiaz]

excellent movie, good choice!

[@SweetSourPickle]

@@rehaandiaz This should've been Farhan's debut instead of Rock On.

[@rehaandiaz]

Haven't seen that@@SweetSourPickle

[@Dhananjuly]

It's evergreen Masterpiece

[@njavker27]

Good analysis

[@shaivir2895]

I can see Rajkumar hieani in begaining

[@kapoor.konfidence]

Good effort

[@rehaandiaz]

Thank yu!

[@deepakdrn]

Interesting 👍

[@sugureshireddy4590]

In south talent matters a lot. But in Bollywood...😮

[@SuperAbhirocks]

In South also there is a lot of nepotism. Even more than the bollywood.