Cast: SanjayDutt, Imran Khan, Shruti Haasan, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny, Ravi Kissenand Chitrashi Rawat; Director: Soham Shah
Mafia king pin Kareem Musa (Sanjay Dutt) takes the game of bettingto an altogether different level by involving humans as betting objectswho are made to fight their own luck to survive. Every year his trustedaide Tamang (Danny) assembles for him in South Africa, 20 participantshandpicked from across the globe who have a proven record of extremeluck. Betters across the globe put their money on them through Musa’ssyndicate.
During the new season, amongst the participants are Ram(Imran) a white collar job youth who is hell bent on earning big moneyto compensate the huge fraud his scamster father was reason for, Ayesha(Shruti) who has her own personal agenda, Retd. Col Singh (Mithun) whodesperately needs money for his wife’s operation, Shortcut (Chitrashi)a Pakistani camel racer girl who dreams of buying a Lexus with theprize money and Raghav (Ravi Kissen) a serial murderer. What happensafter these participants are put into extremely dangerous life takinggames of luck and who manages to win the big jackpot amongst them formsthe rest of the film.
Luck begins with an exciting openingsequence that gets your heart in your mouth watching a blindfolded Duttcross the multiple railway lines with trains running around in fastspeed. Soham Shah shows tremendous progress as a technician with Luck.He succeeds in getting you all hooked throughout the first half.However, in the second half the pacing drops in between but then picksup yet again towards the pre-climax. Soham and Rensil D’Silva’sscreenplay strikes the perfect balance between a slick action thrillerand a mass entertainer. Dialogues are citeee worthy at places. The filmmay have its share of criticizers who need to understand that it’s adifferent genre altogether and that it should not judged with the sameparameters of a realistic film or a feel good entertainer. Luck is edgystuff. Soham also scores big points in his casting of the veterans. Itis almost after 20 years that the trio of Dutt-Mithun and Danny hascome together for any film. They were last cast together in Jeete HainShaan Se (1988). However, the climax could have been more effectivelyshot and culmination slightly less over the top. Editing and Cameraworkis excellent. Salim-Suleiman’s music is racy and goes perfectly withthe film. Amar Mohile’s background score is effective. Hari Dwarak’ssound design is excellent.
Amongst the actors, sadly the youngbrigade disappoints whereas the veterans shine big time. Imran Khanthough earnest, is most of the times expressionless. Kamal Haasan’sdaughter Shruti Haasan has a striking screen presence but needs a crashcourse in dialogue delivery. Sanjay Dutt has achieved a mastery ofsorts of playing the big hearted ‘bhai’ and here too he is in his safezone. Dutt appears super chilled out and enjoying himself. MithunChakraborty is extremely impressive. Danny is a scene stealer in manysequences. It is great to see the veteran actor back in top form in avery meaty role. Ravi Kissen is terrific. Chitrashi Rawat is good.Snita Mahey playing Dutt’s team member is super hot.
Luck is afeast for adrenaline pumping edge of the seat cinema lovers. It is oneof the slickest action thrillers to hit Indian screens. Action fansshould not miss it.