REVIEW: Sayali Bhagat's Good Luck

...and we wish the cast and crew of the film the same

Good Luck is a copy of the 2006 Lindsay Lohan film, Just My Luck. It has everything that the Hollywood film had to offer and more. Right from the 'soap suds' scene to the girl working in a bowling alley-cum-restaurant, the filmmakers have copied it all. Do we need to say more? Let us also add that it's an extremely BAD remake. This more or less sums up this Aditya Datt film.

But then you may ask 'Why is it BAD?' Well, let's see…

1. The so-called lead actors can't act.

2. They can't even dance.

3. The songs are pathetic (one actually goes… Gimme a kiss…ooo Miss…de de chum-ma)

4. A very confused climax which is so-not-funny.

5. Sayali Bhagat is really not that pretty.

6. Just one raunchy number (c'mon after Aashiq Banaya Aapne from the same director we expected more of that if nothing else)

Just why should one go for this movie?

That was the question we asked the hero Aryemaan (who was also there for the screening) right before the movie started. "A great climax, me and good actors!" was the answer we got.

So Aryemaan here's what we thought of the three 'strong points' of the film:

The Great Climax

Remember Andaz Apna Apna? Or Priyadarshan's Hungama for that matter? Remember the way there was this 'too many people running after something' and completely chaotic climax scenes?

Well, here they tried to recreate a chaotic environment of that sort. In parts it was amusing. And some may find it funny too. After all, girls kissing girls and boys kissing boys may look funny at times. But then too much of anything can get boring. The very same thing happens here. The entire episode is stretched beyond belief…watching it you might feel you're going to snap.

Had the entire sequence been chopped, cut and trimmed a little more, it wouldn't have turned out all that inane. But then again chances are as a viewer you might not be around to see the climax at all.

Aryemaan

It was amazing how he maintained the same expression throughout the movie. Maintaining the same droopy eyes and a vague kind of 'I-am-so-lost' expression is definitely not a matter of joke.

But on the flipside, Aryemaan turned out to be better than the female lead Sayali Bhagat (that's not saying much though, considering even Tuffy, the dog was better than her in Hum Aapke Hain Kaun).

He would probably do well as a villain's sidekick in a masala Bollywood film.

Good actors

At least this was a valid point. Barring the main lead actors and a few here and there, the others were actually good. Lucky Ali, playing the role of the successful entrepreneur was tolerable. Ranvir Shorey, as the gigolo was convincing. Though why he had to act in such a movie somewhat eluded us.

Archana Puran Singh with her antics suited the role of the funny fortune-teller. She has by now perfected the art of playing the funny, elderly woman. And the one who was actually funny was Mushtaq Khan playing Lucky Ali's secretary in the film.

As for the movie in general, as we've already said, it's a waste. The lucky kiss was probably the only USP of the film and even they were disastrously boring. The only somewhat interesting kiss was perhaps the one between Ranvir Shorey and Sharat Saxena.

This is not what one would expect from the director of Aashiq Banaya Aapne. And hey, wasn't Sayali supposed to be hot and sexy? Except for one number where she rolls in sand and bathes in water, nothing else was remotely sexy. And even in that, the hero Aryemaan somewhat looked hotter. You can't really tell who's hot in a fight between a stalactite and stalagmite, now can you?

Verdict

If you haven't watched Just My Luck, watch it on DVD this weekend. It's a good film. And if you have, watch it again rather than wasting time and money on this one.

Rating

1/5 (That's for the non-lead actors who tried…really)