Now
here's
a
chor
who
robs
just
about
everything
car,
TV,
music
system,
crockery,
artefacts,
furniture,
even
dry
fruits,
also
a
pomeranian.
Whatever
he
can
lay
his
hands
on.
Dibakar
Banerjee's
Oye
Lucky!
Lucky
Oye!
is,
reportedly,
straight
out
of
real
life.
A
conman
who
gave
sleepless
nights
to
many
a
cop
in
Delhi.
A
couple
of
summers
ago,
Shaad
Ali's
Bunty
Aur
Babli
focussed
on
two
thieves,
who
went
on
a
robbing
spree,
sporting
a
different
guise
every
time
they
played
the
con
game.
Oye
Lucky!
Lucky
Oye!
traces
the
journey
of
a
teenager
who
grew
up
in
one
of
those
crowded
bylanes
of
Delhi
and
slowly
and
gradually
took
to
the
world
of
crime.
Set
in
Delhi,
like
Dibakar's
debut
vehicle
Khosla
Ka
Ghosla,
Oye
Lucky!
Lucky
Oye!
has
its
heart
in
the
right
place
and
that's
made
abundantly
clear
15
minutes
into
the
film.
But
the
problem
is
its
waferthin
storyline.
Things
get
repetitive
after
a
point.
It
tells
the
story
of
Lucky
[Abhay
Singh],
whose
modus
operandi
is
to
outsmart
people,
chowkidars
and
policemen
with
his
sharp
mind
and
wit.
He
is
an
aspiring
individual
who
loves
the
good
things
in
life
and
is
generally
enamoured
by
the
lifestyles
of
the
rich
and
affluent
Delhi
families.
Oye
Lucky!
Lucky
Oye!
traces
Lucky's
journey
from
a
middle
class
boy
to
a
popular
thief.
Oye
Lucky!
Lucky
Oye!
starts
off
really
well.
The
teenage
years
of
Lucky,
his
relationship
with
his
father,
his
first
crush,
his
friends…
the
seeds
are
sown
rightly.
But
once
Lucky
starts
committing
one
crime
after
another,
the
story
stagnates.
There's
no
dramatic
twist
in
the
tale
and
that
is
its
biggest
flaw.
Gangster
films
with
Mumbai
flavour
are
restricted
to
Mumbai/Maharashtra
mainly.
Similarly,
a
film
like
Oye
Lucky!
Lucky
Oye!
has
its
share
of
limitations
because
you
can't
expect
the
film
to
find
universal
acceptance
due
to
its
Delhi-centric
theme
and
flavour.
Despite
the
shortcomings,
there's
no
denying
that
Dibakar
Banerjee
is
a
director
with
potential.
He
has
been
faithful
to
the
material,
making
the
goings-on
look
believable.
There's
not
much
scope
for
music
in
the
film,
although
Dibakar
should've
played
the
title
track
at
all
significant
points
throughout
the
film.
Abhay
Deol
excels
in
a
role
that
offers
him
ample
scope
to
display
histrionics.
From
a
gawky
youngster
in
SOCHA
NA
THA
to
a
conman
in
Oye
Lucky!
Lucky
Oye!,
Abhay
has
only
evolved
with
the
passage
of
time.
Paresh
Rawal
is
magnificent
yet
again.
He
gets
to
portray
three
diverse
roles
and
he
lives
up
to
the
demands
of
the
script.
He's
terrific
as
the
shrewd
and
calculating
doctor.
Neetu
Chandra
makes
her
presence
felt
in
an
enterprise
that
doesn't
really
belong
to
her.
Archana
Puransingh
is
fantastic
and
compliments
Paresh
beautifully.
The
actor
enacting
the
role
of
Abhay's
friend
is
competent.
On
the
whole,
Oye
Lucky!
Lucky
Oye!
is
a
well-executed
enterprise,
which
has
its
share
of
limitations.
At
the
box-office,
the
film
caters
to
the
Northern
audience
mainly
Delhi
and
Punjab
specifically.
Besides
North,
the
plexes
in
Mumbai
should
fare
slightly
better.