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Directed by | Zoya Akhtar |
Produced by |
Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani |
Story by | Zoya Akhtar |
Starring |
Farhan Akhtar Konkona Sen Sharma Alyy Khan Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Juhi Chawla Isha Sharvani Hrithik Roshan Sanjay Kapoor |
Music by | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
Cinematography | Carlos Catalan |
Edited by | Anand Subaya |
Distributed by |
Excel Entertainment Big Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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156 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹15 crore (US$2.2 million) |
Box office | ₹19.5 crore (US$2.9 million) |
Luck by Chance is a 2009 Indian drama film written and directed by Zoya Akhtar. Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, it stars Farhan Akhtar and Konkana Sen Sharma in the lead roles. Rishi Kapoor, Alyy Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Juhi Chawla, Hrithik Roshan, Isha Sharvani, and Sanjay Kapoor feature in the supporting roles. Guest stars and industry folk starring as themselves included Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Karan Johar, Manish Malhotra, Ranbir Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Akshaye Khanna, John Abraham, Rani Mukherjee, and Aamir Khan in seamless cameos.
The film is about the journey of an actor who arrives in Mumbai to become a movie star. How he finds himself riding his fortune to becoming one, while struggling to sustain his relationships, forms the story. The film was released on 30 January 2009, supported by positive reviews from critics, but was an average film at the box office.
Young actor Vikram Jaisingh (Farhan Akhtar) arrives in Mumbai to make it as a Bollywood film star with the help of Abhimanyu (Arjun Mathur), an actor friend from his hometown, and their mutual friend Sameer, who works in a studio props department.