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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