Rediff
Abhay Deol has a penchant for off-beat roles in equally off-beat films (remember Manorama Six Feet Under, Ek Chalis Ki Last Local?).This time around the actor is playing a thief Bunty alias Devendra who gave the Delhi Police sleepless nights in his latest film, Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye.The film, which is based on the real-life story of a thief called Bunty, also stars Paresh Rawal, who for the first time will play a triple role. Dibakar Banerjee (of Khosla Ka Ghosla fame) has directed the movie.The real Bunty led a very colourful life. He ran such a smooth operation that even the police wondered how he managed to pull off jobs with such finesse. Nevertheless, he had 350 cases of robbery and forgery filed against him.
Bunty's fondness for the luxurious life introduced him to the life of crime. Interestingly, Bunty also wanted to be an actor and had come to Mumbai to try his luck, but failed.To a question whether the film is based on Bunty's escapades, Dibakar Banerjee said, "It is partly true. I have taken some incidents of his life in my film as well as from others." He however denied the fact that the film is completely based on the life of Bunty."Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye is not a film on Bunty. The film story is based on the lives of many people whom I have met in my life or read about them. It is just like Khosla Ka Ghosla's characters whom I met in my life," Dibakar added.
India Glitz
From the inner city ghetto of West Delhi, Lucky, a gawky 15-year-old lower middle class Sikh kid, rises to become one of the most wanted master thieves of India with tens of millions worth loot, a glamorous lifestyle, cars, women, and a fan following.
As a kid, there is little at home for Lucky except an alienated family and a dysfunctional relationship with his violent, bullying father. He is a keen observer of the world around him from his immediate surroundings his friends, dropouts, delinquents, petty criminals to the world he aspires to – the nouveau riche - private school kids, shining cars with power windows, and pretty girls from posh neighbourhoods who seem forever inaccessible – they all add to his store of knowledge.
Over his adventures, we see Lucky form his worldview. And that is – if you don't have it, steal it.
Together with his childhood friend Bangali he graduates to becoming a full-fledged thief and is introduced to a man who will change the course of his life: Gogi Bhai – a flamboyant musical bandleader who's also a fence for stolen goods. A man who becomes a surrogate father.
Lucky rapidly rises to become Gogi's star operator. Through him Lucky meets a host of characters who will define who he will become including Dolly, Gogi's aggressive, hard bitten star dancer and her college going, quiet younger sister Sonal with whom he begins a tentative romance. Lucky's independent nature, insatiable ambition and hunger for the unreachable accelerate his path in crime and matters arebr /ought to a head by a pivotal act of betrayal that scars Lucky for life and sets him off into a new trajectory of life.
Lucky's journey develops him into a flamboyant playboy who now wants more than just the riches. Now he needs the respectability, the social standing of a city gentleman. Without sacrificing that reckless freedom he cherishes - the duality of having the freedom to steal.
But this is, perhaps, half the tale.
The other half is about why a wealthy thief who stole tens of millions worth of jewellery, cars, gadgets and other valuables would also steal a greeting card, a teddy bear and a framed photo of a family playing in the snow.
Bollywood Hungame
Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye is a story of Lucky Singh who plays a loveable thief, someone who even the Delhi police are extremely fond of. His modus operandi is to outsmart the 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 enamored by the lifestyles of the rich and affluent Delhi families.
Lucky's journey from a middle class boy to a popular thief turns him into a flamboyant playboy who now wants more than just the riches. Now he needs the respect, the social standing of a city gentleman without sacrificing that reckless freedom he cherishes (the duality of having the freedom to steal).