Hindi Movie Review Luck by Chance - Cast & Crew

Zoya Akhtar has now become a household name prominently known for her movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as the most entertaining director. She is just three films old in the industry, but she earned applauses for her work; she bagged Filmfare award for best director in movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. She was born on 14th October 1972 to industry’s most renowned writer, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar and screenwriter Honey Irani. She had her schooling at Maneckji Cooper and completed her graduation at St. Xavier’s College.

Konkona Sen Sharma is a Bollywood actress hailing from Kolkata, West Bengal. She was born on 3 December 1979 in a Bengali family. She completed her schooling at the Calcutta International School and later moved to Delhi for a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Delhi University’s most prestigious college- St. Stephen’s. Cinema has already been existent in her genetic roots. Her mother, Aparna Sen, is a noted actress and director in Bengali cinema. Moreover, she is the granddaughter of Chidananda Dasgupta, a film critic who also established the Calcutta Film Society. In 1983, the four-year-old Konkona was first seen on the big screen in a Bengali film titled ‘Indira’. Her official Tollywood debut was in 2000 in ‘Ek Je Aachhe Kanya,’ for which she was awarded at the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards (2002).

Juhi Chawla is a renowned Indian actress and producer of Bollywood films. She was born on November 13, 1967 in Ambala, Haryana in India. She studied at the Fort Convent School in Mumbai and took an HR course at the Sydenham College. In year 1984, she bagged the Miss India title at the Femina Miss India beauty pageant. In the same year, she also got the Best in Costume award at the Miss Universe pageant, which was held at Miami, Florida in USA. Juhi is a trained Kathak dancer and classical singer. She got married to Jay Mehta, an industrialist, and they have two children namely Jhanvi and Arjun.

Regarded as the wife of the first superstar of Hindi cinema Rajesh Khanna, she made her foray into films with showman Raj Kapoor’s Bobby in 1973. She later spent her life as a devoted house wife after marrying Rajesh Khanna in the same year 1973 and had almost had quit the film industry. She played her first Bollywood teen role in Bobby and became heart-throb of Indians. She is highly popular for the title role of Bobby she was cast opposite Raj Kapoor’s son Rishi Kapoor which was a blockbuster hit which went to capture the heart of cinegoers for teen romance, melodious music and versatile performances. Her ultimate decision to quit cinema in 1973, put a big question mark to the seasoned actress. She bid bye to the film industry and made a comeback with Ramesh Sippys’ Sagar, which won her critical acclaim.

Dimple Kapadia has managed to find a place in the history of Indian cinema with some of her soul-stirring performances after she made her comeback with Ramesh Sippy’s Sagar that featured again Rishi Kapoor and Kamal Haasan. Winner of Filmfare Awards for Best Actress in Bobby and Sagar, she bagged some serious roles in art cinema too. Along with Sridevi and Rekha, she went to become one of three leading actresses in India in 1980s. She then managed to find a place in the history of Indian cinema with some of her soul-stirring performances in Kalpana Lazmi’s Rudali for which she got national award. Govind Nihalin’s Drishti and Gulzar’s Lekin will be remembered for her soulful performances. Even in Mahesh Bhatt’s Kaash, her role was critically acclaimed.

After winning national best actress award and Filmfare award for Lazmi’s Rudali, She also acted in a Bengali movie directed by Mrinal Sen. She was regarded as the most glamorous, spontaneous, instinctive, intelligent and hard-working actress in 1990. She also acted in Subash Ghai’s film Ram Lakhan opposite Jackie Shroff. She acted with almost all leading actors of Indian cinema such as Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Feroz Khan, Raj Babbar, Nana Patekar, Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor and so on.

She has two daughters, Twinkle Khanna, who is married to today’s action hero Akshay Kumar and Rinke Khanna. She has acted in Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil films too. She was last seen in Welcome Back and got people’s recognition in Cocktail released in 2012. She will be always remembered as Bobby girl of Indian cinema.

For a person who never gave importance to acting, the film Kisna by director Subhash Ghai is indeed a turning point. Subhash Ghai was impressed with Isha Sharvani’s dancing skills and immediately made her to cast in his own film Kisna, opposite Vivek Oberoi. Though the film was not a commercial success, it was appreciated for Sharvani’s dancing prowess. Who would forget Isha Sharvani in the Hide and Seek advertisement, dancing along another dancing sensation Hrthik Roshan?

From then on Sharvani took up dancing on stage; she also worked on some movies during 2006 and 2007. The 2006 Hindi film Darwaza Bandh Rakho had her playing the female lead. Isha has also acted in the 2003 film David. Isha is touted as one of the best aerial dancers. She experiments with her dance a lot. 

 Isha is a dedicated dancer and it is obvious from the fact that, she practices dancing almost 8 hours daily. In fact, she even quit her education during her teens to take up dancing. Isha’s mother is also a dancer. The reason for Isha’s non-progressive career in films is that, her passion for dance was more than for films. 

 At present Sharvani is associated with the Daksha Sheth Dance Company as the lead dancer. She has performed in places like Mumbai, Perth, London and Muscat. 

 Sharvani was also seen as a participant of the Jhalak Dikhhla Ja show. She earned a lot of accolades for her dance in the show. 

Born on 29 September 1984, Isha lived in many places before finally resorting to Trivandrum. Isha started to have formal training in dance since the age of 13. She is proficient in Malkam dance, which is a category of folk dance. Isha has over a dozen films to her credit. The dance of Sharvani has a unique style.

One of the most recognized young director of Indian cinema. In fact, he is the most versatile person in the industry as of now. He is Farhan Akhtar, a film director, actor, singer, writer, producer, screenwriter everything you name it, he has it. Son of the famous writer Javed Akhtar & actress Honey Irani was born on 09 Jan, 1974 in Mumbai. 

As he was growing, he found the film industry around him. At home, the atmosphere of arts, literature influenced him to become creative man. He did his schooling from Maneckji Cooper & Graduated from HR College, Mumbai. After then, he started his career in films, first as assistant director & then director. His first directorial debut was Dil Chahta Hai in 2001 which received critical acclaim as well as commercial success. After then he did not see back & made other movies like Lakshya in 2004, Don in 2006, Rock On in 2008. He got two national awards, one for Dil Chahta Hai & another for Rock On for direction & production subsequently. 

He portrayed the character Milkha Singh, in the year 2013 in his biographical feature film, for which he got positive reviews as an actor & it, is his best performance yet, which also earned him Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He considers Robert Di Niro as his inspiration for his life & career & respects his parents for the heritage he got & continues to do better work. He has a production company named Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. established with Ritesh Sidhwani. 

He directed a 12 min short film named Positive, 2007 based on HIV-AIDS, to create awareness about the problem. He did sing for Rock On which showed his versatility. He has also launched a social campaign named MARD – Men against Rape & Discrimination.

Ritesh Sidhwani was born in Mumbai on January 1, 1973. He had no formal education on filmmaking, yet he turned himself as a producer of Bollywood films and runs Excel Entertainment (an Indian film studio) in Mumbai, which was jointly created by Javed Akhtar’s son Farhan Akhtar, and Ritesh Sidhwani in the year 1999. So far the duo had released 14 blockbuster films under Excel Entertainment banner. 

Hrithik Roshan with his unimaginable dance moves is praised as the Dance God of Bollywood, is the only son of Bollywood Director/Actor/Producer Rakesh Roshan. He is considered the most hard working personality when comes to the profession. As a kid he had stammering problem and it doesn’t stop him from moving ahead to this position. Hrithik who is fondly called as duggu by his family also worked in few bollywood movies as a child artist and the notable one was with Superstar RajiniKanth where he played the role of Our Thalaivar’s Son.

Rishi Kapoor is an actor born in the prominent Kapoor family who has a long history of Hindi cinema where members of the family had careers as actors, producers or directors. Rishi Kapoor was born to veteran actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor and Krishna Kapoor on September 4, 1952, in Mumbai. Born with a silver spoon, it was not a difficult task for him to make a debut in films. Raj Kapoor gave him a chance to play a teenager, who was caught on the thin line of boyhood and adulthood in the movie Mera Naam Joker. The film fell flat in the box office, and Raj Kapoor was in massive financial loss. 

Sanjay Kapoor is a Bollywood actor. He had acted as the sole hero in some Hindi flicks. Later he went on to work in supporting roles. Born on 17 October 1965 Sanjay is the brother of Hindi superstar Anil Kapoor and producer Boney Kapoor. His sister-in-law is the famous Indian actress Sridevi. 
On his personal front, Sanjay is wedded to jewelry designer and model Maheep Sandhu. They are blessed with two children. 
The 1995 flick Prem was the debut venture of Sanjay. It was also the first flick of Tabu. While Tabu became famous Sanjay failed to make a mark in Bollywood. The flick Prem was delayed for many years and when it was released it bombed at the box office. However, Sanjay and Tabu performed well in the flick. The number Aati Nahi is a famous number from the film. The next flick of Sanjay was Raja wherein he shared screen space with the then reigning queen Madhuri Dixit. The film was named Raja, but it centered around Madhuri Dixit. Her dance movements were very much appreciated, and she acted well in the flick. The flick did well at the box office. Following Raja, the flicks of Sanjay, which were released eventually were either flop at the box office or average earners. Thus, as a sole hero Sanjay was not able to carve a niche for himself. He took supporting roles owing to continuous flops as a sole hero. 
The 2001 flick Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe showed Sanjay as an obsessive, mentally disturbed husband. Esha Deol was paired opposite Sanjay in the film. Though Sanjay’s performance was appreciated the film bombed at the box office. Qayamat: City Under Threat, Luck By Chance, and Julie were few other flicks in which Sanjay’s performance was noted. The 2003 TV serial Karishma: The Miracles of Destiny also had Sanjay’s presence. But the flick mainly revolved around Karisma Kapoor. The last venture of Sanjay was Shaandaar. 
Sanjay had also produced few flicks.