Director: Venky Atluri
Cast: Dulquer Salmaan, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Sachin Khedekar, Sai Kumar
Run Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Release Date: 31 October 2024
Genre: Crime Thriller
Story:
Lucky Bhaskar is a late 1980s Mumbai-set film based on the storyline of Bhaskar(Dulquer Salmaan), an employee in a bank suffering from financial crisis. Despite his hard work, Bhaskar is not promoted,which leads him to makes a big decision he steals the money from the bank and invests it in illigal activities, Bhaskar’s life turns he gets wealthy by joining hands with Harsha Mehra, the Big Bull in the stock market.
However, things get a little worse for Bhaskar when the death of his fellow bank employee begins to haunt him. All this time, his wife (Meenakshi Chaudhary) questions him about the change in his behavior after getting rich. Based on his father’s suggestion, Bhaskar begins to question himself once again.The CBI raids him and finds that he had laundered 100 crores. All hell breaks loose as the complications multiply. Did Bhaskar give back the illegal money? Does Bhaskar clear his name and gets away with the case? To find out how Bhaskar became ‘Lucky Bhaskar’ See the movie on the big screen!
Performance:
Dulquer Salmaan shines as Bhaskar, Perfectly showed the character’s struggles, ambition, and transformation. His portrayal is natural and gripping, drawing the audience into Bhaskar’s complex journey. Meenakshi Chaudhary delivers a solid performance as Bhaskar’s wife, adding emotional depth to the film. Supporting actors like Sachin Khedekar, Sai Kumar, and Tinu Anand enhance the narrative with their strong roles, especially in the tense moments involving the bank and CBI investigations.
Technical aspects:
The Music score by GV Prakash Kumar gives life to the film and the right background scores bring in high tension at important moments. Nimish Ravi has captured the look of the 1980s pretty well with brilliant production designing, especially on the recreated bank and stock market settings. Venky Atluri has written script well that keeps audience hooked except for the lag in the second half. Navin Nooli could have trimmed a scene or two to keep momentum going especially during the family drama.
Analysis:
It is a great achievement by the director Venky Atluri to blend the ingredients of a crime thriller with emotional family drama so well. The film balances complex stock market scams and human emotions, which made the film easily connect with the audience. The writing is strong, particularly in the first half, where Bhaskar’s path to success is portrayed convincingly. However, the second half feels a bit stretched, and the family conflict could have been elevated more.
Positives:
Dulquer Salmaan’s performance
Engaging screenplay
Strong production design
Realistic stock market portrayal
Negatives:
Slow-paced second half
Repetitive scenes
Verdict:
Lucky Bhaskar is a crime thriller that can entertain you through its engaging plot and amazing performances, particularly by Dulquer Salmaan. Even though the second half was a bit slow sometimes, the movie experience turns out to be quite satisfying overall. It’s a pretty good watch for the festival season.
Rating: 3.25/5
