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Luck by Chance

Luck by Chance

20096.52h 35m

Overview

Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the path she has chosen is not an easy one.

Directed by Zoya Akhtar
Written by Javed Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar
Produced by Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani
Box OfficeBudget: $2.3MRevenue: $3.0M

Top Cast

Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona Sen Sharma

Sona Mishra

Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar

Vikram Jaisingh

Rishi Kapoor

Rishi Kapoor

Rommy Rolly

Dimple Kapadia

Dimple Kapadia

Neena Walia

Juhi Chawla Mehta

Juhi Chawla Mehta

Minty Rolly

Sanjay Kapoor

Sanjay Kapoor

Ranjit Rolly

Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan

Zaffar Khan

Isha Sharvani

Isha Sharvani

Nikki Walia

Arjun Mathur

Arjun Mathur

Abhimanyu Gupta

Saurabh Shukla

Saurabh Shukla

Nand Kishore

Themes & Keywords

woman directoractor

About Luck by Chance

Luck by Chance is a romance, drama, comedy film released in 2009 exploring themes of woman director, actor. Directed by Zoya Akhtar, it stars Konkona Sen Sharma, Farhan Akhtar, Rishi Kapoor. Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the path she has chosen is not an easy one.

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