LUCK (2009) Drama / Mystery & thriller

 

Plot

Musa, a mafia leader, gives a bunch of people an opportunity to turn their luck around and earn a hefty amount. They are required to play games while people bet on them.

Genre: Bollywood/Thriller

Producer: Dhillin Mehta

Music Director(s): Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant

Lyricist(s): Anvita Dutt Guptan, Shabbir Ahmed

Release Date: 24 Jul, 2009

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Storyline

Born lucky, Karim Moussa takes to exploiting it instead of focusing on studies. Now a wealthy gambler, he decides to recruit about a dozen lucky people to participate in a deadly game of survival. His agent, Lakhaan Tamaang, recruits Ram Mehra - whose father killed himself after losing 25 Crores - 

and is about to lose everything he and his mom own, and may end up being arrested for robbing an ATM machine; Major Jabbar Pratap Singh - who needs money for his wife's treatment; a camel jockey, Shortcut, sold by her parents for Rs.15000/-, who wants to make it big in life; a returning player, Ayesha, who had already participated, and is back for more; a psychotic serial killer, 

Raghav Raghuvaran, who miraculously escaped the death penalty. All of the above, 

including others from different countries, must compete, kill each other, 

with the survivor netting 20 Crores Rupees in just 20 days.

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Details

Release date: July 31, 2009 (United States)

Country of origin: India

Language: Hindi

Also known as: Фортуна

Filming locations: Suphanburi, Thailand

Production companies: Indian Films, Shree Ashta vinayak Cine Vision

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Synopsis

An underworld kingpin recruits people endowed with 'Luck' from across the globe to take part in a series of challenges designed to test their 'Luck' factor, as gamblers around the world bet on them.

Director: Soham Shah

Writers: Renzil D'SilvaSoham Shah

Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan

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Box office

Gross US & Canada: $149,333

Opening weekend US & Canada: $112,309Jul 26, 2009

Gross worldwide: $426,221

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Technical specs

Runtime: 2 hours 21 minutes

Color: Color

Sound mix: Dolby Digital

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