Hindi Movie Review Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! - Cast & Crew

Neetu Chandra is a famous actress in South India. She was on 20 June 1984 in Patna, Bihar. Neetu completed her schooling from Notre Dame Academy and pursued her graduation from Indhraprastha College. Neetu was very passionate about modeling, but her father did not want her to go with films. But Neetu’s mother guided and encouraged her. Neetu gives major credits to her mother for her successful career. Nithin Chandra, brother of Neetu is a director.

Neetu started her career with small advertisements before entering films. She initiated her film career with the Hindi film Garam masala. Her portrayal as Sweety, an air hostess got her critics appreciation. She then did a Telugu film Godavari as sister-in-law for Sumanth. This movie helped her in grabbing a lot of opportunities. She did Vishnu, Satyameva Jayathe movies in Telugu. She did a cameo role in the Akkineni family’s prestigious movie Manam.  She became talk of town in Tollywood when she made allegations against veteran Telugu actor, Raja Sekhar. She alleged that hero Raja Sekhar has harassed her during Sathyameva Jayathe movie shooting. After that film she has not signed any Telugu film and took a turn towards Kollywood. She is quite successful in Tamil field. She did Yavarum Nalam, Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai, Yutham Sei in Tamil. Her role as Rani Sampatha in the film Ameerin Aadhi Bhagavan gained her SIIMA award.

Apart from film career, Neetu produced a Bhojpuri film Deswa which was directed by her brother. Neetu is the brand ambassador of Hoop.

Richa Chadda is a new and sultry Indian actress. She came into public’s view through her film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! starring as Dolly in a supportive actress role. But before this stardom, Richa started out as a model. After modeling, she changed her course to the theater. She toured in India as well as Pakistan for her plays. She gained more insight on the theater from the Founder-Director of ‘Theatre Action Group’, Barry John.

Archana Puran Singh is an Indian TV artist and presenter; she is also a film actress. She was born on September 26, 1962 at Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Archana was married to Indian film director and actor, Parmeet Sethi. They were blessed with two kids namely, Aaryamann and Ayushmaan. She is popular for doing comedic roles in Bollywood and as a jury in some comedy shows such as Sony TV India’s Comedy Circus. She became popular for her iconic English teacher role as Miss Briganza in the Hindi romantic comedy drama film, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. She was also starred in the Indian musical romantic drama film, Mohabbatein as Preeto and Zohra in Bollywood romantic action comedy film, Bol Bachchan. She was also the boss of Priya and Honey in the science fiction film, Krrish. Archana was a constant jury in the reality comedy show, Comedy Circus. She was judging the show since 2006 and the only jury who have appeared in the entire episodes of the show. 

She was also successful on doing a popular Band-Aid ad in Mumbai and started getting many offers in doing ad-films. The Band-Aid ad was under the production of Bollywood director, Jalal Agha who noticed Archana’s talent so he include her in the lead role of the show, Mr and Mrs. Her next successful break was from the Indian detective series, Karamchand under the direction of Pankaj Parashar. Archana was debuted in year 1987 in the film, Jalwa together with Naseeruddin Shah. However, even if the movie was a hit, Archana didn’t get the attention of some of the top producers and directors. So at first, she got offers for B-grade films only which are usually short and more on semi-porn films. Later on, she appeared with small roles in films like Raja Hindustani in 1996, Aashiq Awara in 1993, Shola Aur Shabnam in 1992, Saudagar in 1991 and Agneepath in 1990. Archana also did item songs in movies like Baaz and Judge Mujrim. 

After that, she massively limits herself in doing supporting roles in Hindi, mostly in comedies. Her recent films are Love Story 2050, Masti, Mohabbatein, Krrish, Masti, Bol Bachchan and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai where she received the Star Screen Award for Best Comedian and was nominated by Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role in 1999. But she was positively recognized for her flirty role as a college teacher in the super hit movie, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Krrish. In 2009, she was featured in the Punjabi film, Tera Mera Ki Rishta. In 1993, she started anchoring on TV. She has her own show entitled, Wah, Kya Scene Hain under Zee TV. Following with the popular and very successful, Uncensored where she proposed the High and Low Society or the HS and LS concept. She also did sitcoms like, Shrimaan Shrimati, Archana Talkies and Jaane Bhi Do Paro. 

Archana also joined the dance reality show on Star Plus, Nach Baliye (Season 1) along with her husband in 2005 but both were eliminated on the 6th episode. Then the couple hosted the Season 1 of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. From then, she started to be a jury on comedy shows such as the Season 1 and 2 of the Comedy Circus show. In 2008, she became the host of Star Plus’ Kaho Na Yaar Hai along with her husband. When the second season of the Comedy Circus ended, she hosted another show, Comedy Circus – Kaante Ki Takkar then Comedy Circus – Teen Ka Tadka, Comedy Circus Superstar and more.

Born in the city of Mumbai to a family of Parsi religion, Rohinton Soli Screwvala is an Indian philanthropist, entrepreneur, CEO, and founder of UTV Group, which included Bloomberg UTV, UTV Software Communications, etc. Since school time Ronnie had an interest in films and theater. He also acted in some skits in Bombay theater like Alyque Padamsee and Pearl. But he did not like working for others, so his stage career ended as he wished to initiate his business. Ronnie started on a small scale in the year 1981.

Abhay Deol is an actor and director of the TV industry and was born on March 15th, 1976. He is 6 feet 1 inch tall, and is a muscular man from the garden city, Chandigarh, Punjab. His nickname is Dimpy, which is called by his loved ones, because Abhay has dimples on his cheeks. Abhay did his graduation from Mumbai, Maharashtra. After his Bachelors degree, Abhay went to the United States of America and studied Fine Arts from the most expensive city of the world, Los Angeles, also called the Hollywood city.

The Padma Shri award winner who shot to fame with his role in the 1986 blockbuster film ‘Naam’, which told the story of a poor family that struggled to make ends meet, was born on 30th May 1950 in Mumbai. He completed his graduation from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. Rawal made his debut in the film industry through the movie ‘Holi’ in the year 1984 but it was his next film, ‘Naam’, which brought him all the fame and attention as an actor. Success followed him, and he acted in over hundred films during 1980s and 1990s. Such was his versatility, that he has done roles from lead actor to Main villain. He did the role of main villain in most of his movies and he was considered as a character actor during those days. 

The 1994 hits ‘Woh Chokri’ and ‘Sir’ won him the national award for best supporting actor and ‘Sir’ won him the Filmfare award for best comedian. He received nationwide recognition as villain through his negative roles in Telugu blockbusters like ‘Kshana Kshanam’, ‘Money’ etc. He was considered as a character actor until his role in the 2000 hit ‘Hera Pheri’ which gave a turn in Paresh Rawal’s career. ‘Hera Pheri’ told the story of a witty Marathi landlord who rents his apartment out to bachelors. He started taking either lead or the main protagonist roles in many of the mainstream Bollywood films that followed. Rawal received wide recognition and appreciation for his role in ‘Hera Pheri’, and his acting in the film was considered as the major contributing factor to the movie’s success. Many comedy numbers followed and Paresh Rawal’s roles in all those movies got the best feedback. 

 He is also a renowned actor in Gujarati drama industry, and his latest play ‘Dear Father’ was a hit. He has also produced several successful TV soaps including ‘Teen Bahuraniyaan’ of ‘Zee TV’. Paresh Rawal is also into politics and won the parliament election from Ahmedabad East constituency to become the Member of Parliament for BJP in 2014. He is married to the 1979 Miss India and actress Swaroop Sampat and has two sons, Aditya and Aniruddh.

Manu Rishi Chadha is an actor, dialogue and scriptwriter in the Hindi film industry. He is popularly known for his humorous role as ‘Bangali’ in the 2008 film, ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ directed by Dibakar Banerjee. He has played various roles in different movies over the years such as ‘Raghu Romeo’ in 2003, ‘Band Baaja Baraat’ in 2010 and ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ in the year 2015. He has also written the lyrics for ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ and has won an award for best dialogue writer. Manu Rishi was born on January 1st, 1971 and brought up in the capital city of New Delhi. He has always maintained how attached he has been with the city. His love for the city has been evident from the works he has done. But like every other person who aspires to make it big in the film industry, Chadha had left Delhi and moved to Mumbai in the year 1999. Before moving to Mumbai, he was a part of Arvind Gaur’s Asmita Theatre Group and appeared in over forty plays.