moon_shine_93 I watched this movie when it first came out as a teenager and loved it: it as my fantasy come true, beautiful to look at, had an awesome musical score and starred Salman Khan which pretty much guaranteed my bias toward it!! Watching it again today I have a newfound appreciation for it as a unique film (for the industry it was made in at least) and as a good film, in fact it is now officially one of my favourites.The film is unusual for Hindi cinema in the sense that its plot driven (a more Hollywood feature) as opposed to emotionally driven. Hindi films seem to take a lot from Romanticism ideals with the plot being driven by the larger than life characters irrational and spontaneous emotions. Lucky is thus a distinguished film: the two protagonists are if anything ordinary, thrown into extra-ordinary circumstances which bring out their emotions and eventually changes them.This brings me to another point; its is difficult to put this film into any genre at all, it balances between action and romance. I personally think of it as a fairytale following the journey of two characters during which they come to mean something very special to one another.Seeing as the love story was not the dominating focus and very subtle I can see why the Indian audience was not very receptive to the film. It's not a "masala" film as one would expect a Salman Khan film to be: yes its mounted on a grand canvas, has commercial music and is peppered with some masala moments (they don't detract from the film)but the emotion typically depicted in Hindi films is not there in a melodramatic fashion and has to be actually looked for and pondered.The film makes great use of a fairytale motiff, once again unusual for a Hindi film and will go over the top of a viewers head if they are unfamiliar with fairy tales. There is great use of symbology with what characters say at the beginning being repeated toward the end and a very subtle link between the songs Aa ke bharlo and Chori Chori.Salman khan gives an awesome performance, very subtley mainly through his expressions showing the change that comes about in the very charming character of Aditya Sekhri. Sneha Ullal acts well, i'll admit her crying scenes left me in want (one star off) but overall for a newcomer completely foreign to the industry she does well and suits the character to the tee, however the change that comes about in her character Lucky is seen more through action than her expression.As its already been established the cinematography is brilliant. The music topped the charts with good reason but is enhanced by its placement in the film or rather the songs enhance the film; not a single song sticks out. The direction is great and the film is well edited with nothing seeming unnecessary or prolonged.The action of the film begins with "Ghar chale" and ends with it also, but the two characters are not the same at the end. As Salman Khan described the film is about growing up; not just for Lucky but for Aditya also. I personally enjoyed watching the characters grow up under the pressure of the circumstances: Aditya blossoms from a selfish "manchild" of sorts into a sensitive man watch when he offers to beg the doctor and you'll know that he hasn't done it for anyone else but Lucky whilst Lucky blossoms from the shy dreamer into a young woman; another standout and symbolic scene where she embraces her childhood in the form of the child and her subsequent escape from the train is something she initially would not have done alone.On a ending note there's quite a fuss about whether Aditya actually loved Lucky. The expression on his face said it all during that embrace (now by best cinematic hug!!)and in fact his expressions and actions all throughout the movie said it all! The fact that he didn't vocalize it only makes the film all the more special as does the ambiguous ending,

tuula-1 This movie had some beautiful locations and scenes, but overall the acting is bad and the story makes no sense: it is full of holes, it goes nowhere except for pointless running around, and the seasons change from early summer to midwinter seemingly overnight: wood anemones are sprouting in the green forest (they bloom in May usually), next morning apparently there is a half a metre-thick layer of snow and all the leaves have fallen from the trees: surely even those not familiar with the Northern seasons would wonder where tons of leaves have suddenly vanished?Salman Khan acts passably well, but the female lead acts like a catatonic for much of the time, thanfully then being asleep for much of the time after, and there is an unnecessarily comic character popping in and spouting nonsense just as things are otherwise tense. Songs are nice and dance scenes pretty but both lack energy and emotion. All in all only reason to watch this would be that St Petersburg looks good, as it usually does. The Russian extras do their jobs well, less so the special effects and makeup team... All in all an avoidable film.

Ishrat-1 This film wasn't what i thought it would be, in terms of i thought that it would be another bollywood flop. I was definitely wrong, as salman khan made a great appearance, i certainly thought that his acting recently has improved dramatically, he's funny, charming as well a serious actor. Although the lady actress is the main character in the movie, salman khan seems to be carrying her throughout the film, he does most of the talking and she listens. The action stunts in the movie was truly surprising, the directors did a pretty good job in making the stunts look like a Hollywood film, so a big pat on the back for those Asian directors, they have definitely come a long way. Overall a movie worth watching.

shaikhtariq76 Gang,I went to see this movie in Columbus, OH with my good friend, Ankur who is a huge Sallu-fan, with a boat-load of expectations. So did the film match up to our expectations ? Yes & No... mostly yes.. Read on..The movie is definitely a ground-making event in Indian cinema. Check out the breath-taking locales, the gasp-inducing grand palaces, the beautiful costumes, the heart rending scene with the poisoned Sneha & a distraught Salman, the jam-packed Soviet-era steam engine train shot, hell even the graveyard looks stunning in this movie!The visuals are just fantastic, the music is super-cool, Sneha looks good and finally Salman looks dapper & acts great too . The movie only reaffirms the superstar status of Salman. He has taken a risk with this movie by playing his age but it pays & how! Your heart will follow Lucky through the tumultuous times she goes through in the movie. The Sun Zara song with its melodious music in the background and the haunting visual of a funeral procession scene has left a permanent imprint in my memory. Both me & Ankur agreed that a strong climax, maybe with apna Sallu giving up his life saving his much younger love, would have raised the movie to a whole new level and probably given it cult status like Tere Naam.Sneha is better than Ash in many areas, given a chance she can out-do Ash at acting. Thumbs up to Sallu for discovering such an enormous talent for Bollywood.The only sorry points in this otherwise great movie are Mithun-da & the weak climax. Still Definitely worth watching a couple of times.Go for it guys!Highly Recommended **********