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Luck by Chance

Luck by Chance

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Luck by Chance

2009

2h 35m

6.5(76 votes)

Romance

Drama

Comedy

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.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Zoya Akhtar
Written by: Zoya Akhtar
Produced by: Farhan Akhtar
Ritesh Sidhwani

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