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Luck' looks at the world of human gambling where kingpin Musa (Sanjay Dutt) employs luck-stricken individuals as betting objects and dares them to fight their own luck to survive.

Their lives are put on the line when Musa challenges them to perform death-defying stunts for big money.

Musa’s annual betting game begins in South Africa when his partner-in-crime, Laakhan Tamaang (Danny Denzongpa), handpicks 20 members from across the globe who have a proven record of extreme luck.

For 20 days, Musa bets on the fate of Ram Mehra (Imran Khan), a middle-class guy who needs to compensate 20 crores his late father had lost in the stock market, Ayesha (Shruti Haasan).

A disturbed girl, retired Major Jabbar Pratap Singh (Mithun Chakraborty), who needs money for his ailing wife, Shortcut (Chitrashi Rawat), an optimistic Pakistani camel racer girl, and Raghav (Ravi Kishan), a rapist.

The bidding begins, and what follows is a series of fatal ‘fear factor’ games in which all of their lives are put into jeopardy - they jump off helicopters and are locked underwater with sharks. The players are taught to be fearless and solely rely on their luck. As Musa says, “the only truth about luck is that it changes under given circumstances.”

With millions at stake, the participants must conquer the hurdles raised by Musa to win this game of money, betrayal, and the biggest addiction of betting. Now how far their luck goes and who wins the final obstacle is revealed through a twist at the end of the film.

Dint worked- While you are hooked in the beginning sequence of the film, the middle portion slows down and heavily relies on character establishment, which eventually becomes boring. It’s really post-interval when all the action begins.

There are few light moments but not enough to keep viewers hooked. For a thriller, one would expect a few more twists and turns to make things more exciting. The only twist in the tale comes in the climax and involves Ayesha’s identity. Things only pick up towards the pre-climax.

Soham Shah’s scores high with casting since all the characters seem to fit the bill pretty well. Sanjay Dutt has mastered the ‘bhai-type’ roles and plays it off once again. Imran Khan strikes a chord with the audience once again and this time, his impressive back-breaking stunts such as jumping from a helicopter on to a burning train keep the viewer at the edge of their seat! Debutante Shruti Haasan’s confidence translates onto the screen and she delivers an overall good performance.

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