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Two Musketeers on the success of 'Luck By Chance'

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Debesh Banerjee

Posted: Feb 10, 2009 at 1652 hrs IST
Luck by chance

For a first time film maker, Zoya Akhtar has had a dream run even though she protests that �Luck By Chance� took seven painstaking years to make. First week revenues crossed Rs 7.75 crores and the second week has done even better. �Actually, I�m too exhausted to celebrate,� says Zoya, who was in Delhi over the weekend with brother Farhan, actor-producer for �Luck By Chance�.

Zoya has an insider�s perspective on the Indian film industry and her take on Bollywood in this movie is being hailed as refreshingly original. Despite the slightly murky shades in her protagonists. �People have egos and this world is highly competitive,� she says. Farhan, meanwhile, can�t help gushing about his sister�s directorial debut. �I faced rejection while making �Dil Chahta Hai� but Zoya had a sense of self-belief through out,� he smiles proudly. Farhan also felt real life similarities with his character because of the sacrifices he made in his career. �My biggest regret is not having spent enough time with my daughters, Shakya and Akira. When I was shooting in Ladakh, I did not see them for five months at a stretch,� he says.

From direction, acting, singing, producing, and of late, a TV chat show host, Akhtar says he�s enjoying this versatility in films. �My life has been full of surprises. I was cajoled into acting by Anand Surapur, director of Fakir Of Venice (2007) and stuck to it. But now I want to join a guitar school and singing will follow suite,� he says. For now the siblings are in holiday mode heading off to their individual destinations, before Farhan starts shooting for �Kartik Calling Kartik� in April.

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