Lucky: No Time for Love

Salman Khan is paired up with Sneha Ullal, a young, pretty starlet who strikingly resembles Aishwarya Rai. The film is set in Russia and narrates their story right from their first encounter through much of what predictable follows on. It is a watchable film which offers nothing special, but it manages to derive much value from Khan's presence and the refreshing pairing with Ullal despite the age differences. Somehow the romance works between them, but the film doesn't. The Russian actors look pretty amateur, and this part of the film doesn't really ring true. Where the film does score big time is in Adnan Sami's fantastic soundtrack. To hear 72-year-old Asha Bhosle's (still phenomenal) voice visualized on 17-year-old Ullal during a very catchy schoolgirl number ("Lucky Lips") is both amusing and quite amazing. I wish one could see Bhosle recording before showing the number in the film. The legendary Lata Mangeshkar, Bhosle's older sister, beautifully renders "Shayad Yahi To Pyar Hai" in a duet with Sami himself. Sonu Nigam excellently performs the modern "Sun Zara", and all the songs have this refreshing quality about them. Sadly, the film never lives up to the level of its music.

This is my first review, so I hope it's OK.

Lucky is the story of Lucky (Sneha Ullal), a quiet schoolgirl living in Russia. While going to school one day, she wishes with all her heart that school is stopped for the day. In a twist, her wish is fulfilled but in such a way that she never thought of. A battle between rebels break out and Lucky is caught between them. She meets Aditya (Salman Khan) who tries to help her come home. Because, they have to avoid the rebels and face the bitter cold and yet go home safely, there is "No Time For Love".

Sneha Ullal is fantastic, stupendous, and tremendous. She really made an impact on me and I really wanted to see her. Her acting, mannerisms, dialogues and above all, voice was as cute and sweet as anything. Excelling in the role of a shy, innocent girl, she is the new girl of Bollywood.

Salman Khan does a good performance but does nothing spectacular. His expressions are good however and he still has a lot left in him.

Mithun Chakrobarty acts wonderfully but his character is not really right. He shouldn't have been made a intelligence officer at all.

The songs rock. Each and every song sounds melodious. My favourite is "Lucky Lips". The other songs are good as well.

All in all, Lucky is a good time pass movie. Watch it only to see Sneha Ullal, if not anybody else. 7/10

Songs are quite impressive, movie sequence is good especially liked the way street war/fight shown. Gun shooting sound looks realistic. There is violence in this movie but tolerable. Salman's acting is as usual like a kid, but no overacting hence not boring. Sneha looks like carbon copy of Aishwarya Rai. She looks beautiful but as per her roll she remains like a school girl. Mithun acted quite well but he looks more of joker than intelligence officer. Only thing I disliked is the conversation in Rassian language, at least they should have put subtitles in the movie. Since there are no subtitles, couldn't understood the situations well. Anyway overall movie is quite good and songs too. In songs Adnan Sami has continued his regular tuning and stretched emotions in songs. But "Chori Chori" songs change mood, Sonu Nigam and Alaka Yagnik sung these songs very well. Hope to see Sneha in future movies with much more better appearance.

Plot Outline: Schoolgirl Lucky (Sneha Ullal) and Indian Ambassador in Russia's son Aditya (Salman Khan) meet by accident in what turns out to be one of the most risky days of their lives as they battle insurgency in finding their way back home to safety.

Comment: The Russian locales such as the buildings in St. Petersburg, the graveyard, the train and snow make the movie look like a fairy tale. The story is predictable and the twists get funny at times. When I first saw the promos with Sallu carrying a lifeless and expressionless Sneha and the sub-title "No time for love", I thought that that the movie is love story with a terminally ill girl. Thankfully, this is not the story anyways.

Salman acts his age and looks decent. Newcomer and much publicized Ash-look-alike Sneha looks sweet but devoid of life. Hope Sneha's next movie will put some life in her. Mithun Chakraborthy is a sad bondage to the movie. Adnan Sami's music is fresh and 'Lucky Lips' is a must for your mp3 player.

Rating: 2/5 – Watch out for newcomer Sneha and Adnan's music.

What an incredibly dumb 2nd half. I actually thought this movie wouldn't be too bad after the initial 40-45 minutes(which is rather entertaining)......but after Salman and Sneha spend their 1st night together.......Lucky goes straight into the gutter. Just a real snore-fest. I don't know Y they couldn't keep it a light-hearted entertainer that focused on Adi-Lucky's relationship. They had to turn it into some sort of a national crisis and a lot of the scenes had me cracking up. Talk abt being un-intentionally hilarious.

On to the stars, Salman was quite OTT in the 1st half, but at least he kept me entertained. The movie sadly had to take a more serious turn post intermission, and Salman's just too limited an actor for me to take him seriously in emotional dramas.

Sneha knows how to make the right expressions, but it all falls apart once she has to open her mouth. She's neither a great looker and has weird eyes. Does have a great ass though.

Mithun seemed like a cartoon character. Childish crap.

Nobody else was noteworthy.

Overall, nice start.....but it all goes south after the 1st hour. No surprise its BO fairing had a similar pattern. Nice start, but collapsed from there on to barely get Average status.