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 was a nice, feel-good film that comes as a breath of fresh air. Adnan Sami has done an outstanding job with the music! All of the songs have been picturized beautifully. Aankhein Bharlo does a nice job of fusing the ambiance of the Russian czar era with the grace of India. Sun Zara portrays Salman's hope. Chori Chori is set in a storeroom that evokes the tale of the Princess and the Pea. Ek Ajnabi captures the captivating Siberian desert. Lucky Lips is a fun song, and the remix, which doesn't feature in the movie, is really cool. All songs are very melodious and enjoyable. As one can tell from the promos, Sneha Ullal is not much more expressive than a zombie. She's lucky that her role required her to be pretty much a zombie. One can really tell that she's very camera shy. Salman Khan did a great job, and it is nice to see him after such a long gap. Cinematography is magnificent as it captures not just the majestic Russian tundra and landscape, but also the Russian culture, values, and political climate. There is not much of a story as this movie doesn't really require one. It's a run-for-your-lives type of film with Salman and Sneha trying to dodge the terrorists and falling in love in the process.

Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru's 2005 flick 'Lucky - No Time For Love' is classy film. A charming entertainer, coupled with fabulous direction, silk editing, good performances and ear-pleasing music score. Lucky has its share of minuses, but lets the give the markers its due, a well-made film in all aspects. Lucky proved Lucky for its distributors at the box office and was one the biggest openers of the year. Lucky, from my side, without a doubt gets a Thumbs Up!

Pluses: The film has been directed beautifully, the locations are breath-taking. The film's script is cute and well executed. The film's music is a Brownie point. Adnan Sami has done a splendid job. Good performances. Mithun Chakraborty continues his magic with Lucky. He plays the role of the intelligent officer to perfection. Salman Khan is a scene stealer. He's superb. Sneha Ullal gets her job right. Kader Khan, Ravi Baswani and Vikram play to the gallery.

Minuses: The film begins slow, and takes time to come to the point.

on the whole 'Lucky - No Time For Love' is an entertaining film. Watch it.

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.