''Lucky Star'' is a 2013

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

comedy-drama film Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc. ...

written and directed by Deepu Anthikkad in his directorial debut. The film stars

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Bhojpuri language films. He is also a chenda ...

and

Mukesh Mukesh is an epithet for the Hindu god Shiva, and literally means "conqueror of the Muka demon". It is commonly used as a male given name in India. People with the name Mukesh include: * Mukesh (singer) (1923–1976), Indian playback singer from ...

alongside

Rachana Narayanankutty Rachana Narayanankutty is an Indian actress, Kuchipudi dancer, and television presenter who works prominently in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film and television. She became popular through the television series ''Marimayam'' aired in Mazhavil M ...

, who debuts in cinema. The film is about how a child brings a sea of change in the life of his surrogate parents. ''Lucky Star'' released on 8 March 2013.

Cast

as Ranjith *

as Dr. George Chitillapally *

as Janaki * Viroj Dasani as Lucky *

Pooja Ramachandran Pooja Ramachandran is an Indian actress, VJ and model. After her studies, she participated in beauty pageants, winning the 'Miss Coimbatore 2004' title and was the runner up for Miss Kerala 2005. She then went on to become a VJ at SS Music bef ...

as Swapna * Mamukoya as Pappan *

T. G. Ravi T. G. Ravindranathan (born 16 May 1944), popularly known as T. G. Ravi, is an Indian actor, mainly noted for his roles as a villain in Malayalam cinema. He along with Balan K. Nair played most of the negative roles in Malayalam cinema during th ...

as Bhaskaran * Ammu Ramachandran as Sumithra * P. Sreekumar

Reception

Oneindia gave the film 3 stars out of 5 and stated "the first half is extremely funny and entertaining, the second half gets a little serious" while Indiaglitz called it "A light-hearted entertainer that's an easy watch." Times of India gave 3.5 stars out of 5. Sify wrote "this film is not entirely bad and has its moments as well, but it could have been much better.” Rediff gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "''Lucky Star'' could have been a much better film if a little more thought had been given to how the film should progress in the second half."

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains 4 songs, all composed by

Ratheesh Vegha Ratheesh Vega is a composer, singer, and musician who works in Malayalam films. He debuted as a film music composer in the 2010 hit film ''Cocktail''. Career Ratheesh completed his degree in music at Madras University. After his degree, Rathe ...

. Lyrics by

Rafeeq Ahamed Rafeeq Ahamed (born 17 December 1961) is an Indian poet, lyricist and novelist. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and is a six-time winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics. With more than 600 songs to his cr ...

and

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(Ajju).

References

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* {{IMDb title, id=2780206, title=Lucky Star 2013 films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2013 comedy-drama films Malayalam remakes of Telugu films 2013 directorial debut films Indian comedy-drama films