Luck by Chance is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Zoya Akhtar in her directorial debut.

Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, it stars Farhan Akhtar and Konkana Sen Sharma in lead roles, with Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Kapoor, Isha Sharvani, Alyy Khan and Sheeba Chaddha in pivotal supporting roles.

Guest stars and industry folk starring as themselves included Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Karan Johar, Manish Malhotra, Ranbir Kapoor, John Abraham, Vivek Oberoi, Rajkumar Hirani, Boman Irani and Anurag Kashyap in cameos.

However, it received widespread critical acclaim, with major praise for its novel concept, story, screenplay, dialogues, and performances by the cast.

He seeks help from Abhimanyu, an actor friend from his hometown, through whom Vikram meets his neighbour Sona—a young actress who works in supporting roles—and the two become romantically involved.

After years of waiting, when Satish secures funding for a new project, Sona visits him expecting to be cast as the second lead, but he still turns her down.

Neena gets suspicious as well and sits her daughter and Vikram down to explain that they must maintain the image of being 'eligibly single' for the sake of the film's success.

Sona's friend, Tanveer, who works at a tabloid, writes a scathing piece depicting Vikram as a crafty manipulator who successfully conned three women—Neena, Nikki, and Sona—before even rising to stardom.

Neena, in passing, starts to mention how much her own parents had forced her at a tender age to become an actor and make her mark in the industry.

Zoya Akhtar said in an interview that she wrote the first draft 7 years ago while relaxing on Palolem beach in Goa.

[4]The production team went through a host of names, like Madhuri Dixit, Saif Ali Khan, Kajol, Karisma Kapoor, Tabu, and Rani Mukerji.

[4] Having seen a lot of struggling actors come to Mumbai to make a living out of Bollywood, Zoya found it was easy to write the script for the film without any research.

[5] Javed Akhtar wrote the dialogues for the film, incorporating, as Zoya puts it, his bizarre sense of humor.

Filming faced a lot of problems, including the unpredictable Mumbai rains, which halted a song shoot with Hrithik Roshan.

[7] Zoya Akhtar cast her brother Farhan to play the lead role after it was suggested to her by director Reema Kagti.

[5] Next to be cast were her parents, Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi, along with such veteran stars as Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia.

The first bit of promotion came from the music wherein winners were given signed albums by Farhan Akhtar and Konkona Sen Sharma.

The pre-release promotional activities included online marketing and publicity of the film's music videos, trailers, downloads, previews, preview shows, contests and continued with other promotional activities post-release like meet-and-greet events with the star cast at select cities.

A unique promotional campaign was launched by producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani called "Auto By Chance".

They introduced 10 "Auto by Chance" three-wheelers in suburban Mumbai that would transport people for free to the destination of their choice in the suburbs.

Of this, over 700 screens were in India and the rest were in overseas markets such as the United States, Canada, UK, UAE, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand.

There are some lovely little moments like the star daughter in a super short skin-tight outfit struggling to touch her producer's feet without splitting a seam.

[14] Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times said, "It might seem as if Bollywood couldn't possibly satirize itself – the genre is already so over-the-top – but Zoya Akhtar manages the trick deftly in Luck by Chance...A fabulous circus-theme musical number pulls out all the stops, but a scene in which an acting teacher explains why Hindi stars have to be more talented than those in Hollywood is a subtle comic gem"...[I]t is Mr. Akhtar whose understated performance holds together this far-ranging, cameo-filled film.