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'Stealing' memories of the cast of Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye |
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'He who steals an egg will steal an ox' goes a popular saying. And who better than the Dream Merchants of Bollywood can give 'shape' to these sayings! The latest one is director Dibakar Banerjee, whose first film was based on Delhi's infamous landlord mafia and likes, and whose next is based on thieves titled Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye.
It's a film that has the distinct Delhi flavor to it. Strange as it may sound, but then, the fact remains that this film is about a Delhi based thief who steal things not for money, and that too out of passion! And while shooting for the film, everyone got nostalgic about their early memories of stealing as a kid....
Abhay Deol, who also plays the title character of Lucky, remembered stealing toys from his cousins and said, "I used to steal toys from Bobby because he used to play with these really good looking cars which I used to admire a lot. I don't remember stealing money because whenever I required it, I used to take it from Bobby and he never refused me."
Joining him was his on-screen heroine Neetu Chandra, who vividly remembered stealing chewing gums as a child from her friend's bag. She said, "I have this huge love for chewing gums. I used to steal chewing gums from my friend's bag. In fact till now I steal them on sets if I come to know they have one and I am really proud of that."
Well, with these two in tow, how can the film's director be far behind! The director, Dibakar Banerjee, confessed that as a kid, he used to steal coins from his best friend's coin collection and adding those to his own collection. Looking back in time, he recalled, "My best friend had this huge collection of coins from all over the world and my collection was no where near him, so I once stole few coins from his collection and added them to mine. I know what I did was very bad but, I did that as a kid."
The final word definitely belonged to the one and only Paresh Rawal who also plays a mind-blowing triple role for the first time in Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye. Paresh, on his part said that he does not remember stealing anything as a child but he sure does have a desire to steal something. A straight-faced Paresh said, "I don't remember stealing any thing as a child but I would love to steal something now and that would be... peace of mind, which I hardly get now."
And then people say that stealing is a crime and that crime never pays! The question here is, will director Dibakar Banerjee will beg to differ?
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