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A slick, crowd-pleasing financial-crime thriller with strong star presence, brisk pacing, and a retro commercial-movie sheen. It leans on familiar rise-and-fall beats, but the execution, humor, and momentum make it an easy watch for fans of stylish mainstream crime dramas.
Where to watch: Buy
Wed · 2h 28m
Director: Venky Atluri
Starring: Dulquer Salmaan, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Rajkumar Kasireddy
A cash-strapped bank cashier embarks on a risky investment scheme and soon gets drawn into the murky world of money laundering.
Venky Atluri
Dulquer Salmaan, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Rajkumar Kasireddy
A slick, crowd-pleasing financial-crime thriller with strong star presence, brisk pacing, and a retro commercial-movie sheen. It leans on familiar rise-and-fall beats, but the execution, humor, and momentum make it an easy watch for fans of stylish mainstream crime dramas.
Lucky Baskhar is built as a slick rise-and-fall crime entertainer, and it knows exactly how to keep the audience leaning forward. The hook is simple but effective: a cash-strapped bank cashier gets pulled into a dangerous money game, and the film turns that premise into a brisk, twisty ride with a strong sense of momentum.
What stands out most is the film’s commercial confidence. It has a retro-tinged 90s vibe, punchy dialogue, and a lead performance that sells both the charm and the desperation of a man chasing a bigger life. The editing and score push the film along with real energy, even when the writing takes a few convenient shortcuts.
It is not the kind of crime drama that aims for strict realism or moral ambiguity. Instead, it plays as a polished, crowd-friendly thriller with enough style and personality to make its familiar beats work. If you’re in the mood for a glossy financial scam story with star power and pace, it delivers.
BigDeePee (4★) · 467 likes
Bashkar pulled 'call the ambulance but not for me' at climax
Michael James (4★) · 423 likes
Dulquer Salmaan triumphantly completes his con-man trilogy, with the fascinating aspect being done across three languages.. Damn this man.. DQ 😎😎💥💥 Telugu- Lucky BaskharTamil- Kannum Kannum KollaiyadithalMalayalam- Kurup Venky Atluri delivers one of the best financial crime entertainer out there. Though the writing takes a convenient route at most places, the terrific dialogues, top notch execution, brilliant performances, powerful retro 90s vibe musical score and gripping racy narrative that gets packed with enjoyable humor and neat twists, make sure the drama stays as interesting and as compelling. Highly worthy theatre watch, don’t miss out. ‘𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐁𝐀𝐃, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇!!!’
ash (4★) · 358 likes
This is too good to be true Having grown up watching Telugu movies gives me the right amount of context to understand how excellent, solid, packed and tight this movie is in all fronts. Venky's best work yet and definitely and probably dulquer's career best . Making a fun financial crime thriller commercial movie is no joke and they have nailed few scenes which is adrenaline rush guaranteed . Music and cinematography is so nice, loved lot of the shots… more
Shravani Reddy (3.5★) · 292 likes
Boys and their eternal desperation to buy their favorite car is timeless
pree (5★) · 254 likes
dulquer salmaan lookalike contest in my bedroom
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