Happy New Year (2014 film) Happy New Year is a 2014 Indian caper comedy film directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. The film has an ensemble cast which includes Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah, Sonu Sood and Jackie Shroff. The film will be distributed worldwide by Yash Raj Films. [3] This will be the third collaboration of Khan with the director; they previously worked on Main Hoon Na (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007), the latter of which also featured Padukone as the female lead. The film belongs to a different genre of musical heist. Happy New Year Theatrical ReleasePoster Directedby Farah Khan Produced by Gauri Khan Written by Farah Khan Althea Kaushal Mayur Puri (dialogues) Story by Farah Khan Starring DeepikaPadukone Shahrukh Khan Abhishek Bachchan Sonu Sood Boman Irani Vivaan Shah Narrated by Shahrukh Khan Music by Songs: Vishal Shekhar Background Score: John Stewart Eduri Cinematography Manush Nandan Edited by Anand Subaya Production company Red Chillies Entertainment Distributed by Yash Raj Films Release dates 23 October 2014 (Dubai, United ArabEmirates) 24 October 2014 (Worldwide) Running time 180 minutes Country India Language Hindi Budget 1.50 billion (US$24 million) [1] Box office 2.45 billion (US$40 million) [2] (First week) The film released on Diwali, 24 October 2014, [4] in three different languages: Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. [5] Plot The film revolves around 6 losers; Charlie (Shah Rukh Khan), Mohini (Deepika Padukone), Nandu ( Abhishek Bachchan), Tammy (Boman Irani), Jag ( Sonu Sood), Rohan (Vivaan Shah) and their hunt for revenge and respect. Charlie is a street fighter who longs for revenge for his father who was framed as a thief by Charan Grover (Jackie Shroff). He makes a mastermind plan to steal the Shalimar Diamonds from Grover and to frame him just like he had done to his father, Manohar Sharma (Anupam Kher). However, in order to do this he needs to make a team. First he finds his childhood friend Jag, a former bomb disposal squad Captain. Then he finds a safe cracker, Tammy, his fathers best friend and a hacker, Rohan, Jags nephew. When they realise that they need to have the finger prints of Charans son, Vikki (Abhishek Bachchan), Charlie finds Nandu, a look alike of Vikki. They start planning how to steal the diamonds. Now they only have one problem, they have to take part in World Dance Championship. As hard as they try, they cant dance. So they find a bar dancer, Mohini (Deepika Padukone) to teach them how to dance with out telling her their plan. After a lot of rehearsals and cheating, Team Diamonds become Team India in WDC. During this time period, Charlie and Mohini start falling in love with each other. When they arrive at Dubai, everyone dislikes them including Grover. However they rehearse and become semi finalists. Their plan was to steal the diamonds after dancing in the semi final, but they have to change their plan as the diamonds are reaching on New Years Eve instead of Christmas. Unexpectedly, they are chosen as finalists as Charlie had saved a young boys life from the rivals team and left his own performance. Things take a turn when Mohini over hears Charlie going through the plan. Just as she is about to leave, Charlie stops her and explains why they had to do this. He also reveals that his father isnt in jail but committed suicide. This leaves Mohini emotional and she decides to help the other five. On the night of the finals, everything goes as planned and they manage to steal the diamonds after a couple of complications. However, Mohini realises that everyone is waiting for them to perform and decides to stay as their country would be let down. Rohan decides to help Mohini. Suddenly, Tammy realises that Mohini is right and he, Nandu and Jag decide to go to perform leaving Charlie alone. During the performance, Charlie makes an unexpected entry and the team perform extremely well. When Grover realises that the diamonds are missing he instantly blames Team India but as the whole team are dancing, he is arrested just like planned. Team India are declared winners of World Dance Championship 2014. Just as the police are taking Grover away, Charlie reveals who he actually is to Charan and manages to find justice for his father. The film ends with Mohini opening her dance school and Charlie proposing to her with a ring made of a Shalimar diamond and the team becoming winners from losers. Cast Deepika Padukone as Mohini Joshi Shah Rukh Khan as Chandramohan Sharma (Charlie) Abhishek Bachchan as Nandu Bhide/Vicky Grover Sonu Sood as Jagmohan Prakash (Jag) Boman Irani as Temhton Irani (Tammy) Vivaan Shah as Rohan Singh [6] Jackie Shroff as Charan Grover [7] Special Appearances Kiku Sharda as Faroj Khan/Palak (Appeared as a dance teacher/choreographer) Dino Morea as host of World Dance Championship [8] Prabhu Deva as dance instructor (cameo) [9] Sarah-Jane Dias as Laila (cameo) [10] Malaika Arora Khan as the heroine of a film set [11] Anurag Kashyap as himself/Judge [12] Vishal Dadlani as himself/Judge [12] Sajid Khan as director [13] Anupam Kher [14] as Manohar Sharma Geeta Kapoor as Judge of World Dance Championship Production Plans for the film began way back in 2005 but the project was shelved in lieu of Farah Khans Om Shanti Om (2007) which also featured SRK and Deepika Padukone. After her 2010 film Tees Maar Khan, Farah began to consider the possibilities of the film and screenwriting was completed by October 2012. The filmmaker stated that she wanted an established actress in the lead role opposite Khan. Names such as Sonakshi Sinha, Asin, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Parineeti Chopra and Katrina Kaif were rumoured to play the role, however Deepika Padukone was finalized, making it her third film with Shah Rukh Khan after Om Shanti Om and Chennai Express (2013). As for the lead role, Khan was one of the directors first choice for the film. [15] The actor was reported to be playing the role of a con artist in the film which has Deepika in the role of a Marathi dancer. At a point, John Abraham was to play one of the supporting roles but Sonu Sood replaced him. [16] Boman Irani was confirmed by the director during an interview. In August 2013, Jackie Shroff was finalised to play the films antagonist. [17] The directors brother Sajid Khan will be making a guest appearance while actress Malaika Arora Khan was also signed to appear in a cameo role. [18] Vivaan Shah will reportedly play the role of a computer hacker. Actor-director Prabhu Deva has performed a dance in a cameo appearance for the film. [19] Filming Farah Khan made the official announcement of the film on Twitter. [20] The first schedule of filming started in Dubai. [21] Arabian Business reported that a major portion of the film will be shot in the prestigious Atlantis, The Palm. [22] On 23 January 2014, Shah Rukh Khan was injured while shooting for the film at JW Marriott Hotel, Mumbai. Though reported as minor at first, he suffered a fractured shoulder [23] and a torn left knee patella, being advised rest for a while. [24] Mehboob Studios was used as one of the major locations while certain portions were also filmed near the Wilson College. The final schedule was completed in August 2014. Marketing The first look of the film was launched on 2 January 2014. As part of the promotions, an official Twitter handle was started and several hashtags on the topic trended on social networking sites. The campaign was one of its kind where a digitally signed personal poster was tweeted to followers. [25] The official trailer of the film was released in an event on 14 August 2014 and attached with the prints of Singham Returns. [26] The trailer of the film was released simultaneously on YouTube, Twitter and the DTH channel Tata Sky. [27] It was also the first film trailer to be released on WhatsApp and Facebook, [28] was viewed over 1.5 million times and earned 360K likes on Facebook within 24 hours. The trailer reportedly earned over 10 million views in a day from all platforms. [29] The worldwide distribution rights were sold to Yash Raj Films for 1.25 billion (US$20 million), the satellite rights were sold to Zee Network for 650 million (US$11 million) and the music rights to T-Series for 120 million (US$1.9 million), earning a total pre-release revenue of 2.02 billion (US$33 million). [30][31] The films cast and crew, along with rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh and actress Madhuri Dixit travelled on a promotional tour titled SLAM!. Starting from 19 September in Houston, it took place in New Jersey, Washington, Toronto, Chicago, Vancouver and San Jose. SLAM! also continued to United Kingdom on 5 October. [32] On 13 October 2014, an official game based on the movie, titled Happy New Year-The Game was released for Android and iOS. It was made in collaboration with the production company and Gameshastra India, an Indian game art outsourcing studio. [33][34] Soundtrack Happy New Year Soundtrack album by Vishal-Shekhar Released 15 September 2014 Genre Feature film soundtrack Length 42:19 Label T-Series Vishal-Shekhar chronology Bang Bang! (2014) Happy New Year (2014) The music of Happy New Year is composed by the duo of Vishal-Shekhar while the lyrics are penned by Irshad Kamil. The full soundtrack was launched on September 15, 2014. Prior to that, promotional music videos were released for Indiawaale and Manwa Laage on September 2 and September 9 respectively. Track listing No. Title Singer(s) Length 1. India Waale Vishal Dadlani, K.K., Shankar Mahadevan, Neeti Mohan 3:58 2. Manwa Laage Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal 4:31 3. Satakli Sukhwinder Singh 3:43 4. Lovely Kanika Kapoor, Ravindra Upadhyay, Miraya Varma, Fateh 3:41 5. World Dance Medley Neeti Mohan, Vishal Dadlani, Sukhwinder Singh, K.K., Shankar Mahadevan, Shah Rukh Khan 5:23 6. Nonsense Ki Night Mika Singh 3:03 7. Dance Like A Chammiya Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani 3:32 8. Sharabi Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani 4:21 9. Indiawaale (Electronic) Neeti Mohan, Vishal Dadlani, K.K., Shankar Mahadevan 4:26 10. The Heist (Instrumental) Instrumental 1:57 11. Kamlee Kanika Kapoor, Ravindra Upadhyay, Fateh, Miraya Varma 3:44 Total length: 42:19 Reception The soundtrack gained mostly positive reviews from music critics. Kasmin Fernandes at The Times of India felt that As a heist film centred round a dance competition, Happy New Year provides plenty of fodder for composers Vishal and Shekhar and lyricist Irshad Kamil to showcase their way with sounds. And theyve delivered, with seven original tracks, one electronic version, a variation, a medley and an instrumental number. [35] Rohit Vats for Hindustan Times gave the album 3 out of 5 stars stated, Farah Khan looks more concerned about the feel of her film than the quality of the songs, and it prompts her to go with trendy tunes. Overall, the album is average and is only youth oriented. Acquiring longevity will be difficult for this album. [36] For India, Prathamesh Jadhav wrote, Its a mixed bag! [37] On the contrary critic Surabhi Redkar for Koimoi felt, Happy New Year album is not as extravagant as the film looks. With an expectation of a Bollywood musical soundtrack, it comes down to a regular album of Vishal-Shekhar. Even though the album will be a hit with tracks such as Manwa Laage and Kamlee, it will not enjoy much longevity. [38] Box office See also: List of highest-grossing Bollywood films India Happy New Year had a bumper opening on day one setting new record by collecting around 400 million (US$6.5 million) nett, according to Box Office India, making it the first Bollywood film to reach the figure for a single day. [39] The film witnessed a drop on Saturday when it earned 285 million (US$4.6 million) nett [40] and collections on Sunday were in the same range, taking the opening weekend to a record 970 million (US$16 million) nett. [41] The film grossed around 1.75 billion (US$28 million) in its first weekend worldwide, the second highest opening for a Hindi film after Dhoom 3. [42] The film grossed around 122.5 million (US$2.0 million) nett on its first Monday to take its total to 1.09 billion (US$18 million) in four days. [43] It earned 110 million (US$1.8 million) nett on its first Tuesday as the film had a decent hold from Monday in a few circuits, taking its total to a huge 1.20 billion (US$19 million) nett in five days. [44] Happy New Year netted a huge 1.34 billion (US$22 million) in its first week. [45] The film had a strong weekend and its all India collections were good on Monday and Tuesday but it fell on Wednesday. Despite the falls in the latter part of the week it still racked up a big first week number as Mumbai circuit put up a fantastic number of around 460 million (US$7.5 million) nett. [46] The film grossed 2.45 billion (US$40 million) worldwide in its first week which is the fourth highest total ever behind Dhoom 3, Kick and Chennai Express. [2][47] Overseas Happy New Year recorded the second highest overseas opening of all time with figures of $8.1 million (INR 498 million). [48] The film had an all time record opening weekend in the Gulf, Nepal, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Malaysia. [49] In the opening weekend, the film grossed $2.9 million (INR 178 million) in the Gulf, $2 million (INR 123 million) in US/Canada, £570K (INR 56 million) in United Kingdom, Aus$380K (INR 20.5 million) in Australia and $600K (INR 37 million, PKR 62 million) in Pakistan. [50]
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