Happy New Year | |
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Directed by | Farah Khan |
Written by | Screenplay: Farah Khan Althea Kaushal Dialogues: Mayur Puri |
Story by | Farah Khan |
Produced by | Gauri Khan |
Starring | Deepika Padukone[1] Shah Rukh Khan Abhishek Bachchan Sonu Sood Boman Irani Vivaan Shah Jackie Shroff |
Cinematography | Manush Nandan |
Edited by | Anand Subaya Tushar Parekh |
Music by | Songs: Vishal–Shekhar Guest Composition: Dr. Zeus RDB Background Score: John Stewart Eduri |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release dates | |
Running time | 178 minutes[2] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹140 crore[3] |
Box office | ₹408 crore[4] |
Happy New Year (sometimes abbreviated as HNY) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language heist comedy thriller film[5] directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. Loosely based on the Hollywood movie The Italian Job. The film features an ensemble cast of Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff. It was distributed worldwide by Yash Raj Films.[6] In the film, a bunch of losers transform themselves into a team that wins over the hearts of the people in the city and across the world, all as part of their quest to pull off the biggest diamond heist ever seen.
Made on a total budget of ₹140 crore (US$22.94 million), the film marked the third collaboration of the lead actor, producer and 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.
Happy New Year was released on Diwali 2014 with dubbed versions in Tamil and Telugu, and gained around 4,200 screens in Hindi and 800 screens in Tamil and Telugu, that was the biggest film release in India up until then.[7] It received negative reviews from critics, who appreciated the cast performances, soundtrack, humor, cinematography, production design and visual effects, but criticized the writing, length and pace. It grossed ₹44.97 crore (US$7.37 million) in India on its opening day which was the record for the highest domestic opening for an indian film at that time and eventually grossing a total of ₹408 crore (US$66.85 million) worldwide. Despite negative reviews, it became a huge success.
At the 60th Filmfare Awards, Happy New Year received 2 nominations – Best Supporting Actor (Bachchan) and Best Female Playback Singer (Shreya Ghoshal for "Manwa Laage"). The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences features the film's script in their library.[8]
Even in Chennai Express and Happy New Year, Deepika Padukone's name appeared before SRK's.
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