Happy New Year (2014 film)
Happy New Year | |
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Directed by | Farah Khan |
Written by | Farah Khan Althea Kaushal Mayur Puri (dialogues) |
Story by | Farah Khan |
Produced by | Gauri Khan Shahrukh Khan |
Starring | Shah Rukh Khan Abhishek Bachchan Deepika Padukone Boman Irani Sonu Sood Vivaan Shah Jackie Shroff |
Narrated by | Shah Rukh Khan |
Cinematography | Manush Nandan |
Edited by | Anand Subaya |
Music by | Songs: Vishal Shekhar Background Score: John Stewart Eduri |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 180 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹125 crore (US$15 million)[1] |
Box office | ₹379 crore (US$45 million)[2] |
Happy New Year is a 2014 Indian action-heist 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 Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff. The film was distributed worldwide by Yash Raj Films.[3] The film marked a 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, one of the most expensive films made in Bollywood, released on Diwali, 24 October 2014 in three different languages: Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, but proved to be a commercial success and ranks among the 7th highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences features the film's script in their library.[4][5] The heist is loosely based on the heist shown in Hollywood film Ocean's Eleven.
Plot
Chandramohan Manohar Sharma, better known as Charlie (Shah Rukh Khan), is a street fighter who has been yearning for revenge from Charan Grover (Jackie Shroff) for 8 years. Because of him, his father, Manohar Sharma (Anupam Kher) was labeled as a thief because Charan had conned him into stealing the Shalimar Diamonds. Charlie finds out in the media that the diamonds will reach the Atlantis Palm hotel on Christmas Eve. He wants to steal the same diamonds and frame Grover. To accomplish this, he must assemble a dynamic team.
First in his team is Jagmohan Prakash, or Jag (Sonu Sood) who has a hearing deficiency and gets furious when anyone abuses his mother. Second on his team is Tehntroman Irani, or Tammy, (Boman Irani) who is an overweight jogger and suffers from epileptic fits. It is also revealed that Tammy and Manohar were best friends. Third on the team is Rohan Singh (Vivaan Shah), a young hacker who will be able to hack Shalimar's computerized system. He is also Jag's nephew. After thoroughly researching about the vault, the team finds the main vault comprises a biometric lock (fingerprint lock). The problem is that only one person can access the vault at any time: Vicky Grover, Charan's son. So they enlist the aid of a lookalike, Nandu (Nandan) Bhide (Abhishek Bachchan). Charlie describe his team as ek all time bewda (Nandu), ek sanki jadeya (Tammy), ek bhari banduk (Jag), ek badmaash bachcha (Rohan).
The team heads to a warehouse which was originally their workshop for a rehearsal. It is revealed that Tammy was immensely in love with the Shalimar vault and he only knew the sole combination to the vault. The real Shalimar vault has a laser shield in front of the vault whose code combination is changed everyday. The team finds out a weakness that the Shalimar safe is in the Altantis hotel underground which is connected through a air duct system which is further connected to room 9C, a lounge room in Atlantis. Charlie then explains a problem, being that room 9c is booked for a team participating in the world dance championship (WDC), a dancing competition. The group refuses, but Charlie re-motivates the group, convincing them to become a dance team.
The real story is eventually revealed: Manohar was an engineer in vaults. He met Charan Grover, who was a dealer in African diamonds who gave him a contract to build an impenetrable vault. After the vault was completed, Charan drugged Manohar and conned him into stealing the diamonds by using his fingerprint. Desperate to win the competition, they employ many dance teachers, but to no avail. In desperation, Nandu introduces Charlie to Mohini Joshi (Deepika Padukone), who is a Marathi bar dancer. Although reluctant at first, Mohini decides to help them learn to dance, not knowing their true intentions. During this time, Charlie and Mohini grow very close.
They manage to qualify in the first round (by blackmailing the judges with evidence of their secret homosexual relationship) and eventually win the competition to represent Team India in the WDC (by having Rohan hack the machine that tallies the votes). Many people (including and especially Indians) despise them for their lack of dancing skill, but Charlie and his team (minus the oblivious Mohini) are all only concerned with the heist.
Upon entering Dubai, the other competitors are especially hostile towards Team India, especially Grover as he considers India as a team of losers. During the first round, they are pitted against Team Korea, however their performance is halted when Charlie saves a falling child of the rival team, instantly gaining respect and admiration from the audience the world over as well as the other teams (including the grateful Team Korea). After going over the plan, everything is ready. The team eventually find out that the diamonds will arrive on New Year's Eve instead of Christmas which impedes the heist. Though Team Korea secure the last position in the semifinals, the judges, moved by Charlie's saving of Korea's dancer and their spirit, decide that Team Diamonds will compete in the finals as a wild card addition. Over the course of the weeks leading up to the finals, the members of Team India become beloved celebrities in the eyes of the public.
Mohini ends up hearing the whole story as to why they wanted revenge, angrily confronting Charlie and his false motivations of the competition. Charlie reveals a shocking secret that Manohar is not in jail but is actually dead, as he committed suicide. He kept this a secret from the other members in order to keep from demoralizing them. However, the team confides that this only makes their determination to avenge Manohar even stronger. Mohini reluctantly joins the team and helps them for the heist.
The night of the final round, the heist is set in motion. Mohini lures Vicky into an elevator, allowing a disguised Nandu and Jag to sedate him temporarily while Nandu takes his place. For the thumb print, Jag paints his thumb, removes it and places on Vicky's thumb matching the print. While Tammy cracks the vault combination, he suffers an epileptic fit, however they open in time. Everything seems to go very well until Charlie and Tammy find another safe inside made of glass which houses the diamonds and Vicky ends up waking up.Tammy realizes that Manohar built this safe but Charlie manages to crack the password (which is "Charlie"). After stealing the diamonds (and covering all of their tracks), the team boards a nearby boat, but Mohini doesn't want to come as she feels dedicated to protecting India's honor with the competition. Rohan eventually resolves to join her as well, leading to a fight amongst the other members over what they should do next.
Grover is horrified to find the diamonds stolen (with "Vicky's" opening of the door to the safe's room incriminating both him and Grover), but he soon pinpoints Team India as the thieves. As he watches Mohini perform, Jag, Tammy, Nandu and Rohan join in. During their performance, Charlie makes his unannounced appearance and eventually helps the team win the competition.
With any and all suspicions removed from the members of Team India, Grover and Vicky are arrested, Charlie revealing himself as Manohar's son just as they are both dragged out of the hotel by police. Team India reach the airport and manages to bypass security (Charlie camouflaged the diamonds as ice cubes in his cool drink), but the security guard disposes it. But during the flight Charlie reveals that he switched the fake diamonds on the trophy with real diamonds and the diamonds in the drink were fake so the diamonds on the trophy are the real Shalimar Diamonds.
The film ends with Mohini opening a dance school. Charlie proposes to her by giving a ring made of one of the diamonds.
Cast
- Shah Rukh Khan as Chandramohan Manohar Sharma (Charlie)
- Abhishek Bachchan as Nandu Bhide & Vicky Grover (Double Role)
- Deepika Padukone as Mohini Joshi
- Boman Irani as Temhton Irani (Tammy)
- Sonu Sood as Jagmohan Prakash (Jag)
- Vivaan Shah as Rohan Prakash (Jag's Nephew)
- Jackie Shroff as Charan Grover
- Kiku Sharda as Saroj Khan/(Appeared as a dance teacher/choreographer)
- Dino Morea as host of World Dance Championship (cameo)[6]
- Prabhu Deva as dance instructor (cameo)[7]
- Sarah-Jane Dias as Laila (cameo)[8]
- Malaika Arora Khan as the heroine of a film set (cameo)[9]
- Anurag Kashyap as himself/Judge (Guest appearance)[10]
- Vishal Dadlani as himself/Judge (cameo)[10]
- Sajid Khan as director (special appearance)[11]
- Anupam Kher as Manohar Sharma (Charlie's Dad)[12]
- Geeta Kapoor as Judge of World Dance Championship (guest appearance)
- Vishal Malhotra as Host of World Dance Championship (Mumbai Audition and Finale)(Cameo)
- Kavi Shastri as Mr. Gupta
- Puneet Vashisht as Charlie's sidekick
Production
Development
Plans for the film began way back in 2005 but the project was shelved in lieu of Farah Khan's 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 director's first choice for the film.[13] 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.[14] Boman Irani was confirmed by the director during an interview. In August 2013, Jackie Shroff was finalised to play the film's antagonist.[15] The director's brother Sajid Khan would be making a guest appearance while actress Malaika Arora Khan was also signed to appear in a cameo role.[16] Vivaan Shah was reported to play the role of a computer hacker. Actor-director Prabhu Deva performed a dance in a cameo appearance for the film.[17]
Filming
Farah Khan made the official announcement of the film on Twitter.[18] The first schedule of filming started in Dubai.[19] Arabian Business reported that a major portion of the film will be shot in the prestigious Atlantis, The Palm.[20] 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[21] and a torn left knee patella, being advised rest for a while.[22] 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.[23] The official trailer of the film was released in an event on 14 August 2014 and attached with the prints of Singham Returns.[24]
The trailer of the film was released simultaneously on YouTube, Twitter and the DTH channel Tata Sky.[25] It was also the first film trailer to be released on WhatsApp and Facebook,[26] 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.[27]
The worldwide distribution rights were sold to Yash Raj Films for ₹1.25 billion (US$15 million), the satellite rights were sold to Zee Network for ₹650 million (US$7.8 million) and the music rights to T-Series for ₹120 million (US$1.4 million), earning a total pre-release revenue of ₹2.02 billion (US$24 million).[28][29] The film's 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.[30]
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.[31][32]
Soundtrack
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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 15 September 2014. Prior to that, promotional music videos were released for "Indiawaale" and "Manwa Laage" on 2 and 9 September respectively. After the album was launched, promotional videos of the songs "Lovely", "Nonsense Ki Night" and "Satakli" were also released.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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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 |
Total length: | 42:19 |
Reception
The soundtrack gained mostly positive reviews from music critics.
Kasmin Fernandes at The Times of India felt, "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 they've delivered, with seven original tracks, one electronic version, a variation, a medley and an instrumental number."[33] 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."[34] For India.com, Prathamesh Jadhav wrote, "It's a mixed bag!"[35] 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."[36]
Box office
India
Happy New Year had a bumper opening on day one setting new record by collecting around ₹450 million (US$5.4 million) nett, according to Box Office India, making it the first Bollywood film to reach the figure for a single day.[37] The film witnessed a drop on Saturday when it earned ₹285 million (US$3.4 million) nett[38] and collections on Sunday were in the same range, taking the opening weekend to a record ₹1.08 million (US$13,000) nett.[39] The film grossed around ₹1.75 billion (US$21 million) in its first weekend worldwide, the second highest opening for a Hindi film after Dhoom 3.[40]
The film grossed around ₹122.5 million (US$1.5 million) nett on its first Monday to take its total to ₹1.20 billion (US$14 million) in four days.[41] It earned ₹110 million (US$1.3 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 ₹1.31 billion (US$16 million) nett in five days.[42] Happy New Year grossed a huge ₹1.50 billion (US$18 million) nett in its first week.[43][44] The film had a strong weekend and its all India collections were good on Monday and Tuesday but it fell on Wednesday. The film recorded all time figures in Gujarat beating Singham Returns, Kick and Dhoom 3.[45] The huge first week gave the film a massive distributor share of ₹770 million (US$9.2 million) approx.[46] The film grossed ₹2.45 billion (US$29 million) worldwide in its first week which is the 4th highest total ever behind Dhoom 3, Kick and Chennai Express.[47] The Tamil and Telugu versions of the film grossed ₹11 million (US$130,000) nett and ₹26 million (US$310,000) nett respectively in first week.[48]
Happy New Year had good collections on second Friday of around ₹45 million (US$540,000) nett.[49] The film showed huge growth on its second Saturday and Sunday to gross around ₹67.5 million (US$810,000) nett and ₹92.5 million (US$1.1 million) nett respectively.[50][51] Happy New Year grossed around ₹202.5 million (US$2.4 million) in second weekend to take its ten day total to ₹1.54 billion (US$18 million) nett.[52] The film grossed around ₹30 million (US$360,000) nett on second Monday,[53] ₹40 million (US$480,000) nett on second Tuesday[54] and ₹27.5 million (US$330,000) nett on second Wednesday.[55] Happy New Year grossed around ₹353.8 million (US$4.2 million) nett in its second week to take its total to ₹1.685 billion (US$20 million) nett.[56] It grossed around ₹45 million (US$540,000) nett over its third weekend to take its total to ₹1.73 billion (US$21 million) nett.[57][58] Happy New Year grossed around ₹77.5 million (US$930,000) nett in week three taking its total to a little over ₹1.76 billion (US$21 million) nett.[59] The film grossed ₹15.6 million (US$190,000) nett in week four and ₹3.4 million (US$41,000) nett in week five taking its total to ₹1.78 billion (US$21 million) nett.[60][61][62] Box Office India declared Happy New Year a "Super Hit".[63]
Overseas
Happy New Year recorded the second highest overseas opening weekend of all time with figures of $8.1 million (INR 498 million).[64] The film had an all time record opening in the Gulf, Nepal, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Germany.[65][66] In the opening weekend, the film grossed $2.9 million (INR 178 million) in the Gulf, $2 million (INR 123 million) in US/Canada, £570,000 (INR 56 million) in United Kingdom, Aus$380,000 (INR 20.5 million) in Australia and $600,000 (INR 37 million, PKR 62 million) in Pakistan.[67] Happy New Year took the all time best ever opening for a Hindi film in Germany as it grossed $94,000 on its first day of release. Dhoom 3 had grossed $86,000 over the weekend and My Name Is Khan was $98,000 over the weekend.[68] At the end of its theatrical run in overseas, the film earned $17.20 million (INR 1.07 billion) and was second biggest hit of 2014.[69]
Critical reception
Domestic
The film generally received negative response from Indian critics. Saurabh Gupta of Indian Express rated the film 2 out of 5 stars calling it a "Mera Bharat Mahan sentiments" type movie, and a cross between an Ocean's 11/12 and "Flashdance".[70] Rediff rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, and said "the film plays out like a spoof from the get go, a gigantic lark where nothing is taken seriously".[71] NDTV also rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and said that irrespective of earnings at the box office, it "has nothing new to offer".[72] Mihir Fadnavis of First Post said that, "the movie looks and feels like a home video project that was intended for appreciation by precisely two people in the entire universe – Farah and Shah Rukh Khan" and appears to be "Ocean's 11 rewritten by baboons".[73] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars taking on originality, said that "Originality? What's that, ask Farah Khan in Happy New Year".[74]
International
Shilpa Jamkhandikar of Reuters said that the film has liberally borrowed from Hollywood heist films, in particular from Steven Soderbergh's Ocean’s Eleven. "The first half is lighter and genuinely funny at times, but as the second half wears on, the proceedings become monotonous".[75] Lisa Tsering of The Hollywood Reporter reviewed film as, "an ambitious musical, a love story and an Ocean's 11-style crime caper".[76] Sami Qahar of the Dawn gave the film 2.5 out 5 stars and said the film is "Ocean’s Eleven plus Italian Job plus Step Up all in one…on cheap shape-deteriorating steroids."[77]
Sequel
Actors Shah Rukh Khan and Abhishek Bachchan hinted there might be a possible sequel of this film.[78][79]
Controversy
Bollywood film choreographer Saroj Khan reportedly got upset after being spoofed in movie.[80] Farah Khan denied having spoofed Saroj Khan. Farah had earlier allegedly spoofed Manoj Kumar in her 2007 film Om Shanti Om.[81][82]
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