Happy New Year ( Upcoming 2014 film )
Happy New Year is an upcoming 2014 Bollywood action comedy – drama 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 Deepika Padukone and Shahrukh Khan in the leads with supporting roles by Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah.
This will be the third collaboration of Khan with the director; they previously worked on the blockbusters Main Hoon Na (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007). The tagline of the film indicates that it is a musical heist.
Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani and Sonu Sood on the sets of Happy New YearCast
- Deepika Padukone
- Shah Rukh Khan
- Abhishek Bachchan
- Sonu Sood
- Boman Irani
- Vivaan Shah
- Jackie Shroff
- Sajid Khan
- Malaika Arora Khan
- Prabhudeva
Shah Rukh Khan and Abhishek Bachchan on the sets of Happy New Year
Production
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 Shahrukh Khan. 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, 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 Shahrukh after Om Shanti Om and Chennai Express (2013).[3] As for the lead role, Khan was the director's first choice for the film. 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. Boman Irani was confirmed by the director during an interview. In August 2013, Jackie Shroff was finalised to play the film's antagonist. The director's brother Sajid Khan will be making a guest appearance while actress Malaika Arora Khanwas also signed to appear in a cameo role. Vivaan Shah will reportedly play the role of a computer hacker and also narrates the film in the first half. Actor-director Prabhu Deva has performed a dance in a cameo appearance for the film.
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.
Filming
Making the official announcement of her film going on floors from 1 September, Farah Khan tweeted, "N the Countdown begins! Exactly 1 month before shoot starts for Happy New Year ! The most hectic, exhilirating, stressfully happy time!". The first schedule of filming started in Dubai. Arabian Business reported that a major portion of the film will be shot in the prestigious Palm Islands, three artificial islands off the coast of Dubai.
Soundtrack
The music of Happy New Year will be composed by the duo of Vishal-Shekhar. Popular singer Sukhbir will do a special track for the film. The film has a song named "Indiawaale" as revealed by the makers.
