Happy New Year
Happy New Year (sometimes abbreviated as HNY) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action comedy caper film[3] directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. The film features an ensemble cast of Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff. It was distributed worldwide by Yash Raj Films.[4] 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.
Made on a total budget of ₹100 crore (US$13 million), 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.[5] Despite mixed reviews, who appreciated the cast performances, humor, music, cinematography, production design, and visual effects, action sequences but criticized for writing, logic mistakes and pace, it emerged as a blockbuster grossing ₹50 crore (US$6.6 million) in India on its opening day, setting the record for the highest-first day collection made by an Indian film to that point, and over ₹550 crore (US$73 million) worldwide, declared a blockbuster. Making it the second highest grossing Bollywood film of 2014 and among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences features the film’s script in their library.[6]
Chandramohan “Charlie” Manohar Sharma (Shah Rukh Khan) is a street fighter who has been yearning for revenge from renowned security supplier and owner of shalimar securities, Charan Grover (Jackie Shroff) for eight years. Grover labeled Charlie’s father, Manohar Sharma (Anupam Kher), a businessman as a thief because Charan had conned him into stealing his own diamonds worth $15 million. Charlie finds out that emeralds worth 300 crore ($39.48 million) will reach the Atlantis Hotel, Dubai on Christmas Eve. He wants to steal the same emeralds and frame Grover. To accomplish this, he assembles a dynamic team consisting of Ex-Captain Jagmohan “Jag” Prakash (Sonu Sood), a hard-of-hearing strongman, Tehamton Tammilo “Tammy” Irani (Boman Irani), an old and seizure-prone safecracker and Manohar’s best friend, Rohan Singh (Vivaan Shah), a young intelligent hacker and Jag’s nephew, and a lookalike of Charan’s son Vicky Grover named Nandu Bhide (both played by Abhishek Bachchan).
Tammy is the only one who can open the vault. The team finds out that room 9C, connected to the vault through a duct system, is booked for teams participating in the World Dance Championship (WDC). The group refuses, but Charlie re-motivates the group, convincing them to become a dance team. A flashback shows that Charan Grover met Manohar and gave him a contract to build an impenetrable vault, Shaalimar. After the vault was completed, Charan drugged Manohar and conned him into stealing the diamonds by using his fingerprints. The film returns to the present, where the groups tries to employ a dance instructor, to no avail; in desperation, Nandu introduces Charlie to Mohini (Deepika Padukone), a Marathi bar dancer, who is impressed by Charlie’s anglicised accent and eventually agrees to help them learn dancing, unaware of their intentions. Charlie and Mohini grow very close.
They manage to qualify in the first round and eventually win the competition to represent Team India in the WDC by gaining votes through hacking. Many viewers despise them for their lack of skill, but Charlie and his team (sans Mohini) are all only concerned with the heist. In Dubai, Team Korea is especially hostile towards Team India, including Grover, their sponsor. At the semifinal, Charlie saves a Korean member from severe injury or death, instantly gaining respect and admiration from the audience. After going over the plan, everything is ready. Unfortunately, the team learns that the diamonds will arrive on New Year’s Eve instead of Christmas, which impedes the heist. Luckily, India advances to the finals after judges are moved by Charlie’s action.
