Happy New Year

<p>Chandramohan “Charlie” Manohar Sharma is a smalltime street who has spent eight years plotting revenge on Charan Grover, who was responsible for Charlie’s father Manohar being convicted and imprisoned as a thief. Charlie learns that some diamonds owned by Grover will be moved on Eve to the most secure safe in the world, Shalimar in . He finds out that Shalimar is located beneath the Atlantis Hotel, which is hosting the World Dance Contest. The night the diamonds come, Charlie plans to steal the diamonds and frame Grover. He assembles a team that includes hard-of-hearing strongman and explosives expert Jagmohan “Jag” Prakash, seizure-prone safecracker Tehamton “Tammy” Irani, Jag’s nephew and master hacker Rohan Singh, and Nandu Bhide, who looks identical to Grover’s son Vicky. Jag and Tammy also resent Grover, as they both were close to and worked with Manohar to build Shalimar. Charlie reveals to Nandu that 8 years ago, Grover, who at the time was an African Diamonds Dealer, had hired Manohar to build the most secure safe in the world to keep some diamonds in. Later, as the project had been completed, Grover drugged Manohar and stole his own diamonds framing Manohar for the theft, who was then sent to prison for 12 years. The group enlists the help of Mohini, a bar dancer, in order to represent Team India in the contest. With the help of Rohan’s hacking, the team qualifies and travels to Dubai. After a party for all the participants in the World Dance Championship, the gang excluding Mohini goes over the plan to rob the diamonds after the semis and camouflage the diamonds with Charile’s drink. During a rehearsal Charlie sees Team Korea’s leader bully the youngest member and sticks up for him which results in a brawl between the two. However Charlie almost falls off the building but manages to get himself up and Team Korea’s leader almost falls but Charlie manages to save him. During the semis, Team India and Team are going against each other but the youngest member on Team Korea loses his balance while doing an act, and as he is falling Charlie runs to rescue him successfully. After the dance is done the plan commences where Jag and Nandu go to the lift to trap Vicky but they find out that the diamonds will be coming on instead of Christmas. The gang is now frustrated and demoralized that they won’t get their revenge on Grover since they will most likely get eliminated. When the judges announce the teams that are advancing they decided last minute to add Team India as an extra team that will compete in the finals due to Charlie’s selfless act from earlier. They advance to the finals, but Charlie inadvertently reveals the heist plan to Mohini. Charlie explains his reasons, revealing that Manohar had in fact committed in prison, which he had hidden from Jag and Tammy. Mohini joins the plan, and the group successfully steals the diamonds on the night of the finals. As the group prepares to flee by boat, Rohan tells them that Mohini has refused to join them, planning instead to dance in the finals for India. The group fights about whether to join her. When the diamonds are found missing and Team India fails to appear onstage, Grover accuses them of being the thieves; however, the entire group joins Mohini, convincing Grover’s associates and the police that he stole his own diamonds, which were contracted to be sold after WDC. Team India wins the Championship. As they encounter Grover and Vicky being led away in handcuffs, Charlie reveals himself to Grover as Manohar’s son and gives him the same Manohar used to commit suicide in prison. The story ends with the entire team becoming successful and Charlie proposing to Mohini. During the credits, they host their informal dance competition. In 2005, originally planned as her second film after (2004). The film was planned with an consisting of , , , , , , , , and . In 2006, Farah Khan signed then-model for the film. However, for unknown reasons, the film was , and Farah went on to direct (2007), which starred Shah Rukh Khan and Padukone. Farah Khan eventually decided to revive the project in 2012, with screenwriting completed by October that year. Upon the film’s revival in 2012, was initially cast alongside Khan as the female lead, but opted out due to scheduling conflicts. Several other actresses including , , and were considered; however Padukone was finalized, marking her third film opposite Khan after and . and were also approached for the film; however they both declined and was cast. ‘s involvement in the film was confirmed by Farah in an interview. In August 2013, was cast as the antagonist. Farah’s brother, and actress were confirmed to make guest appearances. appears as himself in a cameo appearance. Farah Khan announced that filming would begin in September 2013. The first schedule began in in November 2013. The film was shot extensively at the in , Dubai. In January 2014, Shah Rukh Khan injured himself while shooting at the in . Though reported as minor at first, he suffered a fractured shoulder and a torn left knee , being advised to rest for a while. was used as one of the major filming locations while certain portions were also filmed near the . The final schedule was completed in September 2014. For promotion, digitally personalized posters written in cast members’ handwriting were made available to social media users. The team of , , , and went to the set of the famous Indian television show for the promotion of their movie. The film’s cast and crew, along with rapper and actress travelled on a promotional tour titled “SLAM!”. Starting from 19 September in , it took place in , , , , and . “SLAM!” also continued to on 5 October. On 13 October 2014, an official game based on the film, titled was released for and . It was made in collaboration with the production company and Gameshastra India, an Indian game art outsourcing studio. The worldwide distribution rights were sold to for (US$20.48 million), the satellite rights were sold to for (US$10.65 million) and the music rights to for (US$1.97 million), earning a total pre-release revenue of (US$33.1 million). The music of is composed by the duo of while the lyrics are penned by ; John Stewart Eduri composed the background score. The full soundtrack was launched on 15 September 2014 at an highly advertised event held in , which was also streamed live on the production company’s official channel. Prior to that, promotional music videos were released for “Indiawaale” on 3 September and “Manwa Laage” on 10 September respectively. After the album was launched, promotional videos of the songs “Lovely”, “Nonsense Ki Night” and “Satakli” were also released. “India Waale” is featured in , (as ) and is part of the service. Worldwide, the film grossed (US$64.56 million), making it one of the of all time. set a record by collecting 44.99 crore, making it the first Bollywood film to reach the figure in a single day. The record was broken by the 2018 Diwali release starring , , and which collected 52.25 crore on Day 1. The film witnessed a drop on Saturday when it earned 285 million nett and collections on Sunday were in the same range, taking the opening weekend to a record 970 million nett. The film grossed around 1.75 billion in its first weekend worldwide, the second highest opening for a Hindi film after . The film grossed around 122.5 million nett on its first Monday to take its total to 1.09 billion in four days. It earned 110 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 nett in five days. grossed a huge 1.34 billion nett in its first week. The film had a strong weekend and its all India collections were good on Monday and Tuesday but it fell on Wednesday. The huge first week gave the film a massive distributor share of 770 million approx. The film grossed 2.45 billion worldwide in its first week which was the fourth highest total ever behind , and . The Tamil and Telugu versions of the film grossed 11 million nett and 26 million nett respectively in first week. had good collections on second Friday of around 45 million nett. The film showed huge growth on its second Saturday and Sunday to gross around 67.5 million nett and 92.5 million nett respectively. grossed around 202.5 million in second weekend to take its ten-day total to 1.54 billion nett. The film grossed around 30 million nett on second Monday, 40 million nett on second Tuesday and 27.5 million nett on second Wednesday. grossed around 353.8 million nett in its second week to take its total to 1.685 billion nett. It grossed around 45 million nett over its third weekend to take its total to 1.73 billion nett. grossed around 77.5 million nett in week three taking its total to a little over 1.76 billion nett. grossed 15.6 million nett in week four and 3.4 million nett in week five taking its final total to 1.83 billion nett. declared a “Super Hit”. Its final domestic gross was 240 crore (US$48 million). recorded the second highest overseas opening weekend of all time with figures of 8.1 million ( 498 million). The film had an all-time record opening in the , , , , , , and . In the opening weekend, the film grossed US$2.9 million ( 178 million) in the Gulf, $2 million ( 123 million) in US/Canada, £570,000 ( 56 million) in , 380,000 ( 20.5 million) in , and 62 million (US$600,000, 37 million) in . took the all-time best ever opening for a Hindi film in Germany as it grossed $94,000 on its first day of release. had grossed $86,000 over the weekend and was $98,000 over the weekend. At the end of its theatrical run overseas, the film earned US$16.71 million ( 102 crore) in overseas markets. It is one of the . The film released in China on 12 February 2015. It went on to gross $500,000 ( ) at the Chinese box office. The film received mixed reviews from critics in India and overseas. It holds a 57% rating on , based on 14 reviews. While the performances of the lead cast, and the humor content received praise, the lack of character development and the ‘unoriginal’ plot received criticism. of gave 2.5 stars out of 5, commenting “You’ll find yourself chuckling and cringing alternately while watching Happy New Year, in which director Farah Khan skillfully sets up a heist plot against an international dance competition scenario. Its a curious premise, and Farah brings many of the same elements that she applied to good use in Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om, namely lots of self-referencing, affectionate nods to 70s Bollywood, and the ability to occasionally laugh at oneself.” Anupama Chopra gave 2 out of 5 stars and said “It is frantic, noisy, gaudy and, largely, joyless. Farah takes the framework of the traditional heist movie and bungs in revenge, melodrama, comedy, romance, countless dazzling dance sequences and, as a climactic flourish, a dose of patriotism.” Saurabh Gupta of rated the film 2 out of 5 stars calling it a “Mera Bharat Mahan sentiments” type movie, and a cross between an / and “Flashdance”. 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”. 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”. Mihir Fadnavis of 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 ” rewritten by baboons”. Rohit Vats of gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars taking on originality, said that “Originality? What’s that, ask Farah Khan in “. Shilpa Jamkhandikar of said that the film has liberally borrowed from Hollywood heist films, in particular from ‘s . “The first half is lighter and genuinely funny at times, but as the second half wears on, the proceedings become monotonous”. Lisa Tsering of reviewed film as, “an ambitious musical, a love story and an -style crime caper”. Sami Qahar of the gave the film 2.5 out 5 stars and said the film is ” plus plus all in one…on cheap shape-deteriorating steroids.” Film choreographer reportedly got upset after being parodied in the film. The spoof character was played by . denied having spoofed Saroj Khan. Farah had earlier allegedly spoofed in her 2007 film . described as a “nonsensical film” and she said, “I only watched it because is in it. I told him that he is a great actor if he can act stupid in front of the camera like that.”</p>