Happy New Year
Happy New Year (sometimes abbreviated
as HNY) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film 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, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek
Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff.
It was distributed worldwide by Yash Raj
Films. The film marked the 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.
Made on a total budget of ₹150 crore (US$21 million), Happy New Year ranks among the most expensive Hindi films. The film was released on Diwali, 24 October 2014 in three different languages: Hindi, Tamil and Telugu with around 4,200 screens in Hindi and 800 screens in Tamil and Telugu, the biggest release for a Hindi film in India at that time. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, it grossed ₹50 crore (US$7.0 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 ₹400.03 crore (US$56 million) worldwide in full theatrical run, becoming 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.
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Plot
Chandramohan "Charlie" Manohar Sharma (Shah Rukh
Khan) is a street fighter who has been yearning for revenge from
renowned businessman Charan Grover (Jackie Shroff)
for eight years. Grover labeled Charlie's father, Manohar Sharma (Anupam Kher)
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 "Tammy" Irani (Boman Irani),
an old and seizure-prone safecracker and Manohar's best friend, Rohan Singh (Vivaan Shah),
a young intelligent hacker, 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. The
film moves to a flashback— Manohar met Charan Grover and was given 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 fingerprints.
The film returns to the present, where desperate to win the national-level
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. Mohini is impressed by fluent English used by Charlie from the very
beginning 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 by blackmailing the
judges with nude photos 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. India advances to finals after judges are moved
by Charlie's action. Team India becomes loved by all. 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.
Mohini ends up hearing about the heist, angrily confronting
Charlie and his false motivations of the competition. Charlie reveals that
Manohar is actually dead; following the arrest, he appealed for a trial, but
Grover bribed Manohar's lawyers and tampered with the evidence. The next day,
Manohar committed suicide by slitting his wrists.
Charlie kept this a secret to avoid demoralisation. However, the team makes
their determination to avenge Manohar even stronger, including Tammy. Mohini
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, where his thumbprint is copied on Nandu
who opens the chamber. They open the crack but Charlie and Tammy find another
glass safe which houses the diamonds that can open only by a 7-digit password.
Tammy realizes that Manohar built this safe. Charlie opens the safe later after
deep thinking, realising that the password to open the safe was his own name.
After stealing the diamonds, the team boards a boat, but Mohini refuses to come
as she feels dedicated to protecting India's honor with the competition. Rohan
joins her as well, leading to a fight amongst the remaining members.
When Team India is found missing, Grover claims that they are
the thieves. As he watches Mohini perform, other members also join her. Soon
after, Charlie makes an appearance and eventually helps the team win the
competition. With any and all suspicions removed from Team India, Charan and
Vicky Grover are arrested. Charlie reveals himself to Charan and slips in his
pocket the same razor blade Manohar slit his wrists with, completing his
revenge. Team India reach the airport and manage to bypass security. Charlie
camouflages the diamonds in his soft-drink, but the security guard disposes of
it. Later, during the flight, Charlie reveals that he switched the fake
diamonds on the trophy with the real ones. The team reaches India.
In the post-credits scene, Mohini opens her own "Dance School" and Charlie proposes to her with a ring made from one of the diamonds. Everyone then laughs at Nandu, who is thrown out of the bank for showing a winners' cheque. Rohan finally gains immense popularity among the girls, while Jag takes over directing the film being made earlier, with the original director now the bomb controller. Tammy now has many of the elderly ladies chasing him as their hero. Having been given a long-term sentence, Charan and Vicky Grover are now seen in a Dubai city jail, still pleading for their innocence.
Cast
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Shah Rukh
Khan as Chandramohan Manohar Sharma a.k.a. "Charlie" :
Mohini's lover ; Charan Grover's nemesis
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Deepika
Padukone as Mohini Joshi :Charlie's love interest ;
Vicky Grover's love interest
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Abhishek
Bachchan as Nandu Bhide/Vicky Grover charan's son (Dual role)
·
Sonu Sood as
ex capt- Jagmohan Prakash Singh a.k.a. "Jag"
:Rohan's Uncle
·
Boman Irani as
Temhton Irani a.k.a. "Tammy"
Manohar's friend
·
Vivaan Shah as
Rohan Singh, Jag's nephew
·
Jackie Shroff as
Charan Grover, Vicky's father, the main antagonist.
·
Mohan Kapur as
Charan's assistant
·
Varun
Pruthi as Charan's assistant Sartaj Gill
·
Kavi Shastri as
Mr. Gupta
·
Anupam Kher as
Manohar Sharma, Charlie's late father (Cameo Appearance)
·
Daisy Irani as Namita Irani (Cameo Appearance)
·
Sarah-Jane
Dias as Laila: India's ambassador at WDC(Cameo Appearance)
·
Dino Morea as
Host of World Dance Championship (Cameo Appearance)
·
Kiku Sharda as Saroj Khan (Cameo
Appearance)
·
Prabhu Deva as
Dance Instructor (Cameo Appearance)
·
Malaika Arora Khan as the Heroine of a
Film (Cameo Appearance)
·
Anurag
Kashyap as Himself/Judge of World Dance Championship Auditions
(Cameo Appearance)
·
Vishal
Dadlani as Himself/Judge of World Dance Championship Auditions
(Cameo Appearance)
·
Sajid Khan as Himself/Director of a
Film (Special Appearance)
·
Geeta Kapoor as
Herself/Judge of World Dance Championship (Cameo Appearance)
·
Jason Tham as
Team Korea Leader
·
AbRam
Khan as himself (cameo in end credits)
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