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Happy New Year Movie ( 2014 Film )

Happy New Year film starring Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone is directed by Farah Khan and Produced by Gauri Khan under the Red Chillies Production Banner.

It is Shahrukh Khan's third movie with the director Farah Khan after working together in Main Hoon Na in 2004 and Om Shanti Om in 2007. Om shanti Om first paired the hit couple together and was appraised by many.

The director Farah Khan's direction has a style of multiple elements in it. We can expect to see masala, drama, comedy, romance and action all together. Farah Khan and Shahrukh Khan are good friends and have provided hits till now. 

Happy New Year Cast                                                                                                 

The cast of the happy new year movie was kept a secret and was revealed on the first day when the shooting began. There were many rumours about the leading lady of the film, It was rumored that actress Katrina kaif and Bipasha Basu were going to play the lead roles.

All of the rumours were put to rest when Abhishek revealed the cast of the movie with a simple tweet.

Main Star Cast Of Happy New Year

Actor	Image
Shahrukh Khan
Deepika Padukone
Boman Irani
Sonu Sood
Abhishek Bachchan
Vivaan Shah
Jackie Shroff

Along with impressive cast, Happy new year also has a huge list of actors just making a cameo appearance in the movie.

• Sajid Khan
• Malaika Arora Khan
• Prabhu Deva
• Vishal Dadlani
• Anurag Kashyap
• Anupam Kher 

Casting Rumours                                                                                                                              

 Shahrukh Khan was always the first choice of the director Farah Khan. When it came to leading lady she was sure of getting a established actress opposite Shahrukh Khan. Rumoured actress to be finalised for the role included some big names such as Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Sonakshi Sinha, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Parineeti Chopra.

However Deepika Padukone was finalized which made Happy new year her third movie with the king khan. It was rumored that Shahrukh Khan pushed towards Deepika as the leading lady after the huge success of Chennai Express.

For supporting roles John Abraham was rumored which was later bagged by Sonu Sood. Boman Irani and Jackie Shroff were confirmed by the director. Jackie Shroff will be playing the villain's role. Vivaan Shah will be playing a character of a computer hacker who also narrates the film in the first half.

Cameo Appearances                                                                                                                          

Farah Khan roped in Malaika Arora Khan for a cameo in Happy New Year. When Asked why nobody else other than Malaika, Farah responded by saying that Malaika is a very dear friend and she can always pick up the phone and ask her for help.

Filming                                                                                                                        

To make the official aanouncement of the commencement of the shoot, Farah Khan tweeted.

N the Countdown begins! Exactly 1 mnth before shoot starts 4 HaPpy New YeAr ! The most hectic,exhilirating,stressfully happy time!
— Farah Khan (@TheFarahKhan) August 1, 2013

The film went on floor on 1st September 2013. The major portion of the movie will be shot in Dubai's Atlantis, The Palm. It was later confirmed by Arabian Business and that the first schedule of the filming had begun in Dubai.

Production                                                                                                                    

Farah Khan's Om Shanti om delayed the plans for Happy new year which was shelved due to it. Plans for it had begun in 2005 but as Farah khan was busy with Om Shanti Om, this project was shelved. Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om also featured the king khan.

After the release of Tees maar khan (2010), She decided to take on the project of Happy New Year and the screenwriting process was done by 2012.

Promotions                                                                                                                    

The first poster of the movie was released by twitter and many hashtags went trending on the movie trended giving it a huge boost. 

The first of its kind digitally signed poster of Happy new year was available.

Happy new year taglines tells the movie will be a fun packed comic movie, will wait for more information and will keep updated.