Farah
Khan
is
one
of
the
few
female
directors
who
has
broken
the
myth
that
a
woman
can't
helm
masala
movies.
The
director,
who
has
churned
out
blockbusters
like
Main
Hoon
Naa
and
Om
Shanti
Om,
says
in
a
"sexist
country" she
has
proved
that
a
woman
can
do
it
better.
Her
latest
film
Happy
New
Year,
starring
Shahrukh
Khan,
Deepika
Padukone,
Abhishek
Bachchan,
Jackie
Shroff,
Boman
Irani,
Sonu
Sood
and
Vivaan
Shah,
has
earned
a
record
Rs.44.97
crore
on
the
opening
day
of
its
release.
"We
knew
it
would
do
well
because
it
has
Shahrukh,
Deepika
and
me.
It's
a
big
movie.
The
songs
were
doing
well,
there
was
great
energy
and
positive
buzz
about
it.
We
knew
it
would
get
a
big
opening,
but
this
big!
Nobody
knew
even
the
trade
experts
are
in
shock
I
think," Farah
told.
She
is
thrilled
about
the
fact
that
being
a
woman,
her
film
has
done
so
well
at
the
box
office.
"We
live
in
a
sexist
country
where
women
are
put
down,
treated
badly
and
told
that
they
can't
do
things
that
men
do.
Being
a
woman,
numbers
have
come
like
this.
Not
only
a
woman
director,
but
no
male
director
has
also
got
this
kind
of
an
opening.
So,
we
should
definitely
celebrate
it," said
the
director,
who
is
married
to
filmmaker
Shirish
Kunder.
Known
for
making
fast
paced
films
with
oodles
of
romance,
action,
comedy
and
drama,
the
mother
of
three
children
doesn't
want
to
be
"pressurised"
by
reviews.
"I
don't
want
to
be
pressurised
by
any
critic
who
thinks
that
I
should
make
certain
type
of
movie,
which
is
slow,
boring
and
so-called
sensitive
and
I
shouldn't
be
making
this
because
this
is
a
man's
territory.
I
will
do
it
and
do
better
than
a
man,"
she
said.
"It
takes
a
lot
to
write
a
script
that
one
billion
people
will
accept
and
to
make
it
big,
funny
and
clean
without
having
sexist
jokes,
bad
language,
or
cheap
humour.
"It's
very
easy
to
please
five
critics,
but
very
difficult
to
please
the
entire
nation
which
is
so
diverse
in
its
thoughts,
behaviour
and
likes,"
she
added.
If
the
film
is
entertaining,
the
song
in
the
end
credit
too
has
enhanced
the
experience
of
the
movie
buffs.
Farah
says
a
lot
goes
into
it.
"My
biggest
pressure
was
what
to
do
in
the
credit
roll
because
everybody
waits
for
that.
I
always
feel
the
credit
roll
has
to
go
with
the
theme
of
the
movie
like
'Om
Shanti
Om' was
about
movies,
so
we
had
a
premiere
at
the
end.
"'Happy
New
Year'
is
about
world
dance
championship
so,
we
had
dance
championship.
Definitely,
thought
goes
into
it
otherwise
it
will
have
random
people
just
dancing.
This
time
we
gave
trophies
and
all.
It
was
a
proper
competition
at
the
end,"
added
the
director,
who
included
shots
of
her
three
children
and
Shahrukh's
son
AbRam
in
the
end
credit.
Right
now,
she
is
in
the
mood
to
celebrate
the
success
of
the
heist
drama.
"We
will
be
having
a
party
at
my
house
and
each
member
of
the
cast
will
rotate
the
party.
We
are
quite
a
few
of
us,
so
I
think
we
will
be
celebrating
for
a
week
atleast,"
she
said.
And
post
parties,
it'd
be
family
time.
"I'll
go
on
a
long
holiday
with
my
kids
and
husband
to
London
for
Christmas,"
said
Farah.