Her
films
have
dances,
songs,
melodrama,
romance,
dollops
of
emotions,
colour,
star
power
and
all
of
what
make
a
typical
Bollywood
potboiler.
If
they
manage
to
entertain
the
mass
audiences
in
her
homeland
and
the
classy
abroad,
it
gives
the
effervescent
Farah
Khan
the
joy
of
making
the
impossible
possible.
"'Happy
New
Year'
is
genre-bending," retorts
Farah
in
an
interview,
at
the
very
mention
that
her
films
are
always
topped
with
"typical"
elements.
Closely
associated
with
the
creation
of
grand
song
and
dance
sequences
during
her
filmography
as
a
choreographer
before
turning
to
filmmaking,
Farah
likes
the
setting
of
her
movies
to
be
grand,
and
she
says
she
ensures
to
offer
a
"twist"
to
a
"formula".
"I
like
to
entertain
all
kinds
of
audiences
with
my
films.
Let
me
tell
you,
it
is
very
difficult
for
a
filmmaker
to
have
a
story
which
runs
well
and
appeals
to
the
B-class
audience
in
India
as
well
as
to
viewers
in
Britain
and
the
US.
"I
make
aesthetic
movies
which
are
grand
and
with
some
of
the
biggest
stars.
It's
not
fair
to
run
them
down.
I
don't
make
tacky
films,"
added
the
49-year-old,
whose
last
directorial
was
"Tees
Maar
Khan".
Her
upcoming
film
-
"Happy
New
Year",
a
musical
heist
drama
-
boasts
of
a
star
cast
that
comprise
of
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Deepika
Padukone,
Abhishek
Bachchan,
Boman
Irani,
Sonu
Sood
and
Vivaan
Shah.
Apart
from
Jackie
Shroff
too
features
in
it
as
a
villain.
The
central
theme
of
the
movie
may
be
the
heist
-
a
formula
used
often
in
Hollywood
and
Bollywood
-
but
Farah
says
there
are
things
that
set
her
movie
apart
from
what
the
audience
has
already
seen
in
the
genre.
"Several
films
on
reincarnation
were
done
in
the
past,
but
I
added
a
retro
twist
to
'Om
Shanti
Om'...so
there
will
always
be
a
twist.
A
dance
film
has
been
done
to
death,
but
here
in
'Happy
New
Year',
the
twist
is
in
the
fact
that
a
group
of
worst
dancers
come
together
to
participate
in
a
dance
competition
and
we've
mixed
it
with
a
heist.
"Heist
is
a
genre,
it's
a
formula,
just
like
love
story
and
romance
is
a
formula...the
obstacle
lies
in
how
you
make
it
and
how
you
add
your
own
twist
to
it,"
said
the
filmmaker,
who's
currently
on
a
US
tour
with
her
"Happy
New
Year"
team
to
make
all
the
right
noises
about
the
film.
Needless
to
say,
but
she's
hoping
the
movie,
which
will
be
Bollywood's
big
Diwali
release
this
year,
opens
in
several
screens
across
the
globe,
courtesy
its
worldwide
distributor
Yash
Raj
Films.
"It's
one
of
the
most
awaited
films
of
the
year.
It
brings
back
Shah
Rukh
seven
years
after
we
did
'Om
Shanti
Om'...the
buzz
that
the
songs
have
created,
it's
all
nice
only,"
she
said.
The
shooting
of
"Happy
New
Year"
started
in
October
2013
and
it
was
recently
wrapped
up
after
170
days
of
shooting.
Farah
admits
it's
been
the
"most
exhausting
and
exhilarating"
of
all
her
films' shoots
-
and
so,
there's
no
wonder
that
she
has
already
made
up
her
mind
to
take
a
six-month
holiday
once
it
reaches
the
audiences.
(Radhika
Bhirani
can
be
contacted
at
radhika.b@ians.in)