Happy
New
Year
Development
Farah
Khan
had
a
faint
idea
about
Happy
New
Year
back
in
2005,
but
she
could
not
develop
her
idea
due
to
her
projects
like
Om
Shanti
Om
and
Tees
Maar
Khan.
Her
rift
with
Shahrukh
Khan
further
deferred
its
development.
Happy
New
Year
Pre-Production
After
she
sorted
out
her
difference
with
Shahrukh
Khan,
Farah
Khan
seriously
started
working
on
the
project
Happy
New
Year.
She
began
the
pre-production
works
of
the
film
in
October,
2012.
Female
Lead
In
Happy
New
Year
Initially
the
names
of
Sonakshi
Sinha,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan,
Parineeti
Chopra
and
Katrina
Kaif
were
reportedly
considered
for
the
female
lead
in
Happy
New
Year.
However,
Deepika
Padukone
was
finalized
later.
Deepika-SRK
Chemistry
Deepika
Padukone
already
worked
with
Shahrukh
Khan
in
Om
Shanti
Om
and
Chennai
Express
and
their
chemistry
has
been
proved
to
be
successful.
Happy
New
Year
will
be
their
third
film
together.
SRK-Deepika's
Roles
In
HNY
The
makers
of
Happy
New
Year
have
kept
the
story
and
details
of
the
lead
characters.
Shahrukh
Khan
is
reportedly
playing
a
con
artist,
while
Deepika
Padukone
appears
as
a
Marathi
dancer
in
the
film.
Supporting
Cast
In
HNY
Abhishek
Bachchan,
Sonu
Sood
and
Boman
Irani
are
playing
important
roles
in
Happy
New
Year.
Jackie
Shroff
will
play
antagonist
in
the
film,
while
Vivaan
Shah
essays
the
role
of
a
computer
hacker
and
also
narrates
the
film
in
the
first
half.
Cameo
Appearances
In
HNY
Farah's
brother
Sajid
Khan,
Malaika
Arora
Khan
and
Vishal
Shekar
will
be
making
guest
appearances
while
actor-director
Prabhu
Deva
performs
a
dance
number
in
the
film
in
a
cameo
appearance
for
the
film.
Happy
New
Year
Shooting
The
first
schedule
of
filming
for
Happy
New
Year
started
in
Dubai
and
a
major
portion
of
the
film
is
being
shot
in
the
prestigious
Atlantis,
The
Palm.
On
23
January
2014,
Khan
was
injured
while
shooting
for
the
film
at
JW
Marriott
Hotel,
Mumbai.
Later,
Mehboob
Studios
was
used
as
one
of
the
major
locations,
while
certain
portions
were
also
filmed
near
the
Wilson
College.
Happy
New
Year
Songs
The
musician
duo
-
Vishal-Shekhar
is
composing
the
music
for
Happy
New
Year,
while
Irshad
Kamil
writes
the
lyrics
for
its
soundtracks.Arijit
Singh
will
do
a
special
track
for
the
film.
The
film
has
a
song
named
"Indiawaale"
as
revealed
by
the
makers.
Happy
New
Year
First
Look
The
first
look
of
Happy
New
Year
was
launched
on
January
2,
2014.
Meanwhile,
they
also
held
publicity
campaign
on
Twitter.
As
part
of
the
promotions,
the
digitally-signed
personal
posters
were
tweeted
to
followers.