Happy New Year (2014) on Netflix
A street boxer named Charlie holds the tycoon Charan Grover responsible for his father's false conviction. To rob diamonds from a Dubai hotel vault, Charlie's crew must pass as a dance team.
- Netflix2.6/5
- IMDb5.1/1045,158 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes53%
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Plot summary
Charlie, a street boxer, has spent years blaming the tycoon Charan Grover for his father Manohar's imprisonment on a false theft charge. Learning that diamonds Grover owns will be moved on Christmas Eve into Shalimar, a vault beneath the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai, Charlie plans to steal them and frame Grover. The hotel is hosting the World Dance Championship, so he gathers Jag, Tammy, Rohan and Nandu Bhide, who resembles Grover's son Vicky, and passes the group off as dancers. Nandu brings in Mohini, a bar dancer who wants to open a classical dance school, to teach them.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Happy New Year (2014)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- While shooting at the JW Marriott Hotel in Mumbai in January 2014, Shah Rukh Khan injured himself. First reported as minor, he had suffered a fractured shoulder and a torn left knee patella and was advised to rest.
- Happy New Year was the first Bollywood film to collect ₹44.99 crore in a single day; the record was broken by the 2018 Diwali release Thugs of Hindostan, starring Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh, which collected 52.25 crore on Day 1.
- When the film was revived in 2012, Priyanka Chopra was initially cast as the female lead alongside Shah Rukh Khan but opted out due to scheduling conflicts. Sonakshi Sinha, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Parineeti Chopra and Katrina Kaif were considered before Deepika Padukone was finalized.
- John Abraham and Prithviraj Sukumaran were approached for the film but both declined, and Sonu Sood was cast instead.
- Choreographer Saroj Khan was reportedly upset after being parodied in the film; the spoof character was played by Kiku Sharda, and Farah Khan denied having spoofed her.
- The song "India Waale" went beyond the film into the Just Dance video game series: it is featured in Just Dance Now, Just Dance 2015 as downloadable content, and in the Just Dance Unlimited service.
