Happy New Year (2014 film)

Happy New Year
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Farah Khan
Produced by	Gauri Khan and Co-produced Karuna Badwal
Written by	Mayur Puri (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Farah Khan Althea Kaushal
Story by	Farah Khan
Starring	Shah Rukh Khan Deepika Padukone Abhishek Bachchan Sonu Sood Boman Irani Vivaan Shah Jackie Shroff
Narrated by	Shah Rukh Khan
Music by	Songs: Vishal Shekhar Dr. Zeus Manj Musik Background Score: John Stewart Eduri
Cinematography	Manush Nandan
Edited by	Anand Subaya Tushar Parekh
Production company	Red Chillies Entertainment
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	23 October 2014 (2014-10-23) (Dubai) 24 October 2014 (2014-10-24) (Worldwide)
Running time	179 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹150 crore
Box office	₹343 crore

Happy New Year, sometimes abbreviated as HNY is a 2014 Indian musical heist comedy directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. The film has an ensemble cast, which includes Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff. The film was distributed worldwide by Yash Raj Films. The film marked a third collaboration of Khan with the director; they previously worked on Main Hoon Na (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007), the latter of which also featured Padukone as the female lead.

The film was released on Diwali, 24 October 2014 in three different languages: Hindi, Tamil and Telugu in around 5000 screens in India, the biggest release for a Hindi film in India. The film received negative reviews from critics, but was a commercial success and ranks among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences features the film's script in their library.

Chandramohan Manohar Sharma, better known as Charlie (Shah Rukh Khan), is a street fighter who has been yearning for revenge from Charan Grover (Jackie Shroff) for 8 years. Grover, with his rich and despicable mind, labeled Charlie's father, Manohar Sharma (Anupam Kher) as a thief because Charan had conned him into stealing his own Diamonds (he stole his own diamonds and framed Sharma for stealing them) priced at INR 100 crore ($15 million). Charlie finds out through the media that diamonds worth $300 crore will reach the Atlantis Hotel on Christmas Eve. He wants to steal the same diamonds and frame Grover. To accomplish this, he must assemble a dynamic team.