'Happy New Year' First Look Unveiled Ft. Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan,Sonu Sood

The first poster of one of the most anticipated film of 2014, Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone starrer 'Happy New Year', is finally out. From the first look of the poster of Farah Khan's upcoming film, it seems the film is about robbery and heist.

The first poster shows its lead actors – Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah – posing at an open vault door and diamonds and other jewels glittering at the corner. The poster comes with a tag line "Iss Diwali... Todenge Taale India waale", which further strengthens the theory of it being a heist film. However director Farah Khan has said that her 'dream project' is about dance competition.

Farah Khan had said that the story revolves around five friends – Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah – who are trained by a club dancer (Deepika Padukone) to win a dance trophy.

Meanwhile Shah Rukh Khan tweeted

I hope you like the poster for the film @HNY. All that begins this year or ends this year for u, may it be the best for each one of u. Love.
— SHAH RUKH KHAN (@iamsrk) January 1, 2014

Director-choreographer Farah Khan is also overjoyed with the response of the poster. She tweeted: "thank all of u 4 the stupendous response 2 it!itni shiddat se n all.."

#HappyNewYear everyone. This year is going to be Super special. God bless. pic.twitter.com/u003eVvjJ2
— sonu sood (@SonuSood) January 1, 2014

Don Needs A Tension Free Holiday

Bollywood king want some relax after big bash of "Chennai Express". She keen like to go for a tension free holiday

This year, Shah Rukh Khan’s big Eid offering, Chennai Express has hit the bull’s eye. But at a time when filmmakers are constantly looking for a holiday weekend to release their films, 2014 has already been blocked by other big names. So, by the looks of it, SRK doesn’t have a clear big weekendnext year to come out with his next film, Happy New Year (HNY).

And although talks are rife that the Farah Khan directorial next will release on Diwali (Farah’s 2007 hit, Om Shanti Om starring Shah Rukh-Deepika & Padukone had released on Diwali as well), neither the director nor Shah Rukh have gone on record about it yet. “For that (deciding the release date), all of us, including Shah Rukh, need to sit together and decide. We might release the film on Diwali or even before that. But we haven’t decided yet,” says Farah.

Since HNY goes on the floors next month, it’s believed that it will be ready by mid-2014. And all the holiday weekends after that are taken. Salman Khan takes back his Eid slot with Kick. On Independence Day, Akshay Kumar’s Gabbar comes out along with Ajay Devgn’s Singham 2. The Dusshera and Diwali weekends have officially been taken by two Hrithik Roshan-starrers, Bang Bang and Shuddhi, respectively, while Christmas has been taken up by Ranbir Kapoor’s Bombay Velvet.

However, owing to the delay in Bang Bang’s shooting (shifted to November) due to Hrithik’s brain surgery, trade experts feel that Shuddhi might move freeing the Diwali weekend. “Diwali and Christmas weekends suit the film (HNY) perfectly. I asked him about this but Shah Rukh hasn’t taken a call on it,” says trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Till date, SRK has had many Diwali hits, including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and Don (2006).

Source: Hindustan Times

Ankita Lokhande, Aamna Shariff, Jennifer Winget: Will TV’s Top Ladies Make It Big in Bollywood?

Television has often been considered a stepping-stone for actors to enter Bollywood. Will the new generation of leading ladies make it to the big screen?

While we’ve seen the hunks of tellyland making a mark in B-town, the women have for the most part been left far behind. But that in no way means they can’t make it - after all, Vidya Balan started her career with a role in a TV show called Hum Paanch, right? And Prachi Desai was the lead in Kasamh Se before Rock On! happened to her, remember?

We have heard several stories about how at a recent event Shahrukh Khan spotted Ankita Lokhande and wanted her to be a part of his new movie directed by Farah Khan, Happy New Year. Then there is Pratyusha Banerjee, who claims to want to use the ticket to the Bigg Boss house to find better opportunities in Bollywood, while popular actor Jennifer Winget has also been trying to catch the attention of moviemakers to take a leap from daily soaps to films. But how many of them will make it?

Aamna Shariff

Ekta Kapoor put her on the map with the show Kahiin Toh Hoga, post which Aamna decided to take a break to give her movie career a chance. After three consecutive failures in Aloo Chaat, Aao Wish Karein and Shakal Pe Mat Ja, Aamna decided to return to TV. The actor is currently looking for work; clearly it hardly matters whether it is for TV or films now, does it!

Ankita Lokhande

What happened in Macau clearly worked wonders for Ankita Lokhande. It seems that at the IIFA concluding bash, Shahrukh spotted Ankita in the arms of her beau, Sushant Singh Rajput and requested his director Farah Khan to cast her in their film Happy New Year. This was indeed a big high for the Pavitra Rishta lady. However, if recent rumours are to be believed, Deepika Padukone has been signed on as the main lead opposite SRK. Nonetheless, popular belief is that Ankita still has a chance to be a part of the project as the second or third lead heroine.

Jennifer Winget

Mrs Karan Singh Grover has been trying her hand at film auditions for some time now, but none have worked out for her. Apparently Jennifer was also one of the names considered for Happy New Year opposite Shahrukh. Director-choreographer Farah Khan said that everything depended on the audition, which Jennifer is yet to give. The beautiful babe has been getting offers from producers for small budget movies.

Pratyusha Banerjee

Reality TV is the best medium for a star to find the limelight. And if a show is anything as controversial as Bigg Boss, even better. The delicate darling of the telly industry has been dropping hints about her dreams to do movies some day. She recently confessed in an interview that she hopes to use the opportunity of Bigg Boss as a platform to make an entry into movies. Will it work? That remains to be seen. Meanwhile, we hope that her stint on BB7 doesn't ruin her chances of stardom completely.

Mona Singh

After Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi, Mona Singh hosted several shows, but Bollywood finally caught up with her when she played a pivotal role in Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots. Mona did a few more blink and miss roles, like in Utt Patang and Zila Ghaziabad, but is that the end of the filmi road for her? After 3 idiots, the actor waited for a long time for her next film, during which break she did another TV show, Kyaa Huaa Tera Vaada. We hope the actor gets better and more worthy roles in the future - we wouldn't want to see such amazing talent wasted, no?

Yami Gautam

The Fair and Lovely model has two popular TV shows to her credit, but her real dream was Bollywood, which came true with John Abraham’s Vicky Donor. The actor became a star overnight, even though the movie belonged almost entirely to Ayushmann Khuranna. Yami made her mark and producers began to line up outside her door with movie offers. Yami signed a project in the South and Hamara Bajaj in Bollywood. Let’s hope her lucky streak continues to take her further.

Source: BollywoodLife

Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan Together in Farah's Happy New Year

Mumbai: There are many Bollywood stars who desire to work with Tinsel Town’s superstar Shahrukh Khan. One such name is of Abhishek Bachchan. Though both have worked together in 2006 film ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna’ but their on screen chemistry failed to spread magic on the box office then.

"Happy New Year" is being directed by choreographer-director Farah Khan, who had directed SRK in "Main Hoon Na" and "Om Shanti Om".

"I am very excited to work with Farah. Farah is a dear friend and I am very excited to be part of 'Happy New Year' and I love Shah Rukh," said Abhishek .

"I worked with him in 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' and I think he is taking too much time to do another film with me. It is going to be a lot of fun," he added.

While the male leads of the film are in place, Farah has yet to finalise the female leads.

Abhishek will be flying to Dubai in September for a schedule of "Happy New Year".