Happi (film)

Happi
Happi
	Promotional Poster
Directed by	Bhavna Talwar
Written by	Mohinder Singh, Rishabh Sharma
Produced by	Gary Dillon; Sachindra Nath
Starring	Pankaj Kapoor; Supriya Pathak; Hrishitaa Bhatt
Cinematography	Martin Grosup
Edited by	Asif Ali Shaikh; Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Release date	25 December 2019;
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Happi is a Bollywood film directed by Bhavna Talwar made in Black-and-white produced by Vistaar Film Fund & WSG Pictures. The film stars Pankaj Kapoor in the lead role is an homage to Charlie Chaplin as per the director. Pankaj Kapoor plays the part of a Chaplin-esque character.^[1]^[2]^[3] After being stuck in development hell, the film released on ZEE5 on 25 December 2019.^[4]

Plot[]

Happi is a comedy drama that tells the amazing story of survival of a social misfit set in Mumbai. The film is all about a man, who is content with what he earns as his needs are few and thus, he is comfortable being a misfit. He earns by making people laugh as well as by singing at Cafe Bombay.^[5]

His life turns upside down and he is shattered as the same place is now getting revamped into 'Club Mumbai' – a hip, high class upmarket lounge. But he refuses to be beaten down by the circumstances and fights back with his self belief with an unlikely companion, a puppy.

Cast[]

Pankaj Kapoor
Supriya Pathak
Hrishitaa Bhatt
Nakul Vaid
Manoj Pahwa
Akshat Saluja
Farroukh Mehta
Sachin Gaikwad
Tejaswini Kolhapure (special appearance)

Black-and-white[]

The film was originally made in colour, has been converted to Black-and-white inspired by 2011 Academy Award for Best Picture winner The Artist as it suits the mood and theme of the film.^[1]^[6]

Music[]

Maestro Illayaraja provided the film score for this film and the lyrics were penned by Jaideep Sahni and actor Kamalhassan has sung a song in this movie.^[7]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Pankaj Kapur's black-&-white tribute to Chaplin". The Times of India. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
^ "Happi Cast & Crew". bollywoodhungama. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
^ "Happi is technically different from Chapilin cinema-Bhavna". indiaglitz. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
^ Sharma, Aayushi (26 December 2019). "Happi Premiered On ZEE5 On 25 December 2019: 5 Reasons To Watch The Pankaj Kapur Film". ZEE5. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "'Happi' will never be outdated: Bhavna Talwar". CNN-IBN. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
^ "'Happi' brings 'black and white' back in Bollywood". CNN-IBN. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
^ "Kamal Haasan sings for Ilayaraja!". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

External links[]

Happi at IMDb

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[B&WCChaplin-1] "Pankaj Kapur's black-&-white tribute to Chaplin". The Times of India. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

[2] "Happi Cast & Crew". bollywoodhungama. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

[3] "Happi is technically different from Chapilin cinema-Bhavna". indiaglitz. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

[4] Sharma, Aayushi (26 December 2019). "Happi Premiered On ZEE5 On 25 December 2019: 5 Reasons To Watch The Pankaj Kapur Film". ZEE5. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[CChaplin-5] "'Happi' will never be outdated: Bhavna Talwar". CNN-IBN. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

[6] "'Happi' brings 'black and white' back in Bollywood". CNN-IBN. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

[7] "Kamal Haasan sings for Ilayaraja!". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

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