Happi (film)

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]

Happi
Promotional Poster
Directed byBhavna Talwar
Produced byGary Dillon
Sachindra Nath
Written byMohinder Singh, Rishabh Sharma
StarringPankaj Kapoor
Supriya Pathak
Hrishitaa Bhatt
Music byIlaiyaraaja
CinematographyMartin Grosup
Edited byAsif Ali Shaikh
Sreekar Prasad
Release date
  • 25 December 2019 (2019-12-25)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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

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The film was originally made in colour, has been converted to Black-and-white inspired by 2011 Academy Award for Best Picture winner The Artist as it suits the mood and theme of the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
  1. "Pankaj Kapur's black-&-white tribute to Chaplin". timesofindia. 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.
  5. "'Happi' will never be outdated: Bhavna Talwar". ibnlive. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. "'Happi' brings 'black and white' back in Bollywood". ibnlive. 15 March 2012. 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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