Happi (film)

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Happi
Sreekar Prasad
Music bySongs:
Ilaiyaraaja
Debojyoti Mishra
Background Score:
Ilaiyaraaja
Release date
  • 25 December 2019 (2019-12-25)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Happi is a

Pankaj Kapoor, and 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 was 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

Production

The film, originally made in colour, was converted to black-and-white inspired by 2011 Academy Award for Best Picture winner The Artist as it suits the mood and theme of the film.[1][6]

Track listing

Kamalhassan has sung a song in this movie.[7]

Happi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[8]
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Zindagi Dish"Jaideep SahniIlaiyaraajaKamal Haasan1:29
2."Phata Yeh Sole Hai"Jaideep SahniIlaiyaraajaShaan3:50
3."Mera Toh Chand Hai"Mohinder Pratap SinghIlaiyaraajaSunidhi Chauhan3:38
4."Roz Roz"Mohinder Pratap SinghIlaiyaraajaAnchal Datta Bhatia2:24
5."Barishon"Rishhabh SharrmaDebojyoti MishraAnchal Datta Bhatia4:48
6."Raat Yeh Ghul Gayi"Rishhabh SharrmaIlaiyaraajaSunidhi Chauhan4:16
Total length:20:23

References

  1. ^ a b "Pankaj Kapur's black-&-white tribute to Chaplin". The Times of India. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Happi Cast & Crew". Bollywood Hungama. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Happi is technically different from Chapilin cinema-Bhavna". IndiaGlitz. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 April 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. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  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 ^ "'Happi' will never be outdated: Bhavna Talwar".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.
  8. ^ Happi [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack], 10 March 2023, retrieved 27 April 2023

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