Happi (film)

Happi

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

Happi is an upcoming Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Bhavna Talwar made in Black-and-white produced by Vistaar Religare 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][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

Charlie Chaplin

In Happi, it has been said that Pankaj's character has been heavily inspired by Charlie Chaplin, but director Bhavna says the only common thing between the two is, "the style of story telling and there is no comparison to Charlie Chaplin. The only thing common here is, Chaplin's style of story telling has been incorporated into various parts of the movie. So it's only a thought that has been the inspiration." [5]

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The film was originally made in colour, has been converted to Black-and-white inspired by 2011 Academy Award for Best Picture winner The Artist as it suits the mood and theme of the film.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 Gulzar and actor Kamalhassan has sung a song in this movie.

References

  1. 1 2 "Pankaj Kapur's black-&-white tribute to Chaplin". timesofindia. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  2. ↑ "Happi Cast & Crew". bollywoodhungama. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  3. ↑ "Happi is technically different from Chapilin cinema-Bhavna". indiaglitz. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  4. ↑ "Happi-Teaser Trailer". youtube. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  5. 1 2 "'Happi' will never be outdated: Bhavna Talwar". ibnlive. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  6. ↑ "'Happi' brings 'black and white' back in Bollywood". ibnlive. 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-15.

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