When New Year came 2 months earlier

Last night I had the utmost privilege to attend first day first show of the musical extravaganza which is called Happy New Year!!!!  I am still speechless. This was a movie where everything and everyone kept shining during the entire 180 minutes or so of its run time. 

But I'm digressing. Let's get some things in order:

• Happy New Year is NOT Ocean's Eleven or Twelve or whatever our dear Shaan Shahid has been calling it. Yes, it is a heist film but in reality it is much more than just that. For me, the movie in those 3 hours became so much more than just a story about a gang of thieves planning to steal some diamonds. It also contained love between father & son, an amazing lead pair in terms of SRK-Deepika Chemistry, some great supporting cast members and a lot of soul. 
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• These days, Hollywood has seen a revival of the musical genre as well. I remember a few years back when Glee came, suddenly every TV Show wanted to do a musical episode. Some of the latest movies like Step-up, Mamma Mia, Broadway plays like Hedwig etc have further strengthened the belief that if the script is well woven and songs or dance numbers don't act as roadblocks then these grand musical numbers are definitely justified. 

• If someone were to ask me what Happy New Year really is all about I would have to say its a movie which celebrates music and dance. And that was obvious considering the fact that Farah Khan was sitting at the Director's seat and was finally fulfilling her dream of making a film which unabashedly expresses its love for music and dance. 
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• From the first scene to the last one, every single minute has been so well executed that all you can do is stare and the big screen and be dumbfounded. The scale on which HNY has been mounted is breathtaking. The location of Atlantis Dubai, the arena where SRK fights and even the dance bar of Deepika has all been designed and crafted with utmost sincerity and conviction so that the viewer doesn't feel cheated. 

• The script is the king. That is what I have always heard and remembered. HNY boasts of a very ordinary script which has been converted into an extraordinary screenplay. The lengths to which the team has gone to cover up all the loopholes tells me that there was a master storyteller hiding inside Farah Khan who has finally come out of her shell.  
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• Instead of spoiling the movie for everyone I would like to mention some things which were very well planned and scripted. The fact that HNY stars 6 leading cast members itself is amazing. And when the team decides to give every single person in the cast gigantic roles, larger than life emotions then all you can do is clap and whistle. 
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• It would be unwise to end a movie review without discussing SRK. One thing which kept coming back to my mind was the fact that SRK has finally grown up. He realizes that as producer of a film not every scene needs to be about him, but when he does come on screen then every eye in the auditorium HAS to be on him and him alone. Hopefully, this will continue for his future ventures as well. 

• Do go and watch Happy New Year (i.e. if you are lucky enough to get tickets) but this one is surely a film to be seen on the big screen. FULL PAISA VASOOL.