''Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian

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-language

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Mudassar Aziz Mudassar Aziz is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and lyricist. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aziz, Mudassar Hindi-language film directors Indian male screenwriters Living people Place of birth m ...

and produced by

Aanand L. Rai Aanand L. Rai (born 28 June 1971) is a Hindi film director and producer known for romantic-comedy movies ''Tanu Weds Manu'' (2011), ''Raanjhanaa'' (2013), ''Tanu Weds Manu: Returns'' (2015), '' Zero (2018 film), Zero ''(2018), '' Atrangi Re '' ...

and

Krishika Lulla Krishika Lulla is an Indian film producer. She made her foray into producing films with 2010s romantic film '' Anjaana Anjaani'', a co-production with Sajid Nadiadwala, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. In December 2010, India's firs ...

. The film is a sequel to the 2016 film ''

Happy Bhag Jayegi ''Happy Bhag Jayegi'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film, written and directed by Mudassar Aziz, and produced by Aanand L. Rai and Krishika Lulla. It stars Diana Penty as the eponymous character; a free-spirited bride-to- ...

''. It stars

Diana Penty Diana Penty (; born 2 November 1985) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi films. She began her modelling career in 2005 when she was signed up by Elite Models India. Penty made her acting debut with the romantic comedy film ''C ...

as the eponymous character from the first film and

Sonakshi Sinha Sonakshi Sinha (; born 2 June 1987) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. After working as a costume designer in independent films, she made her acting with the action film ''Dabangg'' in 2010, which won her the Filmfare Award for Bes ...

as her namesake. The production features an ensemble cast consisting of Penty, Sinha,

Jimmy Sheirgill Jimmy Sheirgill (born Jasjit Singh Gill; 3 December 1970), also credited as Jimmy Shergill, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. Sheirgill began his film career with the 1996 thriller ''Maachis''. His bre ...

Piyush Mishra Piyush Mishra (born as Priyakant Sharma; 13 January 1963) is an Indian actor, lyricist, playwright, musician and screenwriter. Mishra grew up in Gwalior, and graduated from National School of Drama, Delhi in 1986. Thereafter, he started his ca ...

Ali Fazal Ali Fazal (born 15 October 1986) is an Indian actor and model who primarily appears in Hindi films. He made his screen debut with a small role in the English language film ''The Other End of the Line'' before appearing in the American television ...

, and

Jassi Gill Jasdeep Singh Gill (born 26 November 1988) is an Indian singer, live perfomer and actor associated with Punjabi and Hindi language music and films. He debuted in Punjabi cinema with the 2014 film ''Mr & Mrs 420'' and in Hindi cinema with the 20 ...

. The film was released on 24 August 2018 to mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

The film starts with Daman Singh Bagga and Usman Afridi being kidnapped by some Chinese goons and they're brought to Shanghai, China. Then the movie goes into a flashback. Happy and her husband Guddu go to Shanghai, China for a concert. A Botany professor, also named Happy, comes to Shanghai to join a university as a lecturer. At the airport the Chinese goons kidnap Happy 2 mistaking her for Happy 1. They take Happy 2 into custody and demand a contract as a ransom. The contract was actually given to Javed Ahmed and his son Bilal Ahmed, who was friend of Happy 1 shown in the previous movie. The contract was given to their rivals So, they kidnapped Happy 2 thinking she is Happy 1 and that she could convince Bilal to give them the contract and as soon as she does this they will release her. Happy 2 is unable make them believe that she is not that Happy they are looking for and that they have the wrong Happy. Chang, one of the goons does not believe her. Being left with no other options he abducts Bagga from his wedding ceremony in Amritsar and Usman from his farewell ceremony in Lahore. In the present moment in time. Chang tells Bagga and Afridi to convince Happy 2 to do what they want her to do and convince Bilal into handing over the contract to them. But they soon learn that Happy 2 has run away. Meanwhile, Happy 1 and Guddu reach the university and are told by authority to join the orientation programme. Clueless, they join the orientation and roam around the city. Meanwhile, Happy 2 hides in a bar where she met Khushwant Singh Gill aka Khushi who works in the Indian embassy. She hides in his car. After which he sees her and listens to her story, at first Khushi is not willing to help her but he finally agrees. He takes Happy 2 to his house. The next day, he takes her to his office to meet his boss Adnan Chow (Denzil Smith), a half Pakistani and half Chinese. Adnan assures Happy that he will help her. In the meantime, Chang find Happy's location and goes there with Bagga and Usman. Upon reaching there, Chang orders them to catch Happy. But after seeing Happy 2, they get confused as she is not the Happy that they know they know. They then go to Khushi's house and Chang arrives there. Happy 2 hits Chang and he goes unconscious. Bagga and Usman decide to join Happy 2 and Khushi. They go to meet FAQ, Khushi's friend. They find out that Happy 2 came China not only to join the university, but also to find her eloped fiancée Aman Wadhwa who abandoned her two years ago. Happy 2 tells them that she does not want them involved in the situation causing them to get into trouble so she will look for her alone but Khushi and the other decide to help her anyway. They take Adnan's help in getting Aman's location only to find out that he does not live there anymore. Chang catches up with them and attacks them but they manage to escape. Khushi and Bagga Both start to fall for Happy 2 and challenge each other to see who can win her heart. FAQ meets Happy 1 and Guddu but does not recognise them. Happy 2 and the others find out that Chang works for Adnan and that Adnan was the mastermind behind this whole operation as he wants the contract from Bilal Ahmed. Happy 2 and the others also find out that Aman is in jail, so they plan to meet Aman in jail but end up getting caught. Upon being caught they explain the whole situation to the police they are released and finally go to meet Aman, upon arrival they see Aman dancing dressed as a female in front of the other prisoners and find out that Aman is gay and is living in jail just to be with his boyfriend. Happy 2 makes Aman realise his mistake and he agrees to apologize to her father about what he had done to her and her family. They all leave for Shanghai. Chang finally realises that Happy 2 is not the Happy that he was looking for. That night Chang kidnaps Happy 2 again with the help of Bagga and Usman who help him without realising as they are extremely drunk. The Next morning Khushi receives a call from Adnan who tells him he has kidnapped Happy2 to help him motivate himself into bringing him Happy1. Khushi goes to the others for helps, Bagga suggests that they arrange a concert to find Guddu. Aman takes responsibility to promote the event and FAQ arranges the concert. On they day of the concert Guddu and Happy 1 show up and they explain the situation to them. Guddu is not ready to help them but Happy 1 agrees as she believes that she is responsible for what's going on. Meanwhile, Happy 2 runs away from Adnan's custody. Unbeknownst to that Khushi and the others go to meet Adnan and his men. But Khushi understands what's going on an starts to run away along with Bagga, Usman, Guddu and Happy 1. Happy 2's Father finds out that Happy 2 has gone to China along with her cousins but has been missing for the past three days. Happy 2 finds Khushi and the others and follows them to catch Adnan and his gang they finally manage to catch them and hand them over to the police. Happy 2 and Khushi thank Happy 1 and Guddu for helping them. Happy 2 and Khushi are united and she finally meets her father. The movie ends in a scene showing Bagga flirting with Happy 2's cousins and everyone laughing.

Cast

as Harpreet "Happy" Kaur/Happy 2 *

as Harpreet "Happy" Kaur/Happy 1 *

as Daman Singh Bagga *

as Gurdeep "Guddu" Singh *

as Usman Afridi *

Jassie Gill Jasdeep Singh Gill (born 26 November 1988) is an Indian singer, live perfomer and actor associated with Punjabi and Hindi language music and films. He debuted in Punjabi cinema with the 2014 film ''Mr & Mrs 420'' and in Hindi cinema with the 20 ...

as Khushwant Gill *

Aparshakti Khurana Aparshakti Khurana (born 18 November 1987) is an Indian actor, radio jockey, comedian, singer, music director, television host and a former Indian cricketer who was the captain of Haryana U-19 Cricket Team. He is the younger brother of actor A ...

as Aman Singh Wadhwa, Happy2's eloped groom *

Jason Tham Jason Tham is an Indian dancer, choreographer and actor. He was a contestant on the reality dance competition Just Dance in India and played the role of Karma on Channel V dance-based show '' Dil Dosti Dance''. Early life Tham was born the youn ...

as Chang * Jeeveshu Ahluwalia as Fakkuruddin Qurashi "Fa Q" *

Bijou Thaangjam Bijou Thaangjam (born Thangjam Biju Singh) is an Indian actor, lyricist, art director, chef and entrepreneur. He is of Meitei descent originally from Imphal, Manipur. He was one of the contestants on the reality cooking competition MasterChef ...

as Chinese Agent *

Denzil Smith Denzil Leonard Smith (born 6 November 1960) is an Indian film and stage actor and producer. Born to Anglo-Indian parents in Mumbai, he is known for his stage and screen roles as a character actor. Smith has acted in over 50 plays and 60 films. ...

as Adnan Chow *

Raja Bundela Raj Rajeshwar Pratap Singh Judev also known as Raja Bundela is an Indian actor, producer, politician and civil activist.Presently He is the Vice President of Bundelkhand Vikas Board,Uttar Pradesh. In films, he is notable for appearances in Swa ...

as Happy 2's father * Sarah Hashmi as Gurleen, Happy 2's cousin sister * Natasha Bharadwaj as Khushwant's mother * Gaurav Dixit as Dimpy

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film has been composed by

Sohail Sen Sohail Sen (born 24 June 1984) is an Indian film composer, musician and singer who works in Bollywood. He debuted as a film composer with the Hindi film Sirf (film), ''Sirf'' (2008), which went majorly unnoticed. Later, he gained fame as a Hindi ...

while the lyrics are written by

and

Qamar Jalalabadi Om Prakash Bhandari (9 March 1917 – 9 January 2003), better known as Qamar Jalalabadi, was an Indian poet and lyricist of songs for Hindi movies. He composed the title track of the popular television serial Vikram Aur Betaal. Early life He w ...

(noted). The song of the film, "

Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu "Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu" () is a song from the 1958 Indian film ''Howrah Bridge''. It was sung by Geeta Dutt, and was picturised on Helen. The song has lyrics by Qamar Jalalabadi and was composed by O.P. Nayyar. The tune at the beginning of th ...

" from the 1958 film '' Haowrah Bridge'' originally sung by

Geeta Dutt Geeta Dutt (born Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri; 23 November 1930 – 20 July 1972) was an Indian playback singer and a famous Hindi and Bengali classical artist, born in Faridpur before the Partition of India. She found particular prominence as a ...

and composed by

O. P. Nayyar Omkar Prasad Nayyar (16 January 1926 – 28 January 2007) was an Indian film music composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the most rhythmic and melodious music directors of the Hindi film industr ...

has been recreated for this film by

in the voices of

and Mudassar Aziz.

Release

''Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi'' was released on 24 August 2018 to mixed response from film critics.

References

External links

* * {{Bollywood Hungama movie, happy-phirr-bhag-jayegi 2018 films Indian romantic comedy films 2010s Hindi-language films Indian sequel films 2018 romantic comedy films Films scored by Sohail Sen Films set in Shanghai Films set in China Films shot in China Films shot in Shanghai