I Love New Year

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I Love NY
I-love-New-Year-Movie-First-Look-Poster-1.jpg
Directed by Radhika Rao
Vinay Sapru
Based on The Irony of Fate (1976)
Produced by Bhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Starring Sunny Deol
Kangana Ranaut
Tannishtha Chatterjee
CinematographySahil Kapoor
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Falak Shabir
Anupam Amod
R. D. Burman
DJ Phukan
Background Score:
Aadesh Shrivastava
Production
company
Distributed byT-Series
Release date
  • 10 July 2015 (2015-07-10)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

I Love NY, also known as I Love New Year, is an Indian romantic comedy film directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru starring Sunny Deol and Kangana Ranaut. It was produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the banner of T-Series. [1] After numerous delays, the film released on 10 July 2015.

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Plot

A beautiful musician and a serious Wall Street banker cross paths on New Year's Eve and share experiences that the banker cannot recall. Over the next two days, they fall in love. [2] [3] [4]

Cast

CharacterPortrayed By
Randhir Singh / Jess / Ishaan (Fake) Sunny Deol
Tikku Verma Kangana Ranaut
Riya Tannishtha Chatterjee
Randhir's father Prem Chopra
Tikku's adopted mother (cameo appearance) Reema Lagoo
Ishaan Navin Chowdhry
Maya Alagh
Vidya Saxena Kubra Sait
A friend of Randir (cameo appearance) Manoj Joshi
Jiten Mukhi
Virag Mishra
Mike Russell Geoffrey Banks

Production

In 2011 directors Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru announced their intent to begin work on I Love New Year. The film originally had the working title of Happy New Year, but the title was changed because Shah Rukh Khan was working at the same time on a film of that title. [5] Actors Sunny Deol and Kangana Ranaut were cast in the lead roles; [6] Ranaut said that she trained for over a month in order to learn the correct expressions and body language of a musician. [7] Shooting commenced in summer 2011 at Filmalaya Studios in Mumbai, [8] and some scenes were filmed in Bangkok and the final scenes in New York City. [9]

Release

Originally planned for release in April 2013, the film was delayed several times. The film was released on 10 July 2015.

Critical reception

The film received generally negative reviews. Nishi Tiwari of Rediff.com wrote in a 1 out of 5 stars review that it was "criminally unremarkable", criticising the story. [10] Troy Ribeiro of NDTV gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, calling the plot "silly and far-fetched". [11] Filmfare reviewer Rachit Gupta gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, criticising the film's "mish-mash of sentimentality, annoying characters and clichéd rom com developments". Gupta also felt that Deol and Ranaut as a couple were miscast. He also felt that the music was forgettable. [12]

Box office

The film collected 2.5 crore (US$310,000) nett in its entire theatrical run against the budget of 15 crore (US$1.9 million), and was declared a "flop" by Box Office India. [13]

Soundtrack

The song "Judaai" was recreated by Falak Shabir from a song previously composed by himself in 2013 of the same name.

I Love NY
Soundtrack album by
Pritam, Falak Shabir, Anupam Amod, R. D. Burman and DJ Phukan
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length23:34
Language Hindi
Label T-Series

Music composed by: Pritam, Falak Shabir, Anupam Amod, R. D. Burman and DJ Phukan. The song "Aaja Meri Jaan" was recreated by DJ Phukan from a song composed by R. D. Burman in 1993.

Lyrics written by: Mayur Puri, Sayeed Quadri and Falak Shabir.

Background Score composed by: Aadesh Shrivastava.

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Halki Halki" Mayur Puri Pritam Shaan, Tulsi Kumar 5:02
2."Gud Naal Ishaq Mitha"Mayur Puri, Traditional Anupam Amod Tochi Raina 3:27
3."Aaja Meri Jaan"Mayur Puri DJ Phukan, R. D. Burman Mauli Dave 5:14
4."Aao Na" Sayeed Quadri Pritam Sonu Nigam, Tulsi Kumar 5:20
5."Judaai"Falak Shabir Falak Shabir Falak Shabir4:31
6."Gud Naal Ishaq Mitha (Remix)"Mayur Puri, TraditionalAnupom Amod Sukhwinder Singh  
Total length:23:34

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