I Love New Year(2015)
I Love New Year is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru. The film stars Sunny Deol as Randhir Singh and Kangana Ranaut as Tikku Verma. The story follows a commitment-phobic Wall Street banker who accidentally flies to New York instead of Chicago on New Year's Eve. He ends up in the apartment of a musician who is about to get engaged to her controlling boyfriend. The film received negative reviews from critics who called the plot silly and far-fetched. It was a box office failure, earning only ₹2.5 crore against a budget of ₹15 crore. The film was released on 10 July 2015 after multiple delays.
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- Theatrical Release
- 10 July 2015
- Director
- Radhika Rao
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Rating
- 3.7/10
Storyline
A drunk investment banker accidentally flies to New York instead of Chicago on New Year's Eve. He stumbles into the wrong apartment and falls asleep in a stranger's bed. The apartment belongs to a musician who is about to get engaged. When she finds him there, chaos erupts. But as the night unfolds, two lonely strangers discover an unexpected connection.
“One crazy night changes everything.”
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Frequent partnerships reunited for I Love New Year
Cast reunions in this film: Sunny Deol & Prem Chopra (8 films together), and Sunny Deol & Reema Lagoo (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film was shot in New York City in just 18 days, a very tight schedule for a Bollywood production.
- It was the directorial debut for the husband-wife team of Vinay Sapru and Radhika Rao, who are better known as music video directors.
- The movie's title and release were caught in a legal dispute with the state of New York over the use of 'I Love NY'.
- Actor Sunny Deol's son, Karan Deol, was initially considered for the lead role before it went to Sunny Pawar.
- The soundtrack features a song, 'Tere Bina', which is a remake of a popular track from the 2006 Tamil film 'Unakkum Enakkum'.
- Despite its New York setting, the film performed poorly at the box office in India.
- It was one of the last films for veteran actor Om Puri, who played a supporting role.