I Love New Year

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] The main plot was taken from the 1976 Russian romantic comedy The Irony of Fate (1976). After numerous delays, the film released on 10 July 2015.

I Love NY
Directed byRadhika Rao
Vinay Sapru
Based onThe Irony of Fate (1976)
Produced byBhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
StarringSunny Deol
Kangana Ranaut
Tannishtha Chatterjee
CinematographySahil Kapoor
Music byPritam
Production
company
Distributed byT-Series
Release date
  • 10 July 2015 (2015-07-10)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹15 crore (US$2.0 million)

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
Character Portrayed By
Randhir Singh / Jess 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 gain 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. In June 2015, Ranaut issued a legal notice to the producers attempting to stop the film's release as she felt that they were "cashing in on her recent box office success".[10] Bhushan Kumar of T-Series responded that the rights had been sold to distributor Wave Cinema more than 18 months previously and as Ranaut was not "an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) member of the film", the producers did not need her permission.[11] 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 and saying that Deol's acting was not a good fit for a romantic comedy.[12] Troy Ribeiro of NDTV gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, calling the plot "silly and far-fetched" Deol miscast. Ribeiro pointed to Ranaut's performance as the highlight of the film, stating that she played her character with conviction.[13] 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, with Deol particularly not gelling as a romantic comedy lead. He also felt that the music was forgettable. However, Gupta praised Ranaut, calling her "quite literally too good to be in this film".[14]

Box office

The film collected ₹2.5 crore (US$330,000) nett in its entire theatrical run against the budget of ₹15 crore (US$2.0 million), and was declared a "flop" by Box Office India.[15]

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
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length23:34
LanguageHindi
LabelT-Series

Music composed by: Pritam

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Halki Halki"Mayur PuriShaan, Tulsi Kumar5:02
2."Gud Naal Ishaq Mitha"Mayur PuriTochi Raina3:27
3."Aaja Meri Jaan"Mayur PuriMauli Dave5:14
4."Aao na"Sayeed QuadriSonu Nigam5:20
5."Judaai"Falak ShabirFalak Shabir4:31
6."Gud Naal Ishaq Mitha (Remix)" Sukhwinder Singh 
Total length:23:34

References
  1. "I Love NY". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. "Sunny Pachi Deol To Romance Kangana Ranaut Khan in I <3 NY". BoxOffice India. 22 February 2012.
  3. "I LOVE NEW YEAR: Sunny Pachi Deol to tickle audience's funny bone". Yahoo India. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. D'Souza, Martin. "I LOVE NY Movie Review : I loved I LOVE NY. You may too. Give it a try". Glamsham. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  5. "Shah Rukh, Salman's title tussle". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. "Sunny Deol gears up for 'I Love New Year'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  7. "Kangana Ranaut, a music teacher in I Love New Year". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  8. "I Love New Year Shoot in progress". Box Office India. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. "Last schedule for I Love New Year". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  10. "Kangana Ranaut sends legal notice to T-Series to block the release of 'I Love NY'". The Indian Express. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  11. "Rights of 'I Love NY' were sold more than 18 months ago: Bhushan Kumar on Kangana Ranaut's legal notice". The Indian Express. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  12. "Review: I Love NY, a great disservice to New Year's Eve and New York". Rediff.com. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  13. "I Love NY Movie Review". NDTV. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  14. "Movie review: I Love New Year". Filmfare. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  15. "I Love NY - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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