Vivaan Shah wishes his 'Moliere' Farah Khan with throwback 'Happy New Year' picture with SRK
Mumbai, Jan 9
As Farah Khan turned 61 on Friday, actor Vivaan Shah marked the moment with a warm throwback from her 2014 film Happy New Year and even tagged the filmmaker-choreographer as his "Bob Fosse" and "Moliere."
Vivaan took to Instagram, where he shared a picture from the time he was shooting for "Happy New Year". The picture featured him alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani and Sonu Sood.
"Happyy Happyy Happiest Birthdayyy @farahkhankunder Our Bob Fosse and our Molière as well! A visionary, a humorist, a satirist, a cinema scholar and one of the kindest, warmest, most awesome and entertaining human beings on planet earth! You're a rockstar! Love you lotsss Ma'm," Vivaan wrote.
Happy New Year is an action comedy film. It also stars Deepika Padukone and Jackie Shroff. The film was planned in 2005 but was shelved for unknown reasons and Farah Khan went on to make Om Shanti Om and Tees Maar Khan.
In the film, Charlie assembles a team of non-dancers to take part in a dance competition at a hotel in Dubai in a quest to pull off a diamond heist. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences features the film's script in their library.
Talking about Vivaan, who is the son of Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak, he made his film debut with Saat Khoon Maaf in 2011.Thereafter, he signed a three-film deal with director Vishal Bhardwaj. He was recently seen in Ikkis directed by Sriram Raghavan.
It also stars Jaideep Ahlawat and Simar Bhatia. It is based on the life of Arun Khetarpal, the youngest recipient of the Param Vir Chakra award, and centered around the Battle of Basantar during the 1971 India-Pakistan War. The film's title is in reference to the age at which Arun Khetarpal attained martyrdom.
— IANS
Reader Comments
Nice to see Vivaan Shah acknowledging his mentors. He comes from such an illustrious family but seems very grounded. Looking forward to seeing him in 'Ikkis' - the subject is very inspiring.
Honestly, Happy New Year was entertaining but not Farah Khan's best work. Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om had much better stories. Still, she's a force in the industry and deserves all the love on her birthday.
The throwback picture is lovely! It's amazing how one film can bring back so many memories. The cast was stellar. Farah Khan's energy is unmatched.
"Bob Fosse and our Molière" - what a classy and fitting tribute! Farah Khan has given us so much joy through her films and choreography. Here's to many more years of her magic. Happy Birthday!
More interested in the news about 'Ikkis' at the end. A film about PVC awardee Arun Khetarpal is long overdue. We need more films celebrating our real heroes. Jai Hind.
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