I Love NY (2015 film)

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 in lead roles. The film is produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the banner of Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.[1] The film was extensively shot in Mumbai, New York City and Bangkok. The main plot was taken from the Russian romantic comedy The Irony of Fate (1976). After numerous delays, the film released on 10 July 2015.

I Love NY
Directed by	Radhika Rao Vinay Sapru
Produced by	Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar
Starring	Sunny Deol Kangana Ranaut Tannishtha Chatterjee
Music by	Pritam
Cinematography	Sahil Kapoor
Release date	10 July 2015
Running time	127 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

A beautiful musician and a serious Wall Street banker cross paths on New Year's Eve and share unique experiences. Before long, feelings of love start to brew between them.

Cast & Characters

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 Chowdhary
	Maya Alagh
Vidya Saxena	Kubra Sait
One of Randir's Friend (cameo appearance)	Manoj Joshi
	Jiten Mukhi
	Virag Mishra
Mike	Russell Geoffrey Banks

Synopsis

I Love New Year is a comedy film starring Sunny Deol and Kangana Ranaut in the lead. It is a story of what happens between two people in a span of two days following New Year's Eve.[2]

The movie follows a beautiful musician (Kangana Ranaut) and a serious Wall Street banker (Sunny Deol), that have a chance encounter on New Year's Eve that the banker can not recall and the events that come about as a result of the two meeting.[3][4]

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 had to change the title due to Shahrukh Khan who also was using the title for a film he was working on during the same time period.[5] Actors Sunny Deol and Kangana Ranaut are starring in the film,[6] with Ranaut stating that she trained over a month in order to gain the correct expressions and body language of a musician.[7] Filming commenced in summer of 2011 at Filmalaya Studios in Mumbai,[8] with the final scenes having to be filmed in New York City.[9]

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
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:34
Language	Hindi
Label	T-Series

Music composed by: Pritam

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Halki Halki"	Mayur Puri	Shaan, Tulsi Kumar	5:02
2.	"Gud Naal Ishaq Mitha"	Mayur Puri	Tochi Raina	3:27
3.	"Aaja Meri Jaan"	Mayur Puri	Mauli Dave	5:14
4.	"Aao na"	Sayeed Quadri	Sonu Nigam	5:20
5.	"Judaai"	Falak Shabir	Falak Shabir	4:31
6.	"Gud Naal Ishaq Mitha (Remix)"		Sukhwinder Singh
Total length:				23:34

Release and reception

Originally planned for release in April 2013, it was delayed on numerous occasions. In June 2015, the female lead, Ranaut issued a legal notice to the producers of the film to attempt 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 over 18 months ago and as Ranaut was not "an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) member of the film", the producers did not need her permission.[11] The film 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 the film was "criminally unremarkable", criticising the story, and Deol's acting as he felt he wasn't a good fit for a romantic comedy.[12] Troy Ribeiro of NDTV gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, commenting the plot was "silly and far-fetched", and that Deol was miscast. Ribeiro pointed to Ranaut's performance as being 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 pair was a miscast, with Deol particularly not gelling as a romantic comedy lead. He also felt that the music was forgettable. However Gupta did praise Ranaut who he commented was the highlight of the film as "She's quite literally too good to be in this film".[14]

Box office

The film collected ₹2.5 crore (US$350,000) nett in its entire theatrical run against the budget of ₹15 crore (US$2.1 million). The movie declared a "flop" by Box Office India.[15]

See also

• The Irony of Fate, the original Soviet film.

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". Times of India. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
6. "Sunny Deol gears up for 'I Love New Year'". Times of India. 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.

External links

• I Love NY at IMDb