Happy marries Guddu and they head to the airport chased by Happy's father, Bilal and Zoya, and Bagga and his goons who lose track of the group. The event turns chaotic when Happy's father makes a frenzied attempt to get the governor's attention using a police officer's gun. Having escaped prison, Bagga also arrives at the mass wedding disguised as a groom. Bilal arranges for Happy's marriage to Guddu at a mass wedding event. Happy's father, in his desperate attempts to find his daughter, is mistaken for an Indian spy who is planning to kill Bilal's father. Completely smitten with Happy, Bilal begins to avoid Zoya but reconciles with her later. Afridi arrests Bagga upon arrival and Happy's father escapes.Īfridi rescues Happy, who re-unites with Guddu. He hires goons who abduct Happy from Bilal's house and sets off to Lahore along with Happy's father. Bagga realises their subterfuge and helplessly watches them board a bus to Lahore from Attari. They pose as members of a Lahore-based music company and persuade Bagga they want Guddu to perform for their production in Lahore. When Bilal's father travels to China for two weeks, he decides to go to India with Afridi to rescue Guddu. Bilal finds himself attracted to Happy, who develops a close friendship with him and Zoya.
Bilal begrudgingly agrees to help Happy but has difficulty keeping her a secret from his father and struggles to keep Happy reined in. Zoya later suggests bringing Guddu to Lahore, have him marry Happy there, and deport them together. Bilal is then confronted by his fiancée Zoya, who initially suspects him of having an affair with Happy. Unwilling to return to Amritsar, Happy blackmails Bilal into helping her using a contrived story about her being abducted by Bilal and his father. The officer informs Bilal, who decides to arrange for Happy's deportation. Meanwhile, in Amritsar, Guddu is taken hostage by Bagga.Īfter fleeing Bilal's house, Happy creates a ruckus at a local marketplace and is arrested by police officer Usman Afridi. She inadvertently finds herself aboard a lorry destined for Lahore she is trapped inside a fruit basket that is delivered to the house of Bilal Ahmed, the ex-local governor's son. Harpreet "Happy" Kaur is supposed to marry Corporator Daman Singh Bagga in Amritsar, India, but has planned to elope with her musician boyfriend Guddu. A sequel titled Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi was released on 24 August 2018. It was considered a sleeper hit by media outlets in India. Despite mixed reviews, the film performed well at the box office, collecting over ₹765 million against a production budget of ₹200 million. Criticism was focused on its scattered screenplay, inconsistent tone, and relatively poor characterisation of the central character. Happy Bhag Jayegi was released theatrically in India on 19 August 2016 it opened to mixed responses from film critics, who appreciated the performances of the ensemble cast and the humour. Eros International acquired the worldwide distribution rights for the production, which runs for 126 minutes in its final cut.
The music for Happy Bhag Jayegi was composed by Sohail Sen and released under the label of Eros Music. The film is Momal Sheikh's Bollywood debut. The film featured Pakistani actors Javed Sheikh and his daughter Momal Sheikh. Although a large part of the film is set in Lahore, the film was primarily shot in Chandigarh and Amritsar with Saurabh Goswami working as the director of photography. Happy Bhag Jayegi was conceived as a "cross-border" romantic comedy and was originally titled Dolly Lahore Mein. The production features an ensemble cast consisting of Penty, Abhay Deol, Jimmy Sheirgill, Ali Fazal, and Momal Sheikh.Īziz began writing for the film in 2012 and later approached Rai to produce it. It stars Diana Penty as the eponymous character a free-spirited bride-to-be from Amritsar who runs away from her wedding ceremony and inadvertently arrives in Lahore, Pakistan. Happy will run away) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film, written and directed by Mudassar Aziz, and produced by Aanand L.