Himesh Reshammiya to play Harshvardhan Bhatt and Harpreet Singh Lamba in ‘Happy Hardy and Heer’
‘Happy Hardy and Heer’ will see star-actor-composer Himesh Reshammiya for the first time in two characters. One of a NRI businessman Harshvardhan Bhatt (Hardy) from London, and the other as a Sardar from Punjab, Harpreet Singh Lamba (Happy), who travels to Europe with his beloved Heer Randhawa, played by Sonia Mann.
The romantic musical, ‘Happy Hardy and Heer’ is produced by Deepshika Deshmukh and Sabita Manakchand, while the film is directed by choreographer-turned-director Raka. Himesh is playing the role of a Gujarati NRI for the first time and it is also the first time that he is playing the role of a Sardar. Whether it is a double role or not will be revealed later.
“The music and the script of ‘Happy Hardy and Heer’ is something which I am really proud of, and we are very confident about the product because today it is only the content which can take you to the next level,” says Himesh. When asked Himesh if the title ‘Happy Hardy and Heer’ was earlier titled ‘Jatt Bhatt and Juliet’, and is ‘Happy Hardy and Heer’ inspired from the super-hit Punjabi movie ‘Jatt and Juliet’, he says, “My company had purchased the remaking rights of ‘Jatt and Juliet’ and now the rights are with Salmanbhai as his company was suppose to adapt it. ‘Jatt Bhat and Juliet’ is completely different from the Punjabi movie ‘Jatt and Juliet’. So far as the title ‘Jatt Bhat and Juliet’ is concerned, this title was the working title for ‘Happy Hardy and Heer’ and now it the final title. The script of the film is completely fresh and is a triangle love story set in the romantic comedy genre.”
Adding to it, Himesh reveals, “It is in the lines of films like ‘Tanu weds Manu’ and ‘Love Aaj Kal’ with beautiful visuals shot in Europe and Punjab. Each and every character in the film besides Happy, Hardy and Heer are very well etched out and is a very happy universally appealing script with superb music. For the character of the Gujarati guy Hardy Bhatt and Sardar Happy Singh, I have done a lot of workshops and am really happy with the way the film has shaped up. The film has been directed by choreographer-turned-director Raka who has done a great job. I had seen him directing some very good story forward songs of Shubh Mangalam Savadhan, and we got him on board to direct this film, which has dialogues by Bunty Rathore.”
Happy Hardy and Heer releases in September and the official teaser will be released soon. Here is the motion poster of Happy Hardy and Heer (Video Link) https://youtu.be/TE6KdJpQ4x8.
