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Happy New Year (2014)
Where Happy New Year says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The heist film whose diamonds sit in a made-up vault, while the real Atlantis hotel in Dubai plays the stage
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Scenes and places
Charlie's street boxing (2014)
Charlie takes a daily beating as a smalltime street boxer, while he quietly plots revenge on the man who ruined his father. The fights are how he gets by.
Set in A boxing ring in Mumbai — Where Charlie, a smalltime street boxer, takes his daily beatings.
A street boxing scene; the film does not name the exact spot.
Mohini's bar (2014)
Mohini works as a bar dancer, dreaming of opening her own classical dance school. Nandu enlists her to teach the team to dance.
Set in The bar where Mohini works — Where Mohini, a bar dancer who dreams of a classical dance school, is first met.
A bar scene; no place is named in the sources.
Team India lands in Dubai (2014)
Team India qualifies and travels to Dubai, where they are met with controversy and ridicule. Nobody there takes them seriously.
Set in Dubai — Where the team arrives for the World Dance Championship.
A city arrival; the film's exact arrival location is not named in the sources.
The Atlantis hotel (2014)
Charlie learns that the world's most secure safe sits under the hotel hosting the World Dance Championship. That is where his revenge has to happen.
Set in Atlantis, The Palm — The Dubai hotel that hosts the World Dance Championship and, in the story, the safe beneath it. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A resort hotel on the Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai.
Filmed at Atlantis, The Palm, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai — Wikipedia says the film was shot extensively here; the production's Dubai schedule centred on the hotel. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The party for all participants (2014)
At a party for every team, the gang, minus Mohini, goes over how they will take the diamonds after the semi-finals. The dancing is a cover.
Set in The participants' party — The party for all teams at the World Dance Championship.
A party scene; the film does not name where it is held.
Rehearsal on the roof edge (2014)
During a rehearsal, Charlie sticks up for the youngest member of Team Korea, and the two leaders end up in a brawl on the edge of a building. Charlie almost falls.
Set in A rooftop at the venue — Where Charlie and the leader of Team Korea fight during a rehearsal.
A rooftop scene; no place is named in the sources.
The Shalimar vault (2014)
Charlie's plan is to steal the diamonds from Shalimar, the safe his father helped build. The team studies a way in that even the owner does not know about.
Set in Shalimar — The fictional safe said to lie beneath the Atlantis.
An invented safe in the story, said to lie 150 feet below the hotel.
The World Dance Championship stage (2014)
Team India makes it to the finals and becomes the favourite, while Charlie tries to keep two plans going at once. Everyone is watching the stage.
Set in The championship stage at the Atlantis — The stage of the World Dance Championship. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The resort hotel that hosts the contest in the story.
Filmed at Atlantis, The Palm, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai — The director said the climax was shot at the Atlantis around New Year's Eve. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Airport customs (2014)
The group heads home through the airport, where their things pass through customs. One stop is left before the story closes.
Set in Customs at the airport — Where the team's baggage is checked on the way home.
An airport customs hall; no place is named in the sources.
Filmed at Mehboob Studio, Bandra West, Mumbai — Not tied to a scene in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu — Not tied to a scene in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Charlie — A smalltime street boxer plotting revenge on the tycoon who ruined his father.
- Mohini — A bar dancer who dreams of opening her own classical dance school.
- Charan Grover — A business tycoon whose diamonds are guarded in the safe beneath the Atlantis.
Questions answered on the map
- Which Dubai hotel hides the heist in Happy New Year?
- Where was the Happy New Year championship stage really filmed?