HAPPY NEW YEAR Updates!! - Page 11

• Ajanta Paul

And you thought you had seen it all in the UAE.

Tom Cruise swinging around the Burj Khalifa.

Salman Khan romancing Sonakshi Sinha at a Metro station. Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Khanna racing in the Jebel Hafeet mountains and Akshay Kumar wooing his lady love near the Hatta-Oman border.

Shah Rukh Khan at Dubai Airport. (Twitter: @DubaiAirports)

Now, it's Dubai's Atlantis. The ultra luxury Dubai resort has opened its door to Bollywood's Shah Rukh Khan for a month-long shoot, which is uncommon, and the shoot starts today (September 1).

Dubai has extended its hospitality to one of the biggest Bollywood productions spearheaded by director Farah Khan and her much awaited movie 'Happy New Year' (HNY).

Day one shoot of Farah Khan's 'Happy New Year'. (Twitter: @TheFarahKhan)

Farah, who arrived a couple of days early in Dubai, posted a picture of the HNY clapboard and tweeted: "STARTS 2DAY !! Thank u all 4 ur good wishes n positive energy!"

The lights, cameras and locations are all set and some of the most talented actors from Bollywood will shoot here in Dubai.

Director Farah Khan. (Twitter: @TheFarahKhan)

The Dolphin Bay and the pristine beach at the Atlantis have been zeroed in on by Farah. The rest of the shoot will take place mostly indoors.

Not just the Atlantis, the Dubai Mall, one of the world's largest shopping malls, will play host to 'Happy New Year' team.

Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, who are still basking in the superlative success of 'Chennai Express', will be the lead pair.

Indian Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (R) and actress Deepika Padukone promote their forthcoming Hindi film 'Chennai Express' in Mumbai, on July 1, 2013. (AFP)

'Happy New Year' will also feature Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah.

Last month the director came down to Dubai along with the executive producer of Red Chillis Entertainment, Niraj Pamwani, to scout for locations and completed the technical recce.

Choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan tweeted that she has finished costume trials with Shah Rukh and recorded a song with composer Vishal Dadlani.

Leading to the shoot Farah posted a series of tweets on her upcoming shoot.

"Hav nevr waited 4 a Sunday sooo much. Buttrflies doing their bit. SUPER EXCITED." Sonu u only shooting frm Monday."

"Just finished costume trials with @iamsrk ..wah sir,kya look invent hua hain.."

"Hectic Packing 4 a month's stay in dubai..all I really want 2 pack n take are my 3 kids..." (sic)

Actor Sonu Sood seems excited about th eimpending shoot and tweeted: "Tom this time I will be in my flight to dubai to join my team of #happynewyear.New movie,New character.Something I've been waiting for long." (sic)

"Shooting Munni Badnam song with @TheFarahKhan was a FANTABULOUS experience,n now a whole film.WOW..can't wait.get ready for some Magic:-)))" (sic)

"Today we celebrate "Happy New Year". Day 1 of the shoot." (Sic)

Boman Irani wrote: "Off on a month's journey to Dubai for HNY. Will make new friends, bond with old and pray @TheFarahKhan finally realises I'm happily married."

Farah Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, who have two hit movies together Main Hoon Naa' and Om Shanti Om', are leaving no stone unturned to make this one a blockbuster too.

The director believes that Shah Rukh is on high after Chennai Express' and she expects him to come up with even more energy on her film's sets.

While attending a fashion event, Farah told TV reporters, "I am very happy at the success of Chennai Express'. It has broken all records. Shah Rukh is the hero and producer of my film. Now he will come on the sets of my film filled with more energy and hopefully will shell out more money for my film".