Happy New Year creates history, collects 43 crore on Day One

Happy days are here again for Farah Khan courtesy SRK & Co. Happy New Year(HNY) has shattered all single day box-office records to emerge winner by collecting close to 43 crore on Day One. With this SRK has bettered his own previously held record of Chennai Express that raked in 33 crore on Day One last year. Says noted trade analyst Taran Adarsh, "The movie has done tremendous business on Day One. It has collected a total of 44.97 crore on opening day out of which Hindi language collections have been 42.62 crore while Telugu and Tamil collected 1.43 crore and 92 lacs respectively." With the movie opening solo on close to 5000 screens and with Diwali weekend going on, HNY is all set to create history. However Taran Adarsh says it's still early days and he would rather wait before passing a decision on the movie's expected final collection. "It's still early days and the beauty of the box-office is that it is unpredictable. I wouldn't want to peg a final figure at the moment." While trade analysts may not be ready to put out a final figure, we are sure this SRK-Farah juggernaut will chug on at full steam collecting maximum money at the box-office. A 400 crore looks to be a simple possibility for the moment.