There's a very disarming kind of innocence that she brings to the role and she impresses a great deal." Raja Sen agreed, mentioning that she is "refreshingly natural".
Happy Bhag Jayegi (Happy Bhag Jayegi) Cast & Crew Check out Hindi Movie Happy Bhag. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama commented that "Diana, who makes her acting debut, gets to portray a rather difficult character for her debut film. Happy Bhag Jayegi bollywood movie starring Abhay Deol, Diana Penty in lead and directed by Mudassar Aziz. Penty's portrayal of Meera, a simple Indian girl with traditional values was well received by critics. Cast alongside Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone, the film received mixed to positive reviews. Happy Bhag Jayegi (English: Happy Will Run Away) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Mudassar Aziz and produced by Anand L. She later signed up for Homi Adajania's Cocktail instead at Ali's suggestion. This was her debut Hindi film.Penty was originally slated to make her Bollywood debut in 2011 with Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar opposite Ranbir Kapoor, although she rejected the film due to her modelling commitments at the time and was subsequently replaced by Nargis Fakhri.
In an interview, the actress said that the filmmakers had identified her independently since her father never recommended his children for film roles.
They eventually ended up choosing Sheikh's daughter Momal for the role. The actresses suggested by Sheikh did not work for the filmmakers. August 19th, 2016 (Wide), released as Happy Bhag Jayegi August 19th, 2016 (Wide) (New Zealand) August 19th, 2016 (Wide), released as Happy Bhag Jayegi (United Kingdom) MPAA Rating: Not Rated: Running Time: 126 minutes: Comparisons: vs. When the makers of the film offered the role to him, they asked for his help in identifying a Pakistani actress to play Abhay Deol's love interest. The film featured the Pakistani actor Jawed Sheikh.The title was changed when the name of Diana Penty's character was changed from Dolly to Happy. The film was titled "Dolly Lahore Mein" earlier.While he launched this film first, another of his productions - "Nil Battey Sannata" (2016) - was released earlier. But frankly, the problem with both films is not the actors, but the absence of a good story and intelligent script. Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi bollywood movie starring Sonakshi Sinha. He had debuted as a producer earlier with the film "Tanu Weds Manu Returns" (2015) which he also directed. It was gracious of the actress to appear in this sequel to play a truncated version of her leading role. Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi Cast & Crew Check out Hindi Movie Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi cast and crew details, star cast information. The film was followed by a sequel titled "Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi" (2018) with many of the same cast and crew members including writer, director Mudassar Aziz, actors Diana Penty, Ali Fazal, Jimmy Shergill, and Piyush Mishra, and music director Sohail Sen.