Happy, a lovable loser, is smitten by his childhood friend Heer. Though she is fond of him, she is yet to express her feelings for him. When she moves to London, Happy follows her there. Though he goes there on the pretext of getting a job, his real goal is to woo Heer. In London, she meets Hardy, who is born and brought up there. While Happy comes across as a happy-go-lucky guy, who fails at everything he attempts, Hardy is a successful entrepreneur. Heer falls for the latter, a twist in the tale leads to a situation where she has to choose between her childhood friend and her ideal man.
The makers of the film took a different approach to promote the film, deciding to organize Happy Hardy Heer concerts in 12 different cities. On 16 November 2019, the first concert was organized in Pune. On 20 November, a concert was organized in Surat followed by Mathura, Vadodara, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, etc., reaching audiences of thousands.
Release
The film is produced by HR Musik and EYKA Films. On 11 July 2019, Tips Music uploaded the trailer on YouTube while Reshammiya posted the first official poster of the film on Instagram. On 16 July 2019, a musical teaser of the film was released. Earlier, the film was released on 31 January 2020.
The soundtrack was successful. "Teri Meri Kahani" went viral and "Ashiqui Mein Teri 2.0" got millions of hits. This inspired Himesh to get into his cap avatar once again and do concerts across India as a promotional tool. "Cutie Pie" and "Heeriye" was warmly received at the promotional concerts. "Teri Meri Kahani" became the second most searched song and most searched Hindi song on Google in 2019.
Critical reception
The film received mostly positive response from critics. Harshada Rege from Times of India gave it 3/5 and called it "Music makes this love triangle an entertaining watch." Popular film criticSubhash K Jha said, "Himesh Reshammiya not only plays a double role, but he also makes sure his presence is felt in every frame even when he is not there." Sonil Dedhia from Mid Day gave 3/5 and stated "Happy Hardy and Heer is a harmless, watchable film -- sad, because it could have been better. It has its moments in the first half, while the second looks a bit dragged. With well- crafted romantic and intense moments, the film is a breezy love story." Umesh Punwani from Koimoi gave it just 1/5, stating "All said and done, Happy Hardy And Heer is just yet another Himesh Reshammiya film which hardly makes any sense about why it even exists." Nandini Ramnath from Scroll.in gave it 2/5 and stated "There is barely anything new in the situations between Heer and the two men in love with her. Besides, both the leads look a bit too seasoned to be playing the love-at-first-sight game. Despite the high volume at which the dialogue is delivered – Reshammiya is subtlety itself compared to Sonia Mann – almost nothing resonates.". The Economic Times gave it 3/5 and stated "An amusing watch despite wafer-thin plot & weak screenplay"
