Happy Days (2007 film)

Happy Days
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySekhar Kammula
Written bySekhar Kammula
Produced bySekhar Kammula
Starring
CinematographyVijay C. Kumar
Edited byMarthand K. Venkatesh
Music byMickey J. Meyer
Production
company
Amigos Creations
Distributed byAmigos Creations
Release dates
  • 28 September 2007 (2007-09-28) (United States)
  • 2 October 2007 (2007-10-02) (India)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹2–3 crore
Box officeest. 18.59 crore distributors' share

Happy Days is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language musical coming of age film written, produced and directed by Sekhar Kammula. The film features Varun Sandesh, Tamannaah Bhatia, Rahul Haridas, Nikhil Siddharth, Vamsee Krishna, Sonia Deepti, Gayatri Rao, and Monali Chowdhary in the lead roles.

The film follows eight diverse students pursuing engineering at CBIT navigating their four years of college life. It explores their friendships, rivalries, romantic relationships, and self-discovery, capturing the essence of campus experiences and the transition into adulthood.

The film received a positive response and was a huge box office success, redefining the coming-of-age college drama in Telugu cinema. The film won three Nandi Awards, and six Filmfare Awards. Happy Days is widely considered a modern classic of Telugu cinema, holding significant cultural impact, notably influencing many students to pursue engineering. The film was dubbed was remade in Kannada as Jolly Days and in Tamil as Inidhu Inidhu by actor Prakash Raj.